| Be free! Fight for it! Sokol Gacaferri
I fully support this initiative and have great admiration for the peaceful action the
Kosovar have undertaken to get back their school and university premises from the Serbian
occupation. My husband, a Kosovar from Zhiti, and I will go to Bonn, Germany on the 4th of
October, to give our support a more concrete form. I wish all the best to Kosova and its
inhabitants in its search for independance and freedom. Caroline Bouquerel-Pajaziti
Translator at the European Communities Brussels
Vetem vazhdoni, Cdo te mire ju deshiron Ejup Qerimi Gjilan,Kosove
Vetėm pėrpara nė realizimin e tė drejtave dhe lirive kombėtare dhe fitores s
pėrgjithshme shqiptare. Tė rinjtė janė ata qė duhet kontribuar realizimit fitoreve
dhe t drejtave qė na takojnė. Unė dhe shumė bashkėatdhetarė qė gjindemi nė
Belgjikė jemi me ju. Mr Bashkim Bytyqi Namyr, Belgjik
I hope that Kosovars will achieve freedom and dignity through their resistance to Serbian
oppression. I wish you the best, and I strongly urge all supporters to gain the attention
and support of the American President, Congress, and people. Milosevic and Seselj will be
even more brutal if they sense American apathy. Ben Tucker Maine, USA
Thank you for keeping us informed through this wonderful page.The Albanian students of
Kosova are demonstrating for a just cause. Albanians throughout the Balkans are being
oppressed while all that is possible is being done to prevent them from quenching their
natural thirst for knowledge , because they know their talents and fear their development.
In NY Albanians students with other associations will demonstrate in front of United
Nations in solidarity with you. The day must come when Albanians will be free of
oppression. May God protect you from harm. Respectfully Nicolas Alempijevic
Mbeshtese fuqimisht cdo vendim nga forumi i studenteve Shqipetar te Kosoves. Bashkimi nga
Los Angelosi
I support this initiative and have great admiration for my friends-students and for what
they are doing to let world know what is happening in Kosova close to the end of 20th
century.
Engjell Pllana Ann Arbor, Michigan U.S.A
Te nderuar studentė,
Me admirim po i percjelli hapat e juaj qe i keni ndėrmare me qellim qė tė na kthehet
ajo qė na ėshtė mare me force. Shpresojė se ky veprim i juaj do ti detyroj gjeneratėn
mė tė moshuar tė udhėheqėsve tanė, qė gezonė tė gjitha beneficinonet e posteve
tė tyre, tė jenė edhe pergjegjės ndaj nevojave tė rinisė sonė. Urojė qė te keni
sukses ne relizimin e aspiratave tuja e tė gjithė neve jashtė addheut. Ju priftė e
mbarra. Me respect te thellė, Dr. Veton Z. Kėpuska, Ph.D. Newton, MA U.S.A
You have justice on your side in taking your stand. I agree with Nicholas Alempijevic, and
I will join him in praying that God will protect you from all harm tomorrow. May God grant
that this will be the beginning of the end of Serbian rule & domination! Laura
Trombley
Ju jeni krenaria dhe elita e kombit. Ruzhdi I. Shkodra, Canadė
Pershendetje Vellezer. Ju keni mbeshtetjen tone me te sinqert dhe respektin tone te thelle
ne kete pune. Te mundohesh per vellezerit e tu ne kohe te shtypjes eshte pune heronjsh.
Paqja Qofte me JU Olsi Jazexhiu
NJE GJE E KAME NE MENDJE NE KETE MOMENT...SIKUR TE ISHA ME JU. POR STUDENTA DHE RINI E
KOSOVES DHE PRISHTINES NE JEMI ME JU KUDO QE JEMI NE JEMI ATA STUDENTET E KOSOVES TE CILET
NUK KANE HARRUAR PER KOLEGET E E TYRE NE ROBERIM. NJE GJE ESHTE E QARTE ME KETE PROTESTE
SE UNIVERSITETI I KOSOVES ESHTE GJALLE DERI SA TE JENE TE GJALLE STUDENTET E SAJ DJHE
RINIA E KOSOVES. MBAJUNI STUDENTA SE NE JEMI ME JU TE GJITHE STUDENTET E SH.B.A-VE. URIME
DHE ME FAT. DHE RROFTE UNIVERSITETI I PRISHTINES STUDENT NGA SH.B.A
Perkrahi fuqimisht iniciativien e Unionit te Pavarur te Studentve Shqipetar te Kosoves...
Teutė Selimi Studente New York.
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
I hereby support the protests by all means and with my hope that changes will be possible.
Hopefully there won t be any aggression on the side of the students which will enable the
authorities to fight down the peaceful protests. Please continue to fight for your basic
human rights and for a democratic and free Kosovo. Receive my compliments and best
reghards and wishes for your actions and democratic protests. Take care... Sincerely, Jan
C. Harder
Dear fellow students, fight for your right! Radio Student, Ljubljana, Slovenia
I'm glad that finally somebody is doing the right thing..... I hope that the DREAM you
have been waiting for, will come true very soon...... Yours truly, Valbona Selimi Student,
New York, USA.
Une deshiroj qe kjo iniciative e protestave te studenteve te KOSOVES te realizon endrrat e
popullit shqiptar, qe te jene te lire qe te shkojn ne UNIVERSITETET e tyre, ne qendrat e
tyre te cilat punuan me vite te tera. Me kete do te them qe KOSOVA ka qen, eshte dhe do te
mbetet e popullit shqiptar. VETEM PERPARA. Sabrije Selimi studente New York
Sa mė parė qė tė sendėrtohet synimi juaj pėr kthimin e pakusht nė godinat e dritės
aq mė shpejt do tė realizohet edhe synimi i tė gjithė shqipėtarėve -strehimi nėn
kulmin e shtėpisė sė re-Republikės sė Kosovės. Zoti qoftė me Ju dhe tė gjithė
shqipėtarėt. Agimi@Besnikja, New Zealand
Dear fellow students, Many students in Belgrade support your cause. Some of us Serbs do
not want to live in a country which segregates its citizens. Unfortunately, the regime
here is as oppressive to democratic ideas from us Serbs as it is to those from you
Albanians. Young people here hope to see a new government in future, one which will accept
the realities of life and treat the Albanians of Kosovo just as every other citizen. Our
protest was corrupted by politicians. Do not let any politician interfere with your
justified protest. Keep us informed. jedan.beogradjanin@usa.net Good luck
EDHE PSE LARGĖ STUDENTĖVE DHE KOSOVĖS NE I MBĖSHTESIM ME TĖRĖ QENJĖN TONĖ
SHPIRTĖRORE. Nga Gjeneva, Luftim KELMENDI dhe Arif EJUPI
For the right cause are needed the right people and and I am more than sure that you
represent the best of them.I have never been to Kosove but I pray to God and I wish that
day will come, and I wish that better days will come for you and for our nation as a
whole.You have the unquestionable support of me and every Albanian all over the world. God
bless you and God bless all Albanians.Our day is ahead. Albanian student in USA
Edhe po tė mos duam, gjaku nuk na len tė qetė e tė mos jemi me ju! Canė Hasanaj
Norvegji
Ju uroj kurajo e vendosmeri ne kerkesat e drejta per arsim e liri. E keni perkrahjen time
te plote ne gjithcka qe beni dhe qe do te beni. Jam ne dispozicion te plote per gjithcka
qe te keni nevoje e qe eshte brenda mundesive te mija. Pershendetje nga Kercovari ne
