a few seconds agoNew York Times: Human Rights Defender Dies, Unidential Adem Demach
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Adem Demac defender of human rights and freedoms, who led Kosovo's national resistance, died yesterday at the age of 82. It is the New York Times medium among many other world media outlets who have reported the death of Albanian national resistance. During today's deputy parliament session, Xhavit Haliti interrupted the session by [...]
Adem Demac defender of human rights and freedoms, who led Kosovo's national resistance, died yesterday at the age of 82.
It is the New York Times medium among many other world media outlets who have reported the death of Albanian national resistance.
During today's deputy parliament session, Xhavit Haliti interrupted the session, saying that our “teacher, who spent 28 years in prison, has been physically separated from us”. After that, MPs held a minute of silence.
And in honour of Adem Demac's work, President Hashim Thaci has declared three days of mourning.
Demac was arrested three times by the then Yugoslav communist regime and spent 28 years in prison.
In 1991, he was awarded the Sakharov Award of the European Parliament for Freedom of Thought, and in 2010.
He was also for a while a political representative of the Kosovo Liberation Army during 1998-1999.
Demach, who studied literature, justice and education, was known as writers, especially with his novel called “The blood snake “of 1958.
After the war, Demac participated in politics, where he held several posts in the media and became more involved in protecting minority rights.
