The protest of January 21 in Tirana, Albania and the right to life as envisioned by the European Convention of Human Rights

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION5

Background5

A General Overview of January 21st incident6

A General Overview of the Right to Life7

Problem Statement7

Research Aim7

Research Question7

Objective of the Research8

Layout of the Report8

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW10

Tirana10

Tirana Protests11

January 21 Protest11

January 2812

Human Rights12

Article 2 of ECHR14

CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY17

Introduction17

Research Philosophy & Design17

Research Method18

Quantitative & Qualitative18

CHAPTER 4: ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION20

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION21

BIBLIOGRAPHY22

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

The study at hand deals with the protest of January 21 in Tirana, Albania and the right to life as envisioned by the European Convention of human rights. It tends to discuss the background, features and details regarding the protest along with the views of the people regarding human rights. This chapter discusses the background, aims, objectives and the research question of the current research study.

Background

The year 2011 presents a series of the Albanian opposition demonstrations and the protests against government in other cities around Albania. These protests followed the eighteen months of political clashes on the issues of general assumed electoral fraud by the opposition and the disagreements. There has even been a video which came up with the portrayal of the corruption deal committed by the vice-Prime Minister with the Minister of Economy.

Afterwards, the outcry by the public in response of the video made the Deputy Prime Minister quit. The largest party in country's opposition is called the Socialist Party in Albania. The Socialist Party presented the allegiance June 2009 that the elections conducted in the country were neither fair nor free. After the failing of the leader of Democratic Party, Sail Berisha, to establish a government with his own alliance collaborators, he was able to form another with the Socialist Movement for Integration. The opposition was further galvanized by this deal and an 18-months' constant protest was led against the government by the Socialist Party. Even the opening of ballot boxes for the purpose of recount was continuously being postponed by Berisha. Consequently, the electoral commission of Albania was forced to burn the ballot boxes.

A General Overview of January 21st incident

The parliamentary opposition parties called a demonstration was called, which comprised of the Unity for Human Rights Party and the Socialist Party. For the purpose of protesting against the supposed corruption by the Albanian government, and also for the prevalent poverty and unemployment in the country, the protests were called on January 21. The party in government criticized and condemned the action referring to the status of Albania as the fastest growing economy in ...