Tirane, Ilir Zenku
PARTIA DEMOKRATIKE E SHQIPERISE DEPARTAMENTI I SHTYPIT DHE INFORMACIONIT Tirane 1.10.1997
DEKLARATE E LIDERIT TE PD, Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha Sot, ne rruget e Prishtines, studente,
pedagoge dhe intelektuale nisen protestat e tyre paqesore per zbatimin e Marreveshjes se
Arsimit, per rikthimin e tyre dhe te gjithe nxenesve te Kosoves ne shkollat e tyre Duke
mbeshtetur protesten e tyre te drejte per shkollim, dije, lirine dhe dinjitetin e tyre, te
garantuara sot per te gjithe qytetaret e Evropes, ftoj te gjithe protestuesit dhe mbare
shqipetaret e Kosoves te demostrojne ne keto protesta, vetpermbajtje, fryme qytetare,
gjakftohtesi dhe me kurajo te shmangin pershkallezimin e dhunes. Keshtu ata do te
deshmohen ne lartesine e kerkesave te tyre te drejta dhe idealeve qe mbrojne. Studentet e
Prishtines protestojne per vlerat e ēmuara dhe idealet qe ndajne se bashku me moshataret
e tyre ne Evrope.Protestave paqesore Miloshevici iu pergjegj me dhune dhe terror policor
duke plagosur dhe keqtrajtuar dhjetra e dhjetra protesues paqesore. Ftoj LDK dhe forcat
politike ne Kosove te bashkohen sot ne mbeshtetjen e tyre per studentet dhe ceshtjen e
tyre te drejte. U bej thirrje BE, qeverise se SHBA, kancelarive te vendeve te medha te
Evropes, Frances, Gjermanise, Britanise se Madhe, Italise, Spanjes dhe te gjitha vendeve
mike te ketij bashkimi te denojne dhunen e ushtruar sot ndaj protestuesve paqesore ne
Prishtine, te mbeshtesin kerkesat e drejta te rinise studentore te Kosoves. I ftoj ata te
ushtrojne presionin e tyre te fuqishem mbi Miloshevocin per te nderprere cdo akt dhune,
per te plotesuar pa hezitim kerkesat e drejta te studenteve te Kosoves. Zgjidhja e
problemeve te shqiptareve ne Kosove eshte kusht per paqen dhe stabilitetin ne rajon, eshte
kontribut direkt per konsolidimin e Marreveshjes se Dejtonit. E drejta eshte ne anen e
shqipetareve. BE, SHBA, Kancelarite e Medha te Evropes duhet te vleresojne se shqiptaret
protestojne per nje marreveshje evropiane e cila ne rast se nuk pati si garantor nje
institucion politik nderkombetar apo nje vend te madh meritoi mbeshtetjen e plote te BE,
Qeverise se SHBA dhe qeverive te vendeve te medha te Evropes. Se fundi i bej thirrje NATO
te marre te gjitha masat e nevojshme per te parandalur pershkallezimin e konfliktit nga
ana e Milosheveic ne Kosove i cili do te perballej pavarsisht nga veshtiresite, me
reagimin e mbare kombit shqiptar dhe qe do te kishte per pasoje nje konflikt ballkanik me
rrjedhoja tragjike dhe te paparashikueshme per Ballkanin dhe me gjere.
I am very glad and proud that you as students have finally decided to take matters into
your own hands. I wish you success and fully support all of you. Education is a right
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!!
Nga Arta Haxhaj President of the Albanian Club of Hunter College New York
Dear friends,
With admiration and anxiety I am following the events in Kosova - admiration for your
courage, anxiety for your and Kosova's fate. I assure you, there are many people in
Switzerland who feel the same like I do and who wish they could give you more than just
moral support. My best wishes and my thoughts are with you Suzanne Auer, Bern/Switzerland
P.S. The Swiss evening news on TV reported tonight about your courageous protest which is
a rare event, because usually they do not cover Kosova too well. The main headline all
evening long on Euronews TV was also your protests. This might be a sign for you that
Europe does not forget about you!
Fati i Kosoves eshte ne duar Tuaja -Rini Migjeni shkruan: Thuaje kenges me te bukur Rini
-Thuaje kenges gezimplote. Qeshu Rini , Qeshu- Bota eshte e jote. Kosove eshte e Juaj,
Universiteti eshte i Juaji. Kam shpresa te medhaja se se shpejti do ti Gezoni. Ju deshiroj
suksese dhe relizim te aspiratave Tuaja. Ramazan Hajdini, SHBA
Mesazh pershendetje e solidariteti RROFTE RINIA HEROIKE E KOSOVES - SHPIRTI I POPULLIT TE
KOSOVES! TE GJITHE SHQIPTARET ANE E KEND BOTES JANE ME JU! CESHTJA JUAJ ESHTE E DREJTE!
JENI JU ATA QE SOT TREGONI VULLNETIN DHE VENDOSMERINE TUAJ JENI JU ATA QE NESER DO TA
UDHEHIQNI POPULLIN DREJT FITORES ! NGA BOSTONI JU PERSHENDESIM ! Ne emer te lexuesve te
buletinit te shqiptareve te Bostonit "Albania Gazett". KOLEC TRABOINI Boston, 3O
shtator 1997
Full support for heroic students of Kosova My heart goes out for the heroic students of
Kosova, beaten up today in the most barbaric way by the serb police. Brothers, may God
heal your wounds and ease your pain. Today's events show once more that only when Kosova
will be free from the occupators, the people of Kosova will fully regain their rights,
human and national. Serbia has totaly failed to provide to the habitants of Kosova even a
glimpse of a livable life. Not only the children of Kosova can't learn in their language,
but in the most brutal way albanians are harrassed non stop 24/7, humiliated on a daily
bases, barbarily beaten up by the serb police that outperform in its duties even the nazi
Gestapo. As Prof. Qosja puts it albanians in Yugoslavia are a nation under arrest and the
situation is unbearable any more!!! SERB OCCUPATORS OUT OF KOSOVA. Today, as in the last
two decades, we've learned that you can't deal in a civilized manner with the beasts. The
only option left open for albanians is to join en masse the UCK, and throw once and
forever the serbian vampire off their neck. If not us, who? If not now, when? Regards to
all Astrit Golemi USA
Fight for it For Bini and Robert, and for a bunch of people just like them..... Renata
& Irena
Pėrkrahje
Tė nderuar kolegė, Nuk ka fund admirimi im pėr hapat qė po i ndėrmerrni pėr
realizimin e tė drejtave tona. Detyrat mė tė rėnda i keni Ju, por mos harroni se e
keni pėkrahjen e tė gjith atdhetarėve nė botė.
Shkumbin Hamiti
Mbeshtes Qendresen - perbuze barbaret
Mbeshtes fuqimisht protestat e studenteve te Univerzitrtit Tone dhe me vjen keq qe nuk
ndodhem ketyre diteve ne mesin e tyre. Udheheqesit e levizjes s’one duhet te ishin ne
balle te protestave. Ata duhet te kuptojne se populli dhe rinija jone nuk do t’i
mbeshtesin metutje ata “lidere” qe nuk shohin tejeter rruge vec nenshtrimit.
Ismet Hamiti, Bankok
Dear Students of Prishtina University,
I fully support your efforts to peacfully regain your former premises at the Univeristy.
Education is a basic
right for us all and I find it unbelievable that you have ever found yourselves in the
present postion.
I wish you well and a successful outcome.
Regards
Robin McNeill
Christchurch
NEW ZEALAND
PERKRAHI DHE MBESHTES FUQISHEM KERKESAT DHE VENDIMET E SUDENTEV TE (UP)
REPUBLIKES SE KOSOVES MARTIRE!NJEHERIT SOLIDARIZOHEM ME KOLEGET E MIJE
NE PRISHTIN!
ZOTI JU BEKOFT!
