Blushi official request to Prisons and SPAK: Allow me meetings and phone conversations with Meta

The Secretary General of the Freedom Party, Tedi Blushi, has reacted after the arbitrary decision of the Prisons Directorate to deprive the president of the Freedom Party of telephone communications and meetings.

Blushi writes in his letter to the Director of Prisons, the Minister of Justice, the head of SPAK, etc., requesting permission for telephone calls and meetings.

Complaint of the Secretary General of the PL, Tedi Blushi:

No. Prot Tirana, July 2, 2025

Subject: For allowing meetings and restoring telephone connection with Mr. Ilir Metaj, detained at IEPV 'Jordan Misja', Tirana

Addressed to: The Director General of Prisons,

For the attention of: Minister of Justice,

Committee on Legal Affairs,

Public Administration and Human Rights,

Mrs. Klodilta Bushka (Chairperson)

Arbitrarily, without any prior notice, in violation of Law No. 81/2020 'On the rights and treatment of prisoners and detainees', as well as in violation of Decision No. 209, dated 6.4.2022 'On the approval of the general regulation of prisons', as of July 1, 2025, the President of the Freedom Party, Ilir Metaj, has had his legal right to conduct telephone conversations with the Secretary General of the Freedom Party, Tedi Blushi, restricted.

This unjustified, unnecessary and unsubstantiated repressive measure, in total violation of the law, was imposed without any explanation or transparency by the administration of the IEPV 'Jordan Misja', even though I have strictly respected all legal provisions for registering my telephone number.

Considering that this repressive measure is a flagrant violation of the law, the Constitution, and the European Convention on Human Rights, with serious consequences in deliberately hindering the political and opposition activity of the Freedom Party, the second opposition party and the third political force in the country, I request the immediate restoration of the telephone connection with the President of the Freedom Party, Mr. Ilir Metaj, who is detained in the 'Jordan Misja' IEPV.

I would also like to remind you that in implementation of the decision, dated December 18, 2024, of the prosecutors of the Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, SPAK, Mr. Sotir Kllapi and Mr. Arben Kraja, my request to meet with Mr. Ilir Meta, detained in the premises of the IEPV 'Jordan Misja', has been approved.

Based on legal provisions, I request that you implement this decision and allow me to meet with Mr. Metaj, excluding and calculating my meetings in the capacity of Secretary General of the Freedom Party, with meetings with his family relatives.

I would like to inform you that even though I have special permission from SPAK to meet with Mr. Metaj, this right has been denied to me several times by the administration of the IEPV 'Jordan Misja', which has also violated the law by not allowing MPs from the Freedom Party, but also MPs and MEPs to meet with Mr. Metaj even though the law gives them this right without prior authorization from the prosecutor.

With the belief that my legal request-complaint will be accepted by you, putting an end to such prohibitive and repressive measures that have no legal reference, we await your response.