From albboschurch at juno.com  Wed Aug  6 16:42:56 2003
From: albboschurch at juno.com (Albanian Orthodox Church)
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:42:56 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Natick Albanian Festival  in Hopkinton
Message-ID: <20030806.164533.-205271.26.albboschurch@juno.com>


Save The Date!

Sunday, September 7,  2003

The Albanian Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Natick, MA presents:


Albanian Festival 2003


Where:    On the beautiful grounds of the:
                    New England Laborers' Training Center
                    East Street, Hopkinton, MA


When:      12:00 noon  to  5:00 pm


Enjoy:       Delicious Shishkebab, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Spinach Pie,
Baked Goods, Beverages and More

                      Dancing to Albanian and American Music
            
                      Swimming in the Olympic Size Pool, Sports,
Children's Games

                     Raffle and Silent Auction

     
Admission:    $3 per person
                             Children 12 and under free


Please:    No carry-in food or alcohol


We look forward to seeing you, your family and friends on September 7th!


_________________________________________________________________________


Directions to New England Laborers? Training Center, Hopkinton, MA:
 
>From Natick:
 
Take Route 135 toward Ashland/Hopkinton.  Once in Hopkinton, turn left
onto Clinton Street (Festival signs are posted).  Go approximately one
mile and turn right onto East Street.  Laborers? Training Center is ?
mile on the right.
 
>From Boston:
 
Take Mass Pike (west) to I495 south exit.  Travel south on I495 to Exit
21 A, Route 135 (Hopkinton/West Main St.).  Travel east for approximately
3 miles and turn right onto Clinton Street (Festival signs are posted). 
Go approximately one mile and turn right onto East Street.  Laborers?
Training Center is ? mile on the right.
 
>From Northern New England:
 
Take I495 south to Exit 21 A, Route 135 (Hopkinton/West Main St.). Travel
east for approximately 3 miles and turn right onto Clinton Street
(Festival signs are posted).  Go approximately one mile and turn right
onto East Street.  Laborers? Training Center is ? mile on the right.
 
>From Western MA:
 
Take Mass Pike (east) to I495 south exit. Travel south on I495 to Exit 21
A, Route 135 (Hopkinton/West Main St.).  Travel east for approximately 3
miles and turn right onto Clinton Street (Festival signs are posted).  Go
approximately one mile and turn right onto East Street.  Laborers?
Training Center is ? mile on the right.
 
>From Southern New England:
 
Take I495 (north) to Exit 21A, Route 135 (Hopkinton/West Main St.).
Travel east for approximately 3 miles and turn right onto Clinton Street
(Festival signs are posted).  Go approximately one mile and turn right
onto East Street.  Laborers? Training Center is ? mile on the right.
 
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From aalibali at yahoo.com  Mon Aug 11 10:11:54 2003
From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 07:11:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Job: Project Assistant/Local Coordinator,
	EastWest Institute, Prespa/Ohrid Region
Message-ID: <20030811141154.65900.qmail@web11506.mail.yahoo.com>


> 
> The EastWest Institute, an international independent
> European-American 
> non-profit organisation with programmatic activities
> in Eastern Europe 
> (www.ewi.info), seeks to hire a
> 
> 
> Project Assistant/Local Coordinator
> 
> for its Transfrontier Institution Building Project
> for the Prespa Ohrid 
> Region 2003-2005:Towards the Establishment of the
> Euroregion
> 
> 
> 
> Starting in early September 2003
> 
> The project duration is planned for 2 years with a
> possibility of extension.
> 
> Competitive Salary
> 
> dependent upon experience
> 
> 
> 
> The Project Assistant will provide general support
> to a Prespa/Ohrid 
> Transfrontier Cooperation Project which forms a part
> of the EWI Regional 
> and Transfrontier Cooperation Program. The position
> entails assistance to 
> organization and implementation of all project
> activities, including 
> conferences, seminars, etc. The Project Assistant
> will be responsible for 
> financial reporting and for submitting relevant
> research and analysis to 
> his/her superior. He/she is also responsible for
> maintaining communications 
> with all relevant project partners both local and
> international, including 
> traveling across borders in the Prespa/Ohrid region.
> 
> 
> Required Qualifications:
> 
> 
> 
> ?        BA university degree in a relevant field
> i.e. international 
> relations, history, political economy, MA degree is
> an advantage;
> 
> ?        A minimum of 1 - 2 years of administration
> and project work 
> experience preferably within an international
> organization or NGO;
> 
> ?        Excellent knowledge of the social,
> political and economic 
> environment in the Balkans in general and the
> Prespa/Ohrid Region in 
> particular;
> 
> ?        Very good research, writing and analytical
> abilities;
> 
> ?        Very good communication skills and
> presentation skills;
> 
> ?        Fluent and willing to use written and
> spoken Greek and English;
> 
> ?        Good organizational and administrative
> skills;
> 
> ?        Good knowledge of PC applications
> (Microsoft Word, Excel, 
> PowerPoint, Internet, databases).
> 
> ?        Valid drivers license.
> 
> 
> 
> More information about the position available from
> the contact below.
> 
> 
> Interested applicants please send resumes and cover
> letters in English by 
> August 20, 2003 to Mrs. Dagmar Aserova, Director of
> Human Resources/Mrs. 
> Silvena Nikolova, Project Manager to the e-mail
> address 
> jobs114 at ewi.info  preferred, or fax +420 224 917
> 854, with ref. BG.
> 
> 
> The EWI hires staff without regard to race, colour,
> religion, national 
> origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital
> status or 
> disability.  Minority candidates are encouraged to
> apply.
> 
>   
> 
> 
> 


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From aalibali at yahoo.com  Mon Aug 11 16:32:32 2003
From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:32:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Muret e Adrianopolit
Message-ID: <20030811203232.26334.qmail@web11502.mail.yahoo.com>

? 	

