{"id":44135,"date":"2022-11-20T18:09:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T17:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=44135"},"modified":"2022-11-20T18:16:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T17:16:56","slug":"african-media-reports-on-the-rape-case-of-a-kenyan-22-year-old-in-tirana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/african-media-reports-on-the-rape-case-of-a-kenyan-22-year-old-in-tirana\/","title":{"rendered":"African media reports on the rape of a 22-year-old Kenyan woman in Tirana\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">The African news outlet &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2022\/11\/20\/campaigners-demand-justice-over-violent-attack-on-kenyan-girl-in-albania\/\">Africanews<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; has covered the rape of the 22-year-old from Kenya, Joy Aoko, who has been in a coma in Tirana&#8217;s trauma hospital for the past three months. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">While reporting on the protest of citizens and civil society activists, who took to the streets outside the Police Directorate in the Albanian capital of Tirana, Africanews also quoted the news report by Euronews Albania journalist Ortensa Budlla. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">22-year-old Joy Aoko was found unconscious under the building where she lived in Tirana on August 13. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Meanwhile, citizens and civil society activists took to the streets outside the Police Directorate in the Albanian capital Tirana, where they demanded justice for the case of the young woman while accusing the police of not doing enough for the case in question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the crowds, activist Xheni Karaj said: &#8220;Does justice only work for bad people? Covering up this crime sets a precedent against the vulnerable in the whole country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We demand a stronger investigation and demand that the perpetrators are brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>We demand that the institutions pay the bills for her treatment abroad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Idajet Beqiri was part of the protest and said he was outraged at the concealment of the incident by the police adding that hiding the case was a crime in itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI consider it a great shame for Albanian institutions,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This incident happened on August 14 and the police did not notify the citizens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The state police hid the crime. Is this all about racism or are there other reasons? \u00a0Covering up a crime is a crime in itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Joy&#8217;s mother, Ruth Aoka, said that her daughter was being followed for a long time by a casino driver and that she felt threatened and unsafe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;She told me that a driver was following her and that he wanted to have a romantic relationship with her, but she didn&#8217;t want him,&#8221; she explained. 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