ZOTI QOFT ME JU!
ME RESPEKT DHE SHPERES ,QE TI ARRIM QELLIMET TONA TE DREJTA,
QELLIMET TONA JANE TE DREJTA HISTORIKE,JURIDIKE,KOMBETARE DHE MBI TE
GJITHA TE DREJTAT E ZOTIT!
NGA MUNIHU,I JUAJ ZEKE MORINA
FROM U.S. OF ALBANIA
Support for Demonstration for “access” to Education
Dear Students of Prishtina University,
Your fundamental right to education is worth deomonstrating for and do not withdraw until
you have succeeded!
Your courage and desire to have access to education is worthy of support from all people
of all nations and hopefully others in the larger ‘political’ community of
Europe and North American as well as elsewhere will not only recognise this inequality
been [placed upon you and your Nation but will rise up and support your just cause for
this basic freedom!
Regards
Bill Withers
Pėrkrahje nga Austria!
Te gjithe jemi me juve !
Visar Emini Graz, Austri
Boris Makarevitch
Communications Laboratory
Helsinki University of Technology
P.O. Box 9400 FIN-02015 HUT Finland
phone: +358 9 451 2172 fax: +358 9 451 2359
Pėrkrahje
Mos u dorezoni!
Shkumbin Brestovci
Vjene/Prishtine
Support from Finland
I hope that you will get all the rights that your wonderful nation deserves! My heart is
with you.
Anu Makela
Post garduate student and research scientist
at the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Perkrahje te gjithe studenteve...
Tė dashur student!
Ju jap perkrahje tė plota pėr inicjativen e organizimit tė protestave ndaj mbulljes s
shkollave. Po ashtu edhe studenta tė tjerė qe kam biseduar ketu nė shkollė ju
perkrahin pergjithsisht. Andaj unė bashku me
shqiptaret nė mergim kemi njė bindje se do tė arrihet dicka nė qoft se vazhdohet me
protesta. Jam shumė i
zhgenjyar ndaj qendrimit tė udheqsit tan tė LDK. Nuk mundem tė kuptoj qendrimet e tyre
pė shtyrjen e
protestes. A’jan udhheqsit tan tė vedishem se ka 6- vjet qė nuk i ėshtė lejuar
studentve shqiptar mesimin
gjuhen amtare.Ky mos mos lejim i arsimimit ka shtyar shumė student tė emigrojn, ku njeri
prej tyre jam
unė . Andaj deri kur duhet tė presim qe shkollat tona te na hapen.
Me aktivitetin e LDK jam poashtu shumė i knaqur, sepse njė qendrim duhet tė ket njė
udheqsi per ardhmerin e popullit nė tėrsi, jo vetem studentve.
Natyrisht se kemi shumė pak perkrahje ndaj botes perindimore , mirpo njeriu duhet t gjej
rrugdalje tjeter.
Njera prej tyre ėshtė tė ngritje populli nė protest e pasraj thirrje tė shteteve per
marrveshje(psh.thirrje njė delegacjon prej skandinavisė.)
Keto ishin vetem disa prej sugjerimeve tė mija nė njė gjendje kautike qė ėshtė e
udhequr prej atyre qė me
shtė humbur besimi, perkatsisht LDK-sė.
Pershjendetje dhe perkrahje prej meje , dhe tė gjith shqiptarve nė Trondheim, Norvegji.
Tė fala :Mexhid Dobra
ųvre alle 1
7016 Trondheim
Norway
Message of support
The Serbian government should be condenmed by all the world powers.Since 1981 the Albanian
people in Kosova have been fighting for their right of independence.Kosova has a right to
be independent republic like Montenegro,Bosnia,Croatia and Macedonia from their Serbian
suppressors. I urge you to continue struggle for independence against this Milisovic
dictatorship.The world is beginning to see that you are an oppressed people,with no rights
in your own country.Your protests are recieving great coverage here in America and in
Europe.This is the only way to highlight your cause to the Western World.I urge you to
continue your struggle in contempt of this dictatorship.I am an Albanian who supports the
independence of Kosova and the plight of your people.We will prevail against this
authoritarian regieme.
Skender Gjidija,New York.
Perkrahjt e mija te pa fund per ju studentet qe keni detyren ma te madhe per realizimin e
aspiratave kombetare. Te gjith jemi me ju,nuk ta fale kush lirine.
Ja vdekje ja liri.Tome N. Camaj
GO ON BOYS !!!!
Genc Gorani
My name is Eno Jegeni and I want to express my most profound support for this nobel cause.
You students are the hoppe of the nation, so keep on raising your voice for your most
elementary human rights.
I send you my support and best wishes; there ARE people out here thinking about you and
trying to get more international attention focused on Kosovo. Rrofte...
Alicia Allison
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson School
Te dashtun Vllazen,
ne shqiptareve nuk na kane mbete shum tjeternaja (alternativa). Me zgjedhe nji rruge keshe
ma paqesore duhet me nejt nen Serbi, ashtu si ka nejt e si po rrin populli i yne prej
1912-tes. Me serbine nuk mendet shqiptari me nejt, sepse asht provue tashma se Serbia nuk
don me nejt me ty por don me te nejt mbi ty. Evropa e Amerika po te duen le t’u thone
hervateve e boshnjakeve te bajne bashkvllaznim, koekzistim, me serbet. Shqiptaret nuk kane
asnji lidhje gjaku apo gjuhe me serbet.
Rruget paqesore deshmuen se jane rruge deshtake. Lufta asht tmerr, por vetmbrojtja asht e
domosdoshme. Agresjoni duhet ndale diqysh. Kur s’nalet me arsye, duhet ndale me
force, me aq force sa kemi.
Rrnofte Kosova!
Poshte agresoret!
Mithat Gashi
SH.B.A.
Edhe pse larg me zemėr jam atje, ne mesin tuaj.
Qemajl Lumi
Washington DC, USA
Zoti ju ndihmofte
Ishte koha per ta ringjalle popullin dhe per ta cliruar kauzen kombetare nga zyrat e
politikaneve. Le ta percjellin edhe ata njehere popullin. Me keqardhje qe nuk gjindem ne
mesin tuaj shprej perkrahjen time te plote ne kete hap tuajin te rendesishem dhe lus
Perendine qe t’u ndihmoje.
Ismet Abazi,Montreal, Canada
I truly support your efforts to go back to University and I prey God to give you courage
and strength.
Kathrin Abazi
BRAVO - Te nderuar motra dhe vllezer, studente te Kosoves, Bravo, Bravo qe patet force t
kerkoni te drejtat tuaja legjitime. Mjaft kemi fjetur neve te gjithe, ndersa ju ne kushte
te veshtira, te okupuar nga terroristet serb kerkoni te drejtat qe ju takojne. une besoj
se krejt popullin shqiptar e keni mbas vete.Ju lumte dhe rrnofshi sa malet.
Zoti ofte me ju dhe ju ndihmoft.ju pershendet afrim spahiu
DEAR FELLOW ALBANIAN STUDENTS IN KOSOVA,
THE ALBANIAN NATION IS WITH YOU, THE REAL DEMOCRATIC WORLD IS WITH YOU.THE SERBIAN BEASTS
WILL FAIL, BECAUSE THEY ARE INFERIOR. EVEN TODAY WHEN AS A RESULT OF THE DEMONIAC
CONSPIRACY BETWEEN GREEK ORTHODOX FUNDAMANTALIST DICTATORIAL REGIME, SERBIAN MILITARY
REGIME, AND OTHER REGRESIVE DEMONIAC INTERNATIONAL GROUPS AND LOBBIES WITH SPECIAL
ANTIALBANIAN INTERESTS IN ALBANIA, PUT ALBANIA IN TURMOIL TO EXTERMINATE ALBANIAN NATION
AS NATION CHOSEN BY GOD WITH A SPECIAL MISSION ON EARTH, WHEN A BACTERIOLOGICAL HIDDEN WAR
HAS BEGAN BY GREEK TERRITORY (SPREADING MALARIA ILL NESSIN ALBANIA, AND SLANDERING THE
WORLD TO STAY AWAY FROM ALBANIA), YOU ARE SHOWING THE WORLD AND ESPECIALLY THE
CONSPIRATORY FORCES IN BALKANS THAT ALBANIANS ARE STILL ALIVE AND VITAL TO FULFILL THE
GOD’S MISSION TO BRING PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND DEVEVELOPMENT IN THE BALKANS AND
WORLD.GO, KOSOVA GO, GO CHAMERIA GO, GO DIBRA GO, GO TIVARI GO! GO, GO ALBANIA, A PLACE OF
GOD, THE PLACE WHERE THE ILLYRIANISM BEGAN. ALBANIANS, DON’T LET OTHER PUT YOU
DOWN!GOD BLESS YOU STUDENTS, GOD BLESS ALBANIAN NATION!
Student demonstrations- Do not give up your struggle. It may be a long road to freedom but
the day of victory shall come.Helena K. Polish living in USA.
Me gjith zemer e krenari i perkrahi protestat per shkolle e liri, se per to gjaku me vlon
pra cdo respekt , se Selamiu kurre s’ju harron.
Selami Shabani, New York.
Te nderuar kolege - te dashur motra e vellezer, Eshte vertetuar tashme se pjesa me e
ndritur e kombit, studentet, jane arma me e fuqishme kunder diktatures. C’mund te
jete nje komb kur nuk i lejohet te edukohet ne gjuhen amtare?Keni gjithe perkrahjen time!
Let the eagle fly free! Nancy and Bill Barker
Student dhe profesore te nderuar! Me nje mburrje tejet te madhe, por njekohesisht me plaga
emocionale, ju uroj dhe perkrahi cdo iniciative kah hapja e shkollave Shqiptare. Edhe pse
nje numer i madh nesh nuk gjendemi aty ku nevojitemi momentalisht, besoj qe dita do te na
vije kur te gjithe do te jemi se bashku, ne nje sofer, nje tavoline, dhe nje SHKOLLE - por
ta dime qe eshte koha te veprojme ne cdo menyre te mundshe, nga cdo ane e botes dhe ti
permbushim premtimet. Stundentet jane ardhmeria dhe ne jemi themeluesit e ardherise sone
dhe mbare shqiptareve, gje qe nuk mund ta leme anash - pra perpara studente, perapra
KOSOVE!
STUDENT nga NEW YORK CITY!
Shok studentė, ju na keni bėrė sėrish krenarė qė jemi shqiptarė. Zoti ju bekoftė
tė gjithėve!! Fellow students, you've made us once again proud of being Albanian. God
bless you all! Studentkamrater, ni har åter gjort oss stolta över att vi är albaner.
Gud signe er alla!! Shqiptar Oseku
Edhe pse jemi larg prej ju,Te gjithe mendjen e kemi te ju .Ju lumte.
Petriti prej Vancouveri.
Ne mbeshtetje te studentave Shqiptar ne Kosvė. Jam plotesisht ne mbeshtetje te drejtave
te studentave Shqiptar ne Kosove. Edhe nje here ju be e ditur botes se Shqiptareve duhet
t'ju njihet e drejta e vetevendosjes. Jashte pushtuesit nga KOSOVA! No Terror in Europe!
FREE KOSOVA! AGIM DUKA STUDENT CANADA
RROFTE SHQIPONJA JAM SHQIPTAR NGA SHQIPERIA E JUGUT DHE PO IU SHKRUAJ PER TE SHPREHUR
SOLIDARIZIMIN ME JU. NE JEMI NJE GJAK, NJE KOMB E NJE FLAMUR. ATE QE NA E KA DHENE ZOTI
NUK NA E MERR DOT SERBI. PRANDAJ UROJ NGA ZEMRA : RROFTE REPUBLIKA E LIRE E KOSOVES DHE
RROFTE SHQIPONJA E FLAMURIT TONE! B. Salaj
May the Conflict Cease Dear All, I hope that the process of peacefull means of protest
continues as a model of Kosovars to the Balkans on how to achieve goals. These goals may
not be quick in coming but peacefully gained goals are more longlsting as they work the
peace rather than breed revenge. The wisdom of the peaceloving Kosovars is a model for all
of us. The road has been long, but the way of violence is never the answer. And those who
use violence against what is right show they are wrong. May you be strong in your
difficult struggle! Galina Schneider Washington, D.C.
Group of Albanian and American citizens from New Jersey , Supports protest in Kosova. God
bless students !
Dear Albanians, I am a native American- Indian. I would like to send my support and
admiration for what you are doing. I think it' s really messed up what is happening in
your country. If it were up to me I' d have my country- USA kick the Serbs out of yours,
because it is the valid right of every human being to freedom- no matter where they are.
Good luck God send! Onege wahe! (Mohak language!) Robert Bryant RR #1 Box 51 JAY- New York
12941 USA
It is anyone and everyone's right to an education. The sooner the Serbian government
realizes this the better off all Albanians and everyone worldwide will be. I give my total
support to the demonstrators at the rally in Prishtina and at UN in New York City.
Uk Lushi
Te dashur studente te Universitetit te Prishtines, Arsimimi ne gjuhen ametare eshte e
drejte e pakonstestueshme per cdo popull. Po perjetojme me brenge ngjarjet ne Prishtine,
por ne te njejten kohe nuk mund te mos adhurojme maturine dhe guximin qe po shpalosni per
te arritur nje te drejte njerezore themelore te mohuar prej shume kohesh nga autoritetet
serbe. Dear students of the University of Prishtina, Access to education in the mother
tongue is an indespensable right for every one. We are concerned about the developments in
Prishtina, but at the same time we pay tribute to the maturity and courage you have shown
in pursuing a fundamental human right which has long been denied by the Serb authorities.
Pershendedje te perzemerta, Arianit Koci Leicester, UK
Come On Students of Kosova!
You are asking for knowledge, which is light for the dark medieval regime of Serbia. You
are demanding freedom, to unchain the last dictatorship of the legendary Balkan. You are
once again showing peace and civilization against a monstrous devil that spreads fright
and horror. Do not give up, even it looks pessimistic, even it's hard to win. The biblical
war of goodness against the evil will be won by goodness. You have a great chance in
history: to change the time!
Arben Ēokaj Denmark
Ju jeni ardhmeria e popullit!! "Pune e shkolle nate e dite qe te shofim shume
drite"
te fala vellazerore, Mentor Cana nga Struga, New Jersey, USA
Me zemer i pershendes te gjith studentet e univerziteti dhe te gjitha niveleve per ket
iniciative kaq te rendesishme ne keto kohna kaq te veshtira po me qelime sa madheshtore
dhe sa te frytshme per dituri dhe perparim drejt nji jete ma te lumtur dhe ma te qet per
tan KOSOVEN dhe per popullin SHQIPTAR ku do qe gjindemi ju jeni Lulet ma te frytshme te
popullit dhe gjithmon keni me kend Une dhe e ter familja Bicaj qe gjendemi ne Amerik ju
urojm fat dhe pune te mbare ne qellimin e pathyer qe keni hap perpara gjithmone.
Your peaceful protest held recently in Pristiina undoubtedly is one of the largest
demonstrations to date. I am sure these demonstrations will give warning to Serbia and
their worthless leader Miloshevich. Your ability to stage such a perfect demonstration for
your rights speaks highly of Albanian integrity and the desire to live in peace with their
neighbors.