Zbulohet muri rrethues i qytetit t? Adrianopulit 

Lajmi i ores 6:20 PM


Muri i rrethues i Adrianopulit
	GJIROKATER (11 Gusht) - Zbulohet muri rrethues i
qytetit te Adrianopulit, ne luginen e Drinos, ne
Gjirokaster. Ndersa po punohej te kolektori i ujrave
te teatrit te "Sofratikes" restauruesit ndesh?n ne nje
material te forte qe u konstatua se ishte pjese e
ketij muri rrethues. Drejtori i Monumenteve t?
Kultur?s ne Gjirokaster, Vladimir Qirjaqi e ka
konsideruar k?t? si nje zbulim t? jasht?zakonsh?m.
dxh/dxh (BalkanWeb) 

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From aalibali at yahoo.com  Wed Aug 13 12:05:58 2003
From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:05:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Ancient Adrianopoli found in Dropulli
Message-ID: <20030813160558.53039.qmail@web11503.mail.yahoo.com>

Ceka: Zbulimi i nj? fragmenti                      t?
teatrit t? Sofratik?s, tregon se kemi t? b?jm? me
qytetin                      Adrianopol 

                

 
                                      

Lajmi                          i ores 5:25 PM
                 

                                                      
                                                      
                                      TIRANE (13
Gusht) - Arkeologu i njohur Prof. Neritan             
      Ceka tha sot se , "zbulimi i nj? fragmenti muri
n? af?rsi t?                    teatrit t? Sofratik?s
n? rrethin e Gjirokastr?s, gjat? punimeve             
      t? deg?s s? Monumenteve t? Kultur?s p?r
restaurimin e k?tij                    monumenti,
tregon padyshim se kemi t? b?jm? me nj? zbulim q?     
              i p?rket qytetit antik Adrianopol". Ky
qytet, ?sht? themeluar                    nga
perandori romak Adrian, q? mbret?roi n? vitet 117-138
pas                    Krishtit. G?rmimet e m?tejshme,
?uan edhe n? zbulimin e nj?                    monedhe
t? vog?l, nj? vathi dhe t? objekteve t? tjera t?
zbukurimit.                    Ceka u shpreh se,
"teatri i Sofratik?s ?sht? nd?rtuar vet?m             
      si pjes? e nj? kompleksi nd?rtimesh t? tjera q?
p?rb?jn? nj?                    qytet". Sipas
arkitektures romake, ai e quajti k?t? kompleks        
           si "forumin e qytetit (Adrianopol)".
dxh/dxh (BalkanWeb)                  

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From aalibali at yahoo.com  Wed Aug 13 21:52:11 2003
From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:52:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] KOHA JONE - Feja dhe tiparet kombetare - D. Omari
Message-ID: <20030814015211.83161.qmail@web11505.mail.yahoo.com>

E Enjte, 14 Gusht 2003


KUJT I SHERBEN LARGIMI I FEVE NGA TIPARET KOMBETARE?


Nga Donika Omari


Titulli i ketij shkrimi te ben te te linde menjehere
nje pyetje tjeter: a s_jane universale fete qe kane
hyre ne Shqiperi? Eshte e vertete qe qofte
krishterimi, qofte myslimanizmi jane fe qe dalin
jashte kornizes se nje kombi, sic nuk eshte
perkundrazi judaizmi. Ky karakter universal qe per
boten e krishtere si edhe per ate myslimane nje faktor
bashkimi, prej krishterimit, p.sh, i cili trashegoi
edhe nga kultura greko-romake, lindi

Evropa. Megjithate, historikisht nuk ka qene e mundur
dhe nuk eshte e mundur qe individet e nje kombi te mos
ndikojne qe feja te marre tiparet kombetare perkatese.


Me arritjen e lirise se besimit fetar ne Shqiperi
lindi nje shprese me shume per arritjen e bashkimit te
popullit fale dashurise qe ngjall ne zemrat besimi i
vertete ne zotin. Eshte perseritur kaq here thenia e
Volterit se zoti edhe po te mos ekzistonte duhej
shpikur. E permendim kete per t_i kujtuar
kokefortesise se materialisteve tane te thekur se
lindja e njerezimit eshte shoqeruar me lindjen e
besimit fetar dhe se nuk mund te mendohet nje bashkesi
njerezore pa ekzistencen e nje ideali gjitheperfshires
e mbareshoqeror qe me se shumti arrihet me besimin ne
te mbinatyrshmen. Nuk eshte pa lidhje realiteti i nje
ndjenje te dobet fetare te ne shqiptaret me gjendjen
tone historikisht te percare. Kjo ndjenje e vaket, ne
kushtet historike qe favorizuan konvertime te
vazