Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 16:48:49 +0200 (MSZ) From: Bj|rn Skolander Subject: ALBANIAN GAY ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZED ALBANIAN GAY ASSOCIATION OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED. For the first time in Albanian history, a gay association has been officially recognized, international agencies reported on 3 and 4 June. A court registered Gay- Albania on the basis of the new penal code, which came into effect on 1 June. Homosexuals were persecuted in communist Albania and could be sentenced for up to seven years in prison. The new penal code has also led to the release of two former Communist Party politburo members, who were sentenced to seven and eight years in prison for misappropriation of state funds. According to the new law, every day spent in prison between arrest and trial counts as one and a half days in prison. Fabian Schmidt , Copyright=A91995 Open Media Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. SOURCE: OMRI (Open Media Research Institute) DAILY DIGEST No. 108, Part II, 5 June 1995 -------------- QUESTION: Does anyone know if SHOQATA GAY ALBANIA (Gay Albania Society) or a contact person to the group has got a fax number??? /Bjorn