Albanian journalist who wrote against EU diplomat released

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AP Tirana (Albania)
Last Updated : May 10 2017 | 8:32 PM IST
An Albanian court today released a journalist who had been accused of making calls for violence against a European Union diplomat, after prosecutors decided he had committed no crime.
Police had arrested Kastriot Myftaraj, 51, also a lawyer politically affiliated with the center-right opposition, the previous day after he wrote on Facebook that Romana Vlahutin, EU ambassador to Tirana, was a "terrorist."
A police statement said Myftaraj was arrested "after publishing an article where he makes open calls to commit violent acts against constitutional order."
A local online media site, www.Syri.Net republished Myftaraj's story, writing that "any Albanian citizen loving his country may kill Romana and that would be an anti- terrorist act, not a terrorist one."
Myftaraj could have faced up to three years in jail if convicted.

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First Published: May 10 2017 | 8:32 PM IST

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