Saturday, October 27, 2007

Greek Minority in Albania.

I have seen many Greeks on YouTube and on other Websites such as Wikipedia claiming that Albania violates the human rights of the Ethnic Greeks and that they are not even allowed to speak Greek.

Well maybe this another propaganda from Greece because Albania does not violate anything and the Ethnic Greeks have all their rights.

First of all, Greeks got there in 1800s simply because at the time there was no Albanian state and so they didn't have to pay taxes, and also they could get a piece of land for free, to built their homes and feed their families.

Ethnic Greeks have religious toleration and also Greek schools. Even though in Greece are hundreds of thousands Albanians (immigrants and Ethnic groups) there are no Albanian schools, and yet not religious toleration. Moreover Ethnic Greeks have their own political party.

So, that leads to believe that Greece violates the human rights and not Albania.

Lets not forget the history, when in 1945 Greek troops killed more that 5 000 Chams (Ethnic Albanians) and forced hundreds of thousands to leave their land. In attempt to survive many Ethnic Albanians changed to their names to Greek and their religion to Greek Orthodox. Still today they are afraid and they claim themeselves as Greeks, and also they are afraid to speak Albanian, even though it is their native language.

And yet many Albanians in Southern Albania are claimming themeselves as Greeks because the Greek government pays them and because the want to get legal documents to go to Greece.



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