Roma and Egyptian residents use video protest to seek pandemic support

Residents of Zall-Gjoçaj, Gjoçaj, and Dukagjin gathered in Mat to demand suspension of a hydropower plant on their river. They warned that putting water into pipes would damage the ecosystem and...

Under the slogan “We March for You Too,” LGBTQ+ activists and allies marched for people who had left Albania, feared coming out, or faced discrimination at school and work. The event framed Pride as...

Residents from river communities across Albania gathered outside the Prime Minister’s Office under the call “No HEC in our rivers.” The action joined local struggles over drinking water, farmland, and...

Residents from Zall-Gjoçaj and surrounding villages gathered near the water source to stop construction work on a hydropower project. They said the source was essential for farming and daily life...

Residents from four Mat villages met in Kamza with EcoAlbania to discuss opposition to two hydropower projects inside the protected area. Residents described a resistance tent at the planned water...

Municipal authorities gave traders in Selita an ultimatum to clear a second-hand clothing market that provided income for about 30 families, many Roma and Egyptian. Residents resisted the demolition...

Municipal Police and the National Inspectorate for Territorial Protection completed demolition of the Selita market during COVID-19 restrictions. The market had supported around 30 Roma and Egyptian...

LGBTQ+ organizers continued Pride online during social distancing, treating the annual gathering as an ongoing process of solidarity rather than a single street event. More than 100 activists and...

Activists and residents marched from Fushë-Arrëz Municipality to a branch of the Fan i Madh River after pollution linked to a copper processing plant. The protest was called “Don’t Kill Our Children”;...

Residents traveled from Mat to Tirana’s Pyramid Square to protest hydropower construction inside their protected area, despite COVID restrictions on gatherings. They framed the protest as a last...