23. Mr. TZELIOS (International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic and Other Minorities) said that the purpose of his statement was to point to continuing violations of basic human rights in Albania, Cyprus and South Africa. 24. The Albanian Government, under the pressure of world opinion, had permitted many Albanians who had taken refuge in Western embassies to leave the country. His organization had evidence however that a reign of terror had been unleashed throughout the country simultaneously with that decision. Hundreds of arrests had been made since July 1990 and there had been brutal violation of the rights of the Greek minority in particular. Greek patients in a hospital in the city ()f Sarandes had been treated like prison inmates while their Muslim counterparts had been given proper care. The Albanian Government, having failed totally to assimilate the ethnic Greeks by force, had adopted a more sinister option, namely, massive expulsion and uprooting of those people from their ancestral homes. His organization implored the Sub-Commission to urge the Government of Albania to improve the living conditions of the Greek minority and, in particular, to end their forced assimilation or expulsion. Gaining a passport and an exit visa was not a substitute for the improvement of human rights within the country. In those circumstances the question might be asked how the Albanian Government could expect the world to believe that it was reforming and moderating while police brutality continued. His c1rganization had acquired credible information about the continued existence of brutal labour camps in northern Albania where hundreds of recent detainees had been transferred. It therefore urged the Commission on Human Rights to request the Albanian Government to open those slave labour camps to inspe1ction and to release immediately approximately 
**Analysis**
The text focuses on the violation of basic human rights in Albania, particularly affecting the Greek minority, including forced assimilation, expulsion, and police brutality. The speaker is urging the international community to take action to improve the living conditions of the minority and to end the human rights violations. This suggests that the category is not related to economic development, natural resources, or industry, but rather to human rights and humanitarian aid.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human Rights