We sons and daughters of Albanian Americans in Texas wolud like to send a message of
support to all our brothers and sisters back home. Just like you, we are too aware of the
struggle that the Republic of Kosova and Kosovars are going through. We must work together
to inform all peace-loving nations of the world that Serbia is responsible for the war,
devastation, and destruction of many Balkan countries. Miloshevich and his
Chetnik-Communist government must be held accountable, and for this we support all your
struggles for independence.
I pray to God that my government, here in the U.S.A., which is a beacon of democracy in
the world will not close their eyes to ignore requests of more than 10 million Albanians
around the world. Serbo-Chetniks can pretend to win over Albanians by showing police and
army power in Kosova but the reality is different. Albanians will win.
The University of Pristina will always be an institution and property of the people of the
Republic of Kosova. Let’s make the organization of the University of Pristina an
example for other institutions in Kosova, and lead the way to freedom. I am sure that just
like you, the leaders of Kosova today are spending many sleepless nights searching for a
solution to the problem imposed on all of us by Serbs. We will pray for our leaders, and
hope that their minds and hearts will always be clear and strong. We pray that our
leaderes will be able to have our beliefs for the Republic of Kosova in their hearts and
have the courage to fight for it.
In conclusion, please allow me, on behalf of all your brothers and sisters in Texas, to
show my support in your struggle. Even though we are far apart we constantly think of you,
and the tremendous feats you are trying to achieve. May God bless the United States of
America. May God bless the Republic of Kosova, and show us the way to freedom and
independence.
With sincere love,
Besim Tafilaj, Durim Tafilaj, Gent Kumi, Olsi Lito, Plarent Ymeri
Dear Kosovar Students,
YOUR THOUGHTFUL MOVE TO PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS FOR FREEDOM IN YUOR OWN HOME (THE MAIN
PLACE OF THE ANCIENT ILLYRIAN-ALBANIAN CULTURE AND RELIGION) IS A SMART THING IN THIS
SITUATION.
DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL GROUPS AND LOBBIES WHO PUT ALBANIA IN CIVIL WAR TO
BRING REGRESIVE/ANTIALBANIAN/ANTIDEMOCRATIC/ TOTALITARIAN FORCES IN POWER TODAY IN
ALBANIA, ARE KIPPING QUIET ABOUT THE ERUPTION IN KOSOVA. YOU SEE NOTHING IS GIVEN TO NEW
YORK TIMES FOR THESE DEMONSTRATIONS IN KOSOVA, TIRANA, ATHENS, ETC.(WHERE IS MS.JANE
PERLEZ WHO WAS EAGER TO SLANDER EVERYDAY ON ALBANIA IN FRONTPAGE OF NYT DURING THE
TURMOIL?!), NOTHING IN CNN!?. SOMEDODY WHO CONSPIRED THERE SLANDERING THE WORLD DURING THE
TURMOIL IN ALBANIA FOR THE REAL CAUSES OF THE TURMOIL, DOESN’T WANT NOW THE WORLD TO
SEE THAT ALBANIAN PEOPLE DOESN’T REALLY WANT THE HIDDEN DICTATORIAL REGIME THEY
PROMOTED TO INSTALL IN ALBANIA. IF THE WORLD WILL FULLY BE AWARE THAT THE ENVY OF THE
NEIGHBOURS (FOR THE FAST DEVELOPMENT OF ALBANIA AND EXTRAORDINARY INTELLECTUAL
CAPABILITIES OF ALBANIAN PEOPLE WHICH BROUGH ALBANIA DURING THE LAST 5 YEARS ALMOST AT THE
TOP OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COUTRIES IN ADAPTING THE FREE-MARKET REFORMS AND DEMOCRACY) AND
THE DEMONIAC CONSPIRACY OF SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL LOBBIES WHICH HAVE BEEN SLANDERING ALL
THE TIME DURING THAT TIME AND BROUGH ALBANIA IN A DICTATORIAL REGIME (NOT A
‘DEMOCRATIC ONE AS WAS PROMOTED BY THE ABOVE), THE WORLD WILL REALLY QUESTION IN THIS
CENTURY THAT WHAT REALLY THESE FORCES REPRESENT INDEED IN A BROADER CONTEST. THE ALBANIAN
QUESTION WILL BE A BREAKTHROUGH THAN FOR THE WORLD TO KNOW WITH WHAT IT IS DEALING WITH:
WITH DEMOCRATIC AND PROGRESSIVE ANTI TOTALITARIAN FORCES, OR WITH DEMONIAC FORCES WHO WANT
TO BUILD THEIR PROSPERITY BY DESTROYING IN A SOPHISTICATED WAY THE CIVILIZATION OF OTHERS
REGARDLESS WHAT REGIME IS COMING TO, AND BY ABUSING JESUS CHRIST FOR DEMONIAC THINGS NEVER
SUPPORTED BY CHRIST. IF THIS WILL BE THE CASE THAN ALL THESE FORCES AND PERSONS MIGHT HAVE
TO CONFESS BACK FOR WHAT THEY CAUSED IN ALBANIA, AT LEAST 2, 000 INNOCENT PEOPLE BRUTALLY
KILLED BY GANDS (AND HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS KEPT SILENT!!!) AND 600 MILLION DOLLARS DEMAGE AT
ALL. ANGELA HASSANE SHOULD KNOW THAT PRETTY WELL SINCE SHE PROMOTED THESE FORCES BY
SLANDERING IN ALBANIA DURING THAT TIME. IT IS SURPRISING SHE IS ‘HELPING’ KNOW
KOSOVAR STUDENTS. PROBABLY SHE IS ‘HELPING’ AND AT THE SAME TIME DOING ANOTHER
UNDECLARED JOB AS BEFORE DURING THE RECENT TURMOIL IN ALBANIA. WE ALSO DON’T WANT
GREEK SCHOOL IN TIRANA, THERE ARE NO GREEKS THERE. IF ANY FOREIGN SCHOOL SHOULD BE ALLOWED
IN ALBANIA THIS SHOULD BE A WESTERN NORTHERN EUROPIAN SCHOOL FROM WHICH ALBANIANS MIGHT
HAVE MUCH TO LEARN FROM, AND NOT FROM GREECE WHICH EVEN DOESN’T MEET EU STANDARDS BUT
IS ALLOWED TO JOIN EU AND NATO FOR MILITARY AND SECURITY REASONS OF NATO IN SOUTHERN
EUROPE. WE ALSO WANT SCHOOLS IN CHAMERIA ALIAS ALBANIAN SOUTHERN EPIR, WE WANT THE
ALBANIAN UNIVERSITY OF JANINA AS OUR REINASSANCE MEN HAVE FORESEEN. WE WANT THE UNIVERSITY
OF TETOVA, REGARDLESS THE SLANDERS OF MACEDONIANS THAT IF THIS UNIVERSITY WILL BE GRANTED
‘IT WILL HAVE THE POOREST QUALITY IN MACEDONIA’; THEY PROBABLY FEAR OTHERWISE,
THAT UNIVERSITY OF TETOVA WILL HAVE THE BEST QUALITY IN MACEDONIA, AND THIS WILL TELL THE
WORLD WHO ALBANIANS REALLY ARE AS A NATION AND RACE IN BALKANS. WE WANT A PROMINENT
ALBANIAN AT THE HEAD OF THE INDEPENDENT ALBANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (REGARDLESS WAHT
COSTANDINOPOL THINGS ABOUT THAT), WE WANT ALBANIAN LAND GIVEN TO THE SO CALLED GREEK
MINORITY IN ALBANIA, BACK TO ALBANIAN EXPROPRIATED OWNERS. WE WANT THE ILLYRIANISM BE THE
FUTURE RELIGION OF ALBANIANS (‘HYJNIA IS THE FIRST GOD THAT ILLYRIANS HAVE BEEN
RECOGNIZING ACCORDING TO ALBANIAN ANCIENT BOOKS AND FOLKLORE).
