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The case against Balla for defamation/Malltezi: The ECHR punished political justice in Albania

2026-03-31 14:04:00, Aktualitet CNA

The case against Balla for defamation/Malltezi: The ECHR punished political

Jamarbër Malltezi has stated that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) overturned the decisions of the Albanian courts in his case against Taulant Balla for defamation.

According to Malltezi, Albanian courts have acted under political pressure, delaying decisions, rejecting appeals and preventing access to files.

He said that the ECHR has confirmed violations of the right to a fair and effective trial.

"The ECHR today punished the illegal practice of courts in Albania which are under the fear of Edi Rama and issue extralegal political decisions.

The ECHR announced today its decision regarding my defamation lawsuit against Taulant Balla. In this decision, it overturned the decision of the Constitutional Court that became a shield for Balla's defamation and the manipulations of SPAK prosecutors, rejecting my appeal on the unfounded claim that the 4-month deadline had passed.

14 years ago Taulant Balla slandered the former Partizani club regarding private land. I filed a civil lawsuit and the Court of First Instance ruled in my favor and convicted Balla of slander. The Court of Appeal ruled that Balla's right to freedom of speech includes the right to make false statements.

The Supreme Court did not dare to make a decision for 8 years (2014-2022), and then dismissed the appeal with the claim that the Civil Procedure Code was changed in 2017 – that is, 3 years after the case was filed with the Supreme Court, when the Code itself has an article indicating that cases that were under trial would continue to be treated under the old code. Not only that, but they did not announce the decision until more than 3 months later in order to prevent an appeal to the Constitutional Court.

The political goal was served by political justice with its tools – prosecutors Millonai and Kraja – by seizing the original file of the civil process, without any need, because for whatever purpose they needed the file, an official copy could be made.

In the absence of the court file, despite written requests to the court, the file was not made available to us - it still enabled access to the court.

This is unheard of anywhere in the world and is an abuse of power by the suicide prosecutors of Edi Rama and Taulant Balla.

The CC controlled by Edi Rama dismissed the request, claiming it was filed after the 4-month deadline, contrary to the consolidated jurisprudence of the ECHR on the issue of the 4-month deadline from the moment of notification to the party and not from the moment of the decision being made in secret, as the latter cannot be known to the party.

All these arbitrary actions of a justice system distorted and aligned with Soros politics made my access to the court impossible.

The ECHR decision proved that in Albania the courts became a bridge to the government to fight "enemies of the Party" and that the process was tainted by the sultan's power.

"I thank the ECHR for confirming the convention standards for human rights, the obligation of the Albanian courts to examine the complaint while respecting my constitutional and convention rights, as well as the payment of moral damages for this delay. On this occasion, I hope that Albanian judges will rise to the level of duty by becoming statesmen and not puppets of power," said Malltezi./ CNA





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