Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison That Apply 11 Years for Presidential Forgiveness

Of the organisations that monitor the situation in prisons, about 30% of prisoners deserve to benefit from this right.

Duagjini television brings the confession of one of them, claiming that he should be forgiven several years of the 18-year sentence he is serving.

Arberia has been spending 11 and a half years in one of the chambers of the Women's Correcting Centre in Lipjan.

It has submitted pleas for pardoning the sentence to all other Kosovo presidents.

In all cases, he was not approved.

Her real name is not Arberie. This name has been used by editorials to protect its identity.

“apply for presidential forgiveness since 2011. In past years we have had the right to use the application for forgiveness only once in a year, but recently, in the last year, we have access to aplics within three months. I've been using this right over and over and over and over and over again.

Over the years, Arberi, who is convicted of murder in co-ordination, says it is evidence that presidents have forgiven more men than women.

I've definitely felt discriminated against, since there's been a lot of male prisoners that are thanks to presidents, and there's almost nothing in women. We're hoping that now with the President in position, maybe, I'm saying, maybe, there'll be little consideration for the female genus”, she added.

And if this Arberie hope is going to come true, Duguagjini Television wasn't told by the President's office.

Television for more than a month is awaiting responses from the Presidency on the issue of pardons.

Vjosa Osmani, has yet to issue any such decree, despite the observers' emphasis that many prisoners should enjoy the right to presidential pardon.

“We have given our estimates that approximately 30% of those deprived of freedom deserve to benefit from the pardon of President”, Valentina Demolli of the Council for Human Rights and Freedoms has said.

Demolli also highlights the fact that the small number of women who have benefited from forgiveness.

“Forgiveness to be meritable, not to be a symbolic pardon, as there have been in the past to forgive one or two people who are ridiculous. However, I want to renew even now so that a greater number of women who benefit will be included in forgiveness. Unfortunately, the number of women or women who benefit from forgiveness not only from the president but also from the presidents is smaller in proportion to the male gender”, Demolli added.

In all, 124 pardonary decrees -- former President Fatmir Sejdiu -- is the one who has pardoned mostly prisoners.

Of the other presidents, Jakup Krasniqi had pardoned 103 prisoners, President Atifete Jahjaga 21, while former President Hashim Thaci had pardoned 68 prisoners.