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Foreign lawyers meet Erion Veliaj in Durrës, Ndreca: In September, complaint in Strasbourg

2026-07-28 15:43:47Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Foreign lawyers meet Erion Veliaj in Durrës, Ndreca: In September,

18 months after his arrest on SPAK orders, Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj is preparing to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. 

Within September, Veliaj will appeal the security measure against him in Strasbourg.

For this purpose, a group of British lawyers from the international law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP visited the Durrës prison premises this Tuesday, after being granted permission to visit for the first time after several refusals by the Special Prosecution Office. The lawyers were granted permission with visitor status and not as lawyers or law firms.

Ben Brandon expressed his conviction to the media that the decisions taken by the local courts in Albania will be overturned and Veliaj will be returned to his duties as mayor of Tirana as soon as possible. 

"We hope that the decisions of the domestic courts will be overturned and Veliaj will be released and will return to his daily life and his functions as the democratically elected mayor of Tirana," he said.

Plarent Ndreca, Veliaj's lawyer who accompanied the foreigners, said that the appeal in Strasbourg will aim to appeal those requests that were rejected by the Constitutional Court. 

Ndreca said that they will have the appeal for the security measure ready within September, while adding that the American law firm teams have not yet been allowed to meet with Veliaj.

"Colleagues from England are being allowed in for the first time after months of continuous requests. Although no circumstances have changed, it has become possible for part of the foreign team to come and visit Veliaj. The American team has not yet been allowed in. The meeting is related to the application that we will make in Strasbourg regarding the security measure. We won a victory in the Constitutional Court that returned the security measure to the high court. Not all points have been accepted, and for these points we will go to Strasbourg. Veliaj's condition is very good, he is clear about the case and the battle he has fought and is waiting for. The case in Strasbourg should be filed within 4 months, I believe we will do it very soon, in September," said Ndreca.  

Ndreca once again announced an appeal against the decision of the Administrative Court that rejected Veliaj's request for the legality of the appointment of Ols Dado as prosecutor.

"Regarding the appointment of Dada, we have made it clear that we will appeal the decision, which did not allow us to legitimize ourselves. It is an avoidance of judgment, but it is in the interest of every citizen of the Republic of Albania to know whether a prosecutor in SPAK is legally appointed or not. This issue will continue until we get the right, just as we got it when we insisted. We received the files, we raised the issue of lack of communication with foreign lawyers, it took a long time but we received communication with foreign lawyers. We are convinced that this process started wrongly, through a report by an anonymous person. What must be said and we will repeat, is that we will pursue any type of legal appeal to bring the matter to the end", emphasized Ndreca.

Veliaj's defense is preparing the file for Strasbourg, after the Constitutional Court on May 25 ruled in favor of the security measure, returning the case once again to the Supreme Court for review.

The Constitutional Court ruled 5 to 3 in favor of Veliaj, ordering the High Court to argue why it did not accept the mayor's requests for disproportionate security measures and confinement in a glass cage during court hearings.


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