Armand Shkullaku
No party
Legal status
Under investigation
under-investigation
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Profile
Co-owner and co-editor of Lapsi.al. Per Exit and CPJ reporting, he was summoned together with Andi Bushati by SPAK in 2021 and was asked to hand over confidential material. Named only for the public role of publisher.
Response from Armand Shkullaku
Reported as refusing to hand over materials that protect the source (CPJ, Exit).
Related cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 11 Apr 2021
Patronazhistet scandal: the Socialist Party's patronage network and the April 2021 voter database
On 11 April 2021, two weeks before the 25 April 2021 parliamentary election, the Albanian online portal Lapsi.al published a database that it said was held by the Socialist Party (PS). Reports…
Status: Allegation disputed. No charges, no final court decision and no Commissioner decision on the database found. The seizure of Lapsi.al equipment was halted…
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Timeline
Media
Lapsi.al publishes the database report
Lapsi.al publishes a database it says the PS held, covering about 910,000 people (mostly Tirana per most reports). Exit and Transparency International both give 11 April 2021.
Linked: Patronazhistet scandal: the Socialist Party's patronage network and the April 2021 voter database · Lapsi.al report on a 910,000-voter database held by the Socialist Party (2021) · Andi Bushati · Armand Shkullaku
SPAK
Exit explainer; SPAK summons Lapsi.al owners; Commissioner says it is assessing
Exit publishes its explainer (16 April). It reports that SPAK summoned Andi Bushati and Armand Shkullaku, that the Commissioner was assessing the matter without an investigation, and that the head of SPAK said there were no complaints yet and verifications were under way.
Linked: Patronazhistet scandal: the Socialist Party's patronage network and the April 2021 voter database · Arben Kraja · Redi Skenderi · Andi Bushati · Armand Shkullaku
SPAK
SPAK questions Lapsi.al publishers and demands confidential material (CPJ)
CPJ reports that the Lapsi.al owners and editors were questioned and that authorities demanded confidential information. Press-freedom groups criticised the move. The owners said they would not reveal their source.
Linked: Patronazhistet scandal: the Socialist Party's patronage network and the April 2021 voter database · Andi Bushati · Armand Shkullaku
Sources for this record
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- Publisher
- Committee to Protect Journalists
- Date
- May 2021