{"id":31975,"date":"2022-02-22T10:21:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T09:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=31975"},"modified":"2022-02-22T10:21:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T09:21:41","slug":"5-maji-protest-tensions-escalate-as-police-make-3-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/5-maji-protest-tensions-escalate-as-police-make-3-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Maji protest, tensions escalate as police make 3 arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three 5 Maji residents have been arrested today after clashing with police during a protest over the demolition of their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions continue to be high at this point as citizens refuse to move out of their homes and let the police carry out the reconstruction project that will include the demolition of hundreds of homes.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main issues in this neighborhood is the fact that the majority of homes here were built without a permit and haven\u2019t been legalized.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the residents have started to stand on top of their roofs or surrounding walls and are begging IMT to not destroy their homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t destroy our homes please, our entire life savings have gone into these homes. Or at least give us an apartment so we can have a roof over our heads,\u201d \u2013 said one of the residents, while another said that she was ready to die to defend her home.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31977\" style=\"width: 825px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-31977\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220203_131715_030222013-3_98hzRKB-1068x723-1-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220203_131715_030222013-3_98hzRKB-1068x723-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220203_131715_030222013-3_98hzRKB-1068x723-1-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220203_131715_030222013-3_98hzRKB-1068x723-1-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220203_131715_030222013-3_98hzRKB-1068x723-1-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220203_131715_030222013-3_98hzRKB-1068x723-1-696x471.jpg 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220203_131715_030222013-3_98hzRKB-1068x723-1.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">5 Maji residents protest in front of the US embassy in Tirana. Credits: LSA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police used teargas in order to disperse protestors this morning.<\/p>\n<p>According to state officials, more than 400 buildings will be demolished in this neighborhood which will become part of a grand reconstruction project that will build a new neighborhood, which amongst others, will be housing families whose homes were damaged by the 2019 earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>PM Edi Rama has promised protestors that everyone will get a home in the new neighborhood regardless of whether or not their old homes were legal or properly registered.<\/p>\n<p>However, citizens claim that they haven\u2019t received any guarantee from the City of Tirana, that they won\u2019t lose their homeownership rights. For days now they\u2019ve been protesting and asking the state to provide them with a contract or an agreement that will guarantee that they won\u2019t remain homeless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/17\/5-maji-residents-before-the-us-embassy-theyre-persecuting-us-give-us-visas\/\">5 Maji residents call on US embassy: They\u2019re persecuting us, give us visas!<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/16\/5-maji-resident-no-rental-assistance-and-no-guarantee-that-ill-ever-get-a-new-home\/\">5 Maji resident: No rental assistance or guarantee that I\u2019ll ever get a home<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/12\/5-maji-protestors-try-to-obstruct-moving-traffic\/\">5 Maji protestors try to obstruct moving traffic<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three 5 Maji residents have been arrested today after clashing with police during a protest over the demolition of their homes. 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