GO AHEAD STUDENTS!
International Alb. and Alb-Am Students Los Angeles, Chcago, London, Paris, Bon, Athens
Bravo, finally the pupil is teaching the professor. You sent a clear message to everyone
that there is another player in town -- the student. Just a short note to let you know
that you have many supporters in the West. You, the students, lead and the rest of us will
follow.
My best wishes,
Fron Nazi
Ne studentet dhe mbare bashkatdhetaret perkrahim plotesisht protestat e studenteve te
Univerzitetit te Prishtines dhe solidarizohemi me kerkesat e tyre legjitime
(bashkekombetare), njeherit ju faleminderojme per informim ne baze te internetit !
Bielefeld, me 2 Tetore 97
XHATI@aol.com
Keni admirim dhe pėrkrahje tė plotė nga komuniteti Shqiptar n Kitchener-Waterloo,
Ontario. Canada. Secretary of Canadian-Albanian Cultural Heritage of K-W Meriton Raqi
Fuqimisht e perkrahu inicijativen e Unionit te Pavarur te Studentve te Republikes se
Kosoves, ne protestet paqesore per lirimin e objekteve shkollore dhe univerzitare, sepsee
pa arsim nuk mund te jetoj as kombi. Arsimimi eshte bime e tmerrshme qe nuk qet gjethe dhe
nuk lulzon ne qoftse nuk e ujisim? Prandaj perpara, ju jeni elita e kombit tone, armata e
Kosoves tone . Ju deshiron sukses. Ndrec Tomaj, se bashku me bashkatdhetaret nga komuna e
Klines. ne Detroit. SH.B.A.
I am American and live in California. I have been following your struggle very closely and
I just want you to know how much respect I have for all of you, fighting peaceably to
achieve your goals. I know, here in America, we do not have to overcome such obstacles and
I know the day will come when you will enjoy that very same comfort. You ARE making such a
difference for yourselves and generations to come, by speaking out and continuing to fight
back with your minds. It would be such a horrible tragedy to lose a single life when your
minds can overcome any obstacle that comes before you. I have written a letter to
President Clinton and every appropriate government agency here, urging continued support
of your struggle and that the U.S. play a more active role in the situation in Kosova. I
wish there was something more we could do to assist you.. My thoughts are with all of you
and I know it doesn't make a huge difference, but I will continue to do anything I can to
support your battle for freedom. There are many Americans who support you. We tend to take
our lives for granted here and, I, as well as many others pray that you will enjoy the
same freedoms we do... VERY SOON. Good Luck to you and be proud that you are achieving,
even if slowly, freedom for yourselves.
As an Albanian-American from Macedonia I give my full and concerning support to the
Albanian students in Kosova. Their plead for education is certinly not going unheard of by
Albanian students in America. As a combined Albanian community we will take every effort
possible to make your cries heard in all parts of the civalized world. We are behind you
100%. If only there was a way we could all join in your struggle. As for the brutilizing
Serbian authorities we let you know now that the Kosova students are not alone and that
your incriminating government is showing signs of fatigue and weakness. We Albanians of
America and Albanians around the world show paroumount support for our Albanian brothers
and sisters. We will go on fighting together to the very end. "BASHKIMI BON
FUQI" We are also locally creating student suppot groups to strengthen recognition.
These human rights violations must stop now!!! Thank You, Argetim Musa
Pėrkrahje e vazhdueshme deri nė pavarsinė e plotė. EUROTOURS- Gjenev
Kemi qenė,jemi dhe do tė jemi gjithmonė me Ju.
Kolegėt e juaj nga Graci(Austri): Besnik Vasolli Arsim Hasangjekaj Mentor Sahiti
Me admirim te zjart e perkrah protesten e bashkatdhetareve te mi per te drejten
fundamentale: te drejten per fisnikerimin e mendjes. Perpara!!!!
Venera Bekteshi
Edhe pse larg jush ,me zemer e ndjenja shume afer. Keni perkrahjen e mbare popullit
Shqipetare kudo qe jan. VETEM PERPARA! Agron Halili New York
Kaher eshte ndjer nevoja e dinamizimit te levizjes son.Nese llogarisim vetem pesimet nese
bejme dicka,ateher kurr nuk do te na del taman.Andaj PERPARA. Asllan Latifi
Dear Jan & Sandra Harder, You gave a good answer to the Serbian student. Indeed in
Canada there Universities in English and in French. But It good to correct also THAT
SERBIANS HAVE NOT BEEN MORE IN NUBER THAN ALBANIANS AFTER THE WWII. This legend is spread
by Serbians themselves, by blowing their own horn. AT THE END OF THE WWII ALBANIANS WERE
MUCH MORE THAN SERBIANS IN NUMBER, EVEN MORE THAN TODAY. ALBANIANS HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE IN
WWI, AND MUCH MORE UP TO NISH EARLIER.
Thanks, Students in Canada
Unė quhem Antigona Bahtiri,jamė 17 vjeqare dhe banoj nė qytetin Uddevalla t
Suedisė.Nė Suedi banojė qe 6 vite. Edhe njė vitė e perfundoi shkollen e mesme te
medicines ne gjuhen suedeze dhe vendosa ta shftytezoi mundėsinė qė tė ju tregoi se
edhe ne nė diaspore juve ju pėrkrahim. NE JEMI ME JU! Ketu ku banoi unė ,pra n
Uddevalla, sot nė orėn 17.00 do tė mbajmi protesta pėr kthimin e studentėve
shqiptarė nė objektet e tyre shkollore nė Kosovė! Kunder dhunės qė ju shtrohet
shqiptarėve nė Kosovė dhe nė tė gjitha viset shqiptare tė tjera. Protesta i
drejtohet nj antari tė qeverisė suedeze. Shpresojmė qė tė gjithė shqiptarėt qė
janė kėtu,do te marrin pjesė.Edhe ne Stockholm do tė mbahėn protesta tė premtėn me
10 tetor. Organizimi i kėti protesti ėshtė i mrekullueshėm! Demostrantėt do tė
hecin,studentat me nga njė libėr nė dorė pėr para,gjatė rrugėve t Stockholmit deri
tek qeveria suedeze.Do tė ketė shumė tė veshur me teshat tona kombėtare.Edhe aty
shpresojmė qe do tė ketė shumė pjesėmarrės. Me kaq po e pėrfundoi se gjindem nė
shkollė e ora e mėsimit fillon edhe disa minuta.
MOS HARRONI - NE JEMI ME JU NĖ GJDO HAP !!!!!! Ju shkruan Antigona Bahtiri (nga
Mitrovica) me nder dhe respekt!
