ALBANIA

Albania was another Communist Country that had to use draconian measures to prevent its own citizens from escaping. In this case a person could be executed by trying to leave the country.

This was formalized in 1972 and was the law of the land. “Sack” is a difficult translation. The Albanian concept is that she is an object with no feelings or thinking ability. Women were forbidden from obtaining a divorce, and the wife's parents were obliged to return a runaway daughter to the husband or else suffer shame which could even result in a generations-long blood feud. In the 1960s Enver Hoxha led the Communist Government in a major reform movement on the rights of women. See {639128}.

This was formalized in 1972 and was the law of the land. “Sack” is a difficult translation. The Albanian concept is that she is an object with no feelings or thinking ability. Women were forbidden from obtaining a divorce, and the wife's parents were obliged to return a runaway daughter to the husband or else suffer shame which could even result in a generations-long blood feud. In the 1960s Enver Hoxha led the Communist Government in a major reform movement on the rights of women. See {639128}.

Albania was another Communist Country that had to use draconian measures to prevent its own citizens from escaping. In this case a person could be executed by trying to leave the country.