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Sigurimi
police organization, Albania
Also known as: Directorate of State Security
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history of Albania
- In Albania: The Stalinist state
…State Security, known as the Sigurimi. To eliminate dissent, the government periodically resorted to purges, in which opponents were subjected to public criticism, dismissed from their jobs, imprisoned in forced-labour camps, or executed. Travel abroad was forbidden to all but those on official business. In 1967 the religious establishment, which…
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