DESHĖM PĖRSĖRI TĖ SHPREHI KĖNAQĖSINĖ TONĖ PĖR INICIATIVIN E MREKULLUESHĖM TĖ
STUDENTĖVE TANĖ NĖ KOSOVĖ.UNĖ,ANTIGONA BAHTIRI NGA MITOVICA & FESTIME SHALA NGA
GJAKOVA-TĖ DYAT JEMI STUDENTE NĖ SUEDI. VETĖM VAZHDONI RINI - VETĖM PERPARA!!! NE ME
JU JEMI!!!!! JU LUMTĖ! ME NDER DHE RESPEKT - ANTIGONA & FESTIMJA STUDENTE SHQIPTARE
NĖ SUEDI (UDDEVALLĖ)
Anglo albanian Association in london sends support to kosova students
Studentat e Tiranes jane me ju. E drejta per arsimim ne gjuhen amtare eshte nje nga
kerkesat me njerezore. Mos i nderprisni protestat tuaja legjitime. Fitore! ANDI I. COMO
AEDP Network Administrator and Computer Specialist RR. Themistokli Germenji Nr 3/1 Tirana,
Albania Tel: (355) 42 277-31/350-71/35072 Home: 629-08
Me gjith zemer i perkrahi studentat shqiptar ne Republike e Kosoves per te drejtat
njerzore dhe lirin per edukim, neve e percjellim me shum inters ngjarjet atje dhe 100% you
perkrahim per kerkesat tuaja. Si banor i Maqedonis, poashtu deshiroj qe te legjetimohet
edhe Univirziteti i Tetoves,vetem perpara vllazer dhe motra, ju lumt. Agroni nga Shkupi
Dear fellow students of Kosova,
Even though the Albanian government is not doing all it can to support the students of
Kosova, for uknown reasons, I would like to let you know that you have FULL support from
the Albanians in Albania. ALWAYS fight for your rights, and NEVER let the Serbian regime
take control of your freedom and rights. I believe that the time has come for Albanians
not only in Kosova, but in other occupied regions, to fight for their ancestriol homeland.
We are sick of meetings, and peacful means of communication with the enemy. We all know
that nothing will come out of peacful meetings and cooperation with the enemy. sė bashku
me anetarėt e fondacionit "Balli Kombetar", tė gjith studentet Shqiptarė dhe
tė gjith Shqiptarėt qe ndodhen n Kosovė, ju urojm me zemer tė madh, fatmir dhe rrugėn
e mbarė. Gjithmonė, jemi me juve!!
Bekim Xhaferi - student nga New York.
Perkrahi me tere qenjen time studentet e Univerisitetit te Kosoves, njeri ka nje jete edhe
ate duhet t'ia fale kombit.
Daja Fadil Presheva New York
Human rights organisation for ethnic and religious minorities NGO in consultative status
(category II) with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations P.O. Box
2024 D - 37010 Goettingen Phone +49/551/49906-0 Fax +49/551/58028 7 October 1997
To the Union of Albanian Students of Kosova, Prishtina
Dear friends, When we heard of the attacks of the Serbian police forces against the
non-violent demonstrantions in Prishtina last Wednesday, our human rights organisation
organized a small rally of solidarity on the central square of our home town Goettingen.
We collected signatures and send you today the following message of support: Wir
unterstuetzen den gewaltfreien Protest der albanischen Studentenunion im Kosovo! We
support the non-violent protest of the Union of Albanian Students of Kosova! Wir
verurteilen das brutale Vorgehen der serbischen Polizei gegen die friedlichen
Demonstranten! We condemn the brutal attack of the Serbian police against the peaceful
demonstrators! Wir fordern die Rueckgabe der serbisch besetzten Schulen und Universitaet
im Kosovo an die Albaner! We demand that the schools and university of Kosova currently
occupied by the Serbian regime be returned to the Albanians!
Hodije Lani, Goettingen Lendita Lani Xhevahize Lani Hadir Lani Marigona Lani
Saleh Saciri Baskin Tahiri Fehmi Spahiu Gani Spahiu Feim Bytyci
Ali Statomi Fehmi Hatimi Myryete Hamiti Shalsha Nexhat Refki Hoxka
Beqim Shalsha Naser Rizvani Muhamet Shalsha Vehbi Hyseni Fitore Hyseni
Luvdim Hyseni Lirijzan Hyseni Ismail Saciri Duliman Zeciri Hilmi Spahiu
Hajra Zhitija Zeneli Qazim Christoph Lutter Tanja Recke Ragip Tairi
Mirsije Tahiri Tafil Tahiri Sanni Tahiri Ajete Tahiri Sanija Tahiri
Nada Richolt Selim Berisha Vehbi Berisha Nasar Haxhaj Lulzim Lamallari
Spresa Lamallari Hyseni Gani Hyseni Ekrem Hamdi Berisha Bahrije Berisha
Birte Westermann Agrom Bajram Axhi Kryeziu Hamz Bytyqi Naxim Ekremi
Haxhi Ekremi Hasan Zeqiri Muhamet Tahiri Sadije Zeqiri Margarete Kiang
Siegfried Scholz Arben Berisha Enver Zeneli Hysri Bylykbashi Farhad Debal
Thako Tahir Imke Rust Ulrike Lengmann Sonja Richtrer Wolfgang Dobler
Ernst Martin Frank Richardt Axel Lingner Konrad May Mareike Nehmiz
Richolde Dzafic Detlef Richold Skender Berisha Burim Shashivari Xhevat Lani
Skender Demolli Shpresa Demolli Haim Kosova Safete Berisha Hatixhe Berisha
Abetare Kosova Skender Kosova Mirsije Tahiri Myrvete Hamiti Haxhrije Statovci
Monika Herzog Katharina Herzog Dorothea Wessel, Gladbeck Ukolim Hasani, Kevelaer Sabine
Stelto
Saleh Abdullah Nasrin Muhedin Dr. Martin Wessel Ismet Merovci Isa Hasani
Uwe Betjen Holger Herlyn
and all staff members of the headquarters of the Society for Threatened Peoples/German
Section, Goettingen
Felicitas Rohder East Europe Desk 7 October 1997 A Wir unterstuetzen den gewaltfreieWe
support the non-violent protest of the Union of Albanian Students of KosWe condemn the
brutal attack of the Serbian police against the peaceful demonstrators! Wir fordern die
Rueckgabe der serbisch besetzten Schulen und Universitaet im Kosovo an die Albaner! We
demand that the schools and university in Kosova currently occupied by the Serbian regime.
Te dashur motra e vellezer, E dashur rini shqiptare, Veprimi juaj i guximshem dhe i
vendosur ka pervetesuar tere dashurine dhe rrespektin e mergimtareve shqiptare te mbledhur
rreth Shoqates se Mergimtareve Shqiptare "Hasan Prishtina" ne Bern te Zvicres.
Ne jemi te bindur se vetem energjia, dituria, vendosmeria dhe guximi i rinise shqiptare
jane muzat e lirise se Kosoves. Cilteria dhe trimeria dhe veprimet tuaja te matura do te
kene gjithmone perkrahjen tone te gjithanshme. Me dashuri dhe mall Mergimtaret shqiptare
Kryetari Sami Kurteshi P.S. Ju lutemi, per te qene ne kontakt te perhershem dhe per
kembimin e pervojave ne jemi te gatshem te mbajme kontaktin e rregullt. Kjo ka te beje me
mergimtaret shqiptare dhe me Universitetin e Bernit, ku une vazhdoj studimet ne degen e
Shkencave politike dhe te drejtes nderkombetare. Informimi i rregullt dhe i drejte do te
na mundesonte qe te ndermarrim hapa modeste ne senzibilizimin e studenteve te
Universitetit te Bernit po ashtu. Ju perqafon dhe pershendet i juaji Sami Kurteshi
Pėr pamvarėsinė e Kosovės tė gjithė janė tė nevojshėm. Ēdo njėri duhėt tė jap
kontributin e vet. Studentet edhe njė herė treguan se janė krenaria e vendit.
Pėrshendetje vėllazėrore nga Kristiansandi i Norvegjisė. GJITHMONĖ ME JU DHE PER JU
!!! Xhevdet Mujaj
Pristina, Kosova October 6, 1997
Dear Friends,
Following is a slightly revised version of my report on the demonstration in Pristina last
week. Please use this version if you publish it or otherwise share it further. Thanks for
helping spread the word. Massive Nonviolent Protest in Kosova
By David Hartsough
On October 1 in Pristina, Kosova, in southern ex-Yugoslavia, about 20,000 students and
faculty marched in peaceful protest (along with 80,000 supporters along the planned route
of the march) demanding that the university which has been closed to Albanian students for
seven years be reopened to all students - Albanian as well as Serbian. They are declaring
that education is a human right and demand that ethnic Albanian students in Kosova have a
right to go to the University of Kosova and learn in the Albanian language and should not
be discriminated against because of their nationality.
Background - Kosova, an autonomous region in former Yugoslavia, has about 2 million
people, about
90% Albanians and 10% Serbs and Turkish. In 1989 the Serbian government unilaterally
abolished the 1974 Yugoslav constitution which granted autonomy to Kosova, abolished the
Kosova parlament, and fired 80% of the Albanian people from government jobs and closed
almost all schools from the primary level through the university to the Albanian
population when the Albanians refused to accept a pledge of allegiance to the Serbian
state and the shift to the Serbian curriculum and all classes only in the Serbian
language.
Many people call the situation in Kosova “worse than apartheid” and an
“explosion waiting to happen”. All political power and most economic power is
held by the Serbs and the Albanian majority are treated as tenth class citizens. There
have been serious and ongoing human rights abuses against the Albanian people the past
seven years.
Faced with this repressive situation, the Albanians have engaged in very broad based
passive nonviolent
non-cooperation with the Serbian regime. They have created their own parallel schools and
university which operate in private homes on shoe-string budgets, have organized hundreds
of Mother Theresa medical clinics, and have even organized a parallel government. A year
ago an agreement was signed by Milosevic, then President of Serbia and Rugova, the
President of the parallel government of Kosova, which provided for the unconditional
return of Albanian students and teachers to schools in Kosova. After thirteen months of
absolutely no movement toward implementation of this agreement, the students of the
university decided that they had waited long enough and with tremendous courage, organized
a large nonviolent demonstration October 1 calling for implementation of the school
agreement. All the students in the demonstration wore white shirts with the university
emblem on the front. They walked with dignity and were totally committed to a peaceful and
nonviolent demonstration. Unfortunately, the Serb police, armed with automatic
Kalashnikovs and accompanied by armoured personnel carriers with tear gas cannons and
water cannons, blocked the march after ten minutes. Facing the machine guns and police in
riot gear, the 20,000 students stood silently and courgeously in a dignified and peaceful
manner - armed only with flowers and banners calling for a reopening of their university.
After an hour and without warning, the police violently attacked the demonstrators, beat
up and arrested the leaders of the independent student union and the Rector of the
parallel univeristy which has been operating out of private homes the past six years. The
police fired tear gas into the demonstration and into the thousands of supporters who
lined the road and were observing on the hillsides overlooking the demonstration.
There had been absolutely no provocation by the students. The contrast between the quiet,
but powerful
nonviolence of the students and the violence and brutal attack by the police was
overwhelming. It reminded me of the march in Selma Alabama in 1965 where the police
mercilously attacked and beat up nonviolent black marchers who were demanding the right to
vote in the United States. Students are hopeful that when the world hears of this violent
attack on their peaceful demonstration, that they will demand that this brutal oppression
stop in Kosova and that the schools and the university be reopened to all students in
Kosova.
Similar large nonviolent demonstrations by students and others took place in six other
cities across Kosova October 1 and in most of the cities the police behaved in a similar
violent manner to the police in Pristina, the capital. Unfortunately in Pristina and in
other cities across Kosova the police spent most of the rest of the day patrolling
downtown and the neighborhoods firing tear gas indiscriminately at and attacking common
people. In just one Mother Theresa medical center (of eight in Pristina) there were 27
people with serious injuries from police attacks including open wounds on the head, broken
ribs, and faces black and blue from police billy clubs. (Over 160 students were injured in
the attacks and treated in the Mother Theresa clinics. Tear gas was also fired into at
least one primary school courtyard forcing the school to close.
The students have returned to regular classes at the parallel university Oct. 2 and plan
to continue their peaceful call for opening of the university to all students in the
coming days and weeks. The mood of the students and demonstrators was not one of defeat,
but of victory. The students had manifested the first positive and strong indication of
how the Albanian people in Kosova feel since 1992. They had tremendous discipline and the
students and others remained quiet, peaceful and dignified in spite of the police
violence. The students have had enough of waiting and have found the courage to powerfully
and nonviolently act to achieve justice and dignity for themselves and their people.
Letters of support can be sent to the Students Independent Union in Pristina at
UPSUP_PR@ZANA-PR.ztn.apc.org and letters of protest can be sent to President Slobodan
Milosevic at Tolstojeva 33, 11,000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Contact PEACEWORKERS at 721 Shrader St., San Francisco, CA 94117 USA if you are interested
in supporting this nonviolent movement in Kosova.
David Hartsough is Director of PEACEWORKERS based in San Franicisco, California.
PEACEWORKERS
721 Shrader St.
San Francisco, CA 94117 USA
Phone and fax 4150751-0302
We have been closely following your protest efforts and urge you to keep the pressure on
the U.S., EU, and the international community. Hold the Milosevic regime accountable!
Global Communicators, Washington, D.C. Jim Harff, Helen Sramek.
Human Rights Watch/Helsinki 485 Fifth Ave. New York, NY. 10017 United States Tel: (212)
972-8400
To: The Students of Kosova
Human Rights Watch/Helsinki, the largest American-based human rights organization,
expresses its unqualified support for your peaceful attempts to secure education in the
Albanian language. We condemn all human rights violations by the Serbian government in
Kosova and call on the international community to hold Slobodon Milosevic responsible for
the crimes he has committed, including the violent suppression of your peaceful
demonstrations. We will continue to provide our support by documenting and publicizing
human rights violations when they take place.
Yours,
Fred Abrahams Human Rights Watch/Helsinki Researcher
Perkrahje gjer ne realizimin e synimeve tona gjithekombetare
Afrim Konjufca
NE SHQIPĖTARĖT E lUKSEMBURGUT JU PĖRKRAHIM ME FJALĖT E FISHTĖS:
...E TA MARRIN VESH SHQIPTARĖT SE A MA MIRĖ NĖN DHE ME U KJA SE PĖR TĖ GJALLĖ ME
NDEJ NĖN SHKJA...
Vetem vazhdoni!
Petrit Selimi
Te gjithe studentave neper rruget e Prishtines dhe Kosoves. Ju uroj cdo te mire dhe kisha
pase deshire te jeme ne demonstrata me ju mirepo une jame ne sh.b.a ne kete moment duke e
kryer shkollen e mesme. ju premtoj qe une jame me ju cdo moment me zemer, dhe shpresoj se
te gjitha endrat studentave shqiptare neper bote do te realizohen fight for your right to
learn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Albanians!!! Mimoza Cejku Baltimore Maryland USA
I SUPPORT the protests in Kosova for re-opening educational establishments for the people.
Sophia Yasmin Nasim
Dear brothers and sisters. We fully admire your courage for steping up for your rights. We
feel very bad that we can't be part of your uprising, fizically. But, we will continue to
do everything in our power to promote diplomatic or military involment of the United
States. We were able to give vizual presentations about Kosova to the American Students of
the state of Maine. We hope that people we've talked to or those that we'll meet in the
future will take the initiative to write to the govermental officials and "demand EU
Action in Kosova" (something Danish Students are also trying to do). We wish you all
good luck, and hope we'll get our schools back. Sincerely yours, Driton (18) & Luan
(21) Dalipi.
51 State Street, Apt. 1 Portland, ME 04101 U.S.A.
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