Unacceptable and a direct threat
In the opposition protest, some of the Democratic Party MPs refused to talk about the Euronews Albania camera, while the media has gone to reflect the protest. The first was Edi Paloka who asked journalist Sara Demushi not to interview her, and even asked her to leave the camera.
After him similarly reacted Aldo Bumçi, who said he was not asked if he wanted to speak to Euronews Albania, so he refused to speak.
The trade union of journalists and media staff reacted after the attack on journalists during the opposition protest. « We strongly condemn attacks on journalists during the opposition protest, »-It is written in the trade union’s reaction on Facebook.
The full reaction
The International Association of European Journalists condemns the aggressive behavior and statements of Democratic Party MPs by Edi Paloka, Klevis Balliu to journalist Sara Demushi of Euronews and Cameraman, but also other journalists in today’s protest in Tirana.
Threatening language and physical intimidation against journalists and media staff are unacceptable and a direct threat to media freedom. The attempt to remove them is unacceptable and severely infringes on the cirin. Of the media.
It is dangerous to the standards of a country for a political party to blackmail and threaten journalists. A political party cannot remove the media from a public activity and cannot try to stop them from exercising their mission.
