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n the first months of 1991, along with political pluralism and the establishment of multiple parties, different groups in various social categories were formed. A group of supporters of former political prisoners founded the Association of Former Convicts and Political Persecuted of Albania, which brought together the descendants of political prisoners, former political prisoners, and those who had been interned or deported for political reasons. Years later, another association, the Anti-Communist Association of the Former Democratic Political Persecuted, was founded. In the meantime, former prisoners and politically persecuted became disoriented and did not know how to proceed. Under these conditions, the need for the former politically prisoners to establish their own association became clear. Court approval was secured under the simple name, the Association of Former Political Prisoners of Albania. This independent, non-governmental and nonprofit association brought together former political prisoners and their families in order to work together for their fundamental rights and authentic integration in society. GUIDE
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