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Albania: The Struggle for Compensation | European Journal

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Channel: DW News · 2012 · News & Politics

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In Albania, former political prisoners spent weeks on a hunger strike - in vain. The government is refusing to grant them compensation. According to a 2007 law, victims of Enver Hoxha's dictatorship can claim compensation. Between 1944 until his death in 1985, Hoxha imprisoned and killed hundreds of thousands of Albanians and sent many more to labor camps. Today, over 20,000 people have applied for compensation. For more go to http://www.dw.de/european-journal-the-magazine-from-brussels-2012-11-21/e-16347065-9798

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