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INTERVIEW WITH OPERAZIONE COLOMBA VOLUNTEERS ON ”TROKITJE” SHOW
Operazione Colomba volunteers, interviewed by Shkodra TV1 Channel in the show ”Trokitje”, underlined the importance of certain elements to eliminate the phenomenon of blood feuds, such as: sharing the pain of the families on both sides of the conflict; awareness raising of the youth and civil society; cooperation with local associations and institutions, on the national and international level.
Operazione Colomba volunteers interviewed on TV1 Channel
The time for peace is now!
The volunteers of Operazione Colomba, interviewed by Shkodra TV1 Channel in the “5ne5” show, describe their experience in Albania. By sharing with the families of the victims of “blood revenge” you embark on a personal journey of reconciliation. The time for peace is now!
Knock down all the pins and win with the reconciliation! – 12 march 2016
Knock down all the pins and win with the reconciliation!
As every month, today, 12th March 2016, the volunteers of the association Operazione Colomba commemorate the victims of the blood feuds’ phenomenon. Today we want to repeat loud the importance of forgiveness and the precious value of life. Through the bowling game we will offer the chance to get rid from the negative feelings.
Knock down all the pins and win with the reconciliation! (more…)
Presentation of the second report of the Ombudsman
Presentation of the second report of the Ombudsman
Operazione Colomba participates and supports the work of the Ombudsman Igli Totozani. On the 4th of March, Operazione Colomba attended the presentation of the second report on the phenomenon of blood revenge, reaffirming to the present institutions and to the civil society the importance of working together for the elimination of this phenomenon; in particular, to restart the work of local inter-institutional committee, interrupted a year ago.
December 2015 revenge cases
December 2015 revenge cases
At the beginning of December, the media attention focused on the political clashes between the majority and the opposition to the Government. The “protest lights up” in Tirane on December 8. On the shadow of such events, the “Blood Feuds phenomenon” persists and, in parallel, the efforts carried on in order to contrast it. In his declaration stated during the Human Rights International Day, on December 10, the Ombudsman quotes the Parliament’s resolution approved at the aim of creating a Council of Coordination for the Struggle against the “Blood Feuds phenomenon”.
With regard to December 2015 revenge cases, by consulting the Albanian newspaper, are emerged four new cases of murder that can be related to the phenomenon dynamics. Moreover, an Italian news website and an Albanian one told about two long-lasting cases of feuds.
Beside, the Albanian Channel Star Plus TV has deal with the “Blood Feuds” topic by interviewing some Operation Dove volunteers. Finally, the Magazine Saras has published a short review about Isamil Kaderé’s book Broken April, that addresses the “Blood Feuds” theme.