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- OpinionA camera is not a weaponJournalists beaten, phones returned with footage deleted and a photojournalist detained by force: the police must answer to the public for how they treated those who keep it informed.
- DiplomacyOcasio-Cortez and Ritchie Torres condemn violence against protesters in Albania: De-escalateTwo U.S. Democratic members of Congress call on the Albanian government to respect the right to peaceful protest after a week of clashes in Tirana.
- PoliceDay 9 of the protest: Molotov cocktails at the Prime Minister's Office and burned chairs, but the evening passes without major clashesAfter hours of calm, several Molotov cocktails were thrown at the government building around 6 p.m.; the water cannon was used only once and protesters then moved toward Skanderbeg Square.
- PoliceReporters Without Borders: Journalists beaten, detained and footage deleted by police during protestsRSF lists cases of journalists attacked in Tirana, from a News24 reporter physically assaulted to an AP photojournalist taken away by force.
- OpinionViolence should not be rewarded, and an investigation should not be put offA promise to compensate every convicted protester and silence over an independent investigation of the police are two ways of prolonging the same crisis.
- Police46-year-old found dead in car in Komuna e Parisit; police: suspected suicideThe incident was initially reported as a targeted shooting, but a pistol and a cartridge case were found in the vehicle; the investigation continues under the direction of prosecutors.
- PoliceEighth day of protest: Molotov cocktails and fireworks at police, tear gas and water cannons, detentions reaching into barsAfter a calm morning march with students and lecturers, the evening on Dëshmorët e Kombit Boulevard again turned into clashes; seven people ended up in the hospital.
- PoliceFier: teacher suspected of mistreating 4-year-old at kindergarten, child's mother slaps her; both under investigationPolice say the child shows no signs of violence; the 44-year-old teacher and the 29-year-old mother face criminal proceedings without detention.
- PolicePeshkopi: two Sina residents arrested for hitting two police officers while being taken to the station; 36-year-old with knife also in handcuffsDibra police arrested three people in the act on Elez Isufi Boulevard; the case files were passed to prosecutors.
- PoliceOmbudsman: Phone searches without a court ruling and allegations of violence against detaineesThe preliminary report after Monday's protest finds 18 minors among some 50 people held at police stations and overcrowding in the Security Block.
- ParliamentSocialist MP Pirro Vengu after police bonus: teachers and doctors should also top the pay scaleVengu responded to the government's decision on the police, calling for the professions that keep the state running to be the best paid in the administration.
- CourtsTirana prosecutors register three complaints over police conduct during protestsTwo of the cases involve a 19-year-old with a broken leg and a 21-year-old injured in the head and spine.