European Parliament 3 April 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0882/02 by Patricia McKenna (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Algeria's refusal to issue visas to an EU technical committee.

make him confess to the theft of a handbag, is one of many cases involving children who have been tortured and abused during their detention by the Albanian police. The non-governmental organisation ‘The Children’s Human Rights Centre of Albania’ states in its report that the police made extensive use of torture to force minors to confess crimes.