Maximos Harakopoulos: The ECtHR decision is a first vindication for Fredis Beleristranslated

"The decision of the European Court of Human Rights condemning Albania for extending the pre-trial detention of Fredis Beleris constitutes a first vindication for the fellow MEP. In any case, the arbitrary violation of human rights and civil liberties cannot be consistent with a country that wishes to enter as a full member of the European family", said the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Group of the New Democracy, MP for Larissa, Dr. Maximos Harakopoulos, after the telephone conversation he had with the MEP of the New Democracy and the European People's Party, Mr. Fredis Beleris, on the occasion of the relevant decision issued unanimously by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Maximos Harakopoulos in his statement expressed the hope that "the decision of the ECtHR will send the appropriate message to the leadership of Albania, strengthening the rule of law and canceling the arbitrary interventions in Heimarra and the other minority areas by violating the property and minority rights of the members of the Greek National Minority in Albania".

It is recalled that the Albanian authorities...