Non-physical threats and harass-ments towards Lapsi.al, 16.04.2021, Tirane

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    Country AL
    Name and Surname Lapsi Al
    Gender Group
    Date 16/04/2021
    City / Location Tirana
    Type of incident Other threats to journalists
    Type of media online
    Source oranews.tv/nxoren-databazen-e-ps-se-gazetaret-andi-bushati-dhe-armand-shkullaku-sot-ne-spak-per-te-deshmuar/
    Was journalist`s association informed Yes
    Were authorities informed? Case was reported to the police

    Andi Bushati and Armand Shkullaku, owners and editors of the online publication Lapsi.al, were summoned for questioning at the prosecutor’s office by the Special Prosecution Against Organized Crime and Corruption (SPAK) as part of an officially open investigation into the leak of a massive tracking system of 910,000 files of citizens’ personal data (suspected as a database of the Socialist Party of Albania, which is used for electoral purposes).