{"id":33904,"date":"2022-04-05T12:12:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T10:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33904"},"modified":"2022-04-05T12:19:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T10:19:26","slug":"amnesty-international-condemns-patronage-system-violation-of-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/amnesty-international-condemns-patronage-system-violation-of-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International condemns patronage system: Violation of human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International released its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WEBPOL1048702022ENGLISH.pdf\">2021-2022 report on the State of the World&#8217;s Human Rights. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In its report, the organization condemned the publication of personal data from the registers of the Socialist Party and of the Taxation Directorate.<\/p>\n<p>The information leaked after the publication of the patronage system constitutes a violation of human rights, the organization noted.<\/p>\n<p>In December, another 2 databases came out in the public and started being shared massively across communication platforms, such as WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>The two lists contained the salaries, workplaces, and also what types of cars were some 600,000 taxpayers driving.<\/p>\n<p>No one was ever punished over the patronage system data leak meanwhile, four employees from the tax directorate were <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/10\/4-suspects-arrested-in-connection-to-financial-data-leak-have-been-released\/\">arrested but then handed a lenient sentence<\/a><\/strong>, for leaking the lists that contained the salaries of over 600,000 citizens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/14\/corruption-and-massive-data-leak-listed-as-main-concerns-of-the-eu-commission\/\">Corruption and massive data leak listed as main concerns of the EU Commission<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/07\/exclusive-man-arrested-in-connection-to-wage-leak-scandal-works-for-russian-billionaire\/\"><strong>Exclusive | Man arrested in connection to leaked payslips scandal used to work for Russian billionaire<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International released its 2021-2022 report on the State of the World&#8217;s Human Rights. In its report, the organization condemned the publication of personal data from the registers of the Socialist Party and of the Taxation Directorate. 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