In Albania, it is hypocritical to talk about free speech, as it is followed by prison. This is what Sali Berisha said on the 34th anniversary of the founding of the newspaper Rilindja Demokratike, bringing to attention the conviction of the democratic deputy Ervin Salianji, while raising accusations against justice.
"A young deputy, a deputy who may not have received a salary in the state administration, why did he publish the recording of a courageous journalist, today is in the cells of Fier, by Edi Rama and Fatmir Xhafaj. Today the media has a multiple control. Today, the governors no longer appear in televised debates like these, their thefts have no chance to defend them. This is also an attack on free speech. Debate is an obligation of free men. Today in court, the mercenary prosecutor wants to remove the head of the country's largest opposition political party, the right to communicate, except with his family members. Total abuse of the constitution and laws. This mercenary conveys the will of a man."
While bringing attention to the hanging of the poet Havzi Nela, Berisha says that even today, after 36 years, Rama signs Tik Tok hanging on the rope.
"The most severe act of censorship that can be undertaken. The most severe act against free speech. A platform which has a massive use today, but I must admit that, like Twitter, after it was bought by Elon Musk, there is no censorship. There is no Tik Toku censorship. But since there is no censorship, Edi Rama, like his father, signs to hang him on the rope. Imagine what his concept of free speech is."
Censorship, according to Berisha, is not only in Albania, but also in the countries of freedom, but it was answered on November 5 with the victory of Donald Trump.
"The terribly bitter truth is that censorship, in the most stupid way, started to be talked about in the countries of freedom. For censorship, offices were created at the heart of those institutions that should have had the opposite mission. Parliamentary commissions were also created for censorship, among others in Albania, under the label of disinformation. But still these very dangerous efforts received a deserved blow, fortunately for the free man, they received a fatal blow on November 5, 2024. Censorship penetrated like a cancer in the mammoth body of communication, it will remain the most bigger than all the others, Elon Musk, not for the spaces he has occupied, but for the purchase of Twitter and the removal of censorship in this media".
During his speech on the 34th anniversary of RD, Berisha emphasized that that newspaper was an organ of free, intellectual and universal thought and appealed to never stop fighting for free speech. (A2 Televizion)
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