Aleks Nika
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- Name
- Aleks NikaFrom the research record · cites:
- Albania's Supreme Court orders prosecutors to reopen probe of 2011 killings (opens in a new tab)Fox News · 12 Mar 2024 · journalism · EN
- Aleks Nika (A.N.)From the research record · cites:
- Case of Nika v. Albania (excerpt) (opens in a new tab)Police Human Rights Resources · 14 Nov 2023 · court · EN
- Aleks NikaFrom the research record · cites:
- Source label
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Albania's Supreme Court orders prosecutors to reopen probe of 2011 killings (opens in a new tab)Fox News · 12 Mar 2024 · journalism · EN
- VERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Case of Nika v. Albania (excerpt) (opens in a new tab)Police Human Rights Resources · 14 Nov 2023 · court · EN
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Named as one of four people killed in front of the government building in Tirana on 21 January 2011. The family's appeal led to a 2024 Supreme Court order that SPAK reopen the case concerning his death.
Response from Aleks Nika
Family's position (2024): the investigation had not been effective (as reported).
Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
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- Biography
- Named as one of four people killed in front of the government building in Tirana on 21 January 2011. The family's appeal led to a 2024 Supreme Court order that SPAK reopen the case concerning his death.From the research record
- Shot dead at the 21 January 2011 protest in Tirana. His widow and daughters brought the case Nika v. Albania. The ECHR found Article 2 violations in 2023.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- Victim.From the research record
- Victim. Supreme Court ordered SPAK to reopen the investigation (March 2024, per Fox News summary).From the research record
- Response
- Family's position (2024): the investigation had not been effective (as reported).From the research record
- Not applicable.From the research record
Related cases
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From 21 Jan 2011
21 January 2011 Tirana protest: shootings by police and Republic Guard, prosecution history
On 21 January 2011, during an anti-government protest in front of the government building in Tirana, people were shot dead. Reporting cites four killed (Fox News, 2013 and 2024; Council of Europe…
Status: Reopened under SPAK (per Supreme Court order reported March 2024). Final outcome not found. Earlier acquittals (2013) reported.
From 21 Jan 2011
Nika v. Albania (application no. 1049/17): lethal force and crowd control at the 21 January 2011 protest
The European Court of Human Rights found violations of Article 2 in the death of A.N. (Aleks Nika), who was shot during the 21 January 2011 protest in Tirana. The judgment is dated 14 November 2023…
Status: Judgment final; execution under Committee of Ministers supervision (Albanian communication dated 5 Nov 2024, per search summary)
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Timeline
Protest
Four protesters killed in front of the government building, Tirana
Opposition-supporter protest in Tirana; four people shot dead by security forces (reported by Fox News 2024 and Hammarberg 2011). A 2011 CNN summary in a search result gave three dead; count not reconciled.
Linked: 21 January 2011 Tirana protest: shootings by police and Republic Guard, prosecution history · Aleks Nika
Court
ECHR judgment Nika v. Albania: Article 2 violations (lethal force and investigation)
Court finds violations of Article 2 (substantive and procedural) in the death of a protester shot at the 21 January 2011 Tirana protest.
Linked: Nika v. Albania (application no. 1049/17): lethal force and crowd control at the 21 January 2011 protest · Aleks Nika
Court
Supreme Court orders SPAK to reopen investigation into death of Aleks Nika (21 Jan 2011)
Court accepted the family's appeal and directed SPAK to reopen the case; reported by Fox News on 12 Mar 2024 and Telegrafi (sq).
Linked: 21 January 2011 Tirana protest: shootings by police and Republic Guard, prosecution history · Aleks Nika
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 2 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Fox News
- Date
- 12 Mar 2024
- Publisher
- Police Human Rights Resources
- Date
- 14 Nov 2023