ECPMF supports Albanian journalist facing €110,000 in damages for social media post
by Ana Ribeiro
In the latest instance of persecution against his media work in Albania, Artan Rama has been hit with a civil lawsuit demanding that he pay thousands of euros over a text published on his news programme’s Facebook page.
Artan Rama
On 17 November 2016, the shareholders of construction company Edil Al-It filed a defamation lawsuit against Rama in the Civil Court of the First Degree of Tirana District. Despite previous troubles regarding coverage of a business venture involving the mayor of Tirana, Rama said this is the first time he has been sued.
The organisation Res Publica is legally representing…
