Albania’s Judicial Reform Has Created a Power Without Accountability 

On September 15, Albania’s Supreme Court allowed for the continued detention of Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj. Mayor since 2015, Veliaj has now spent more than 19 months in custody without a conviction. The Albania’s Constitutional Court found the Supreme Court’s justifications for that detention constitutionally inadequate this summer, when it annulled the lower court’s ruling … Continue reading Albania’s Judicial Reform Has Created a Power Without Accountability