{"id":39262,"date":"2022-07-03T13:07:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T11:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=39262"},"modified":"2022-07-03T13:07:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T11:07:02","slug":"infamous-babale-trial-makes-a-comeback-this-monday-as-salianji-appeals-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/infamous-babale-trial-makes-a-comeback-this-monday-as-salianji-appeals-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Infamous \u2018Babale\u2019 trial makes a comeback this Monday as Salianji appeals in court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow, the infamous \u2018Babale\u2019 trials will return to Tirana\u2019s District Appeals Court.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic MP Ervin Salianji will take a stand along with journalist Jetmir Olldashi.<\/p>\n<p>Salianji was convicted on charges of false allegations in connection to the Babale trial.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Olldashi was also convicted of the same charges and sentenced to 6 months in prison later converted to 100 hours of community work.<\/p>\n<p>Albert Veliu was also sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party\u2019s parliamentary group has come out in support of Salianji. Through a message to Democratic MPs, Enkelejd Alibeaj, has asked colleagues to participate in tomorrow\u2019s trial to show solidarity for Salianji.<\/p>\n<p>Alibeaj called this trial a pure example of political orchestration and vendetta from the ruling Socialist majority, who have pinpointed Salianji due to his strong stances against the current administration.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Babale\u2019 trial was one of the main hot topics in the Albanian political sphere from 2017-2019, when Fatmir Xhafaj was minister of interior.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Xhafaj was accused by Salianji and the Democratic Party of favoring his brother Agron Xhafaj, who was convicted in Italy with 7 years and 4 months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>After the publication of a set of wiretaps incriminating him, Agron Xhafaj, gave himself up to Italian authorities and after serving his time he has now returned to Albania and is currently free.<\/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\/05\/06\/nano-for-president-gjiknuri-not-excluding-anyone-with-contributions-to-the-country\/\">Nano for President? 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Journalist Olldashi was also convicted of the same charges and sentenced to 6 months in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":39263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Infamous \u2018Babale\u2019 trial makes a comeback this Monday as Salianji appeals in court - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/infamous-babale-trial-makes-a-comeback-this-monday-as-salianji-appeals-in-court\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Infamous \u2018Babale\u2019 trial makes a comeback this Monday as Salianji appeals in court - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tomorrow, the infamous \u2018Babale\u2019 trials will return to Tirana\u2019s District Appeals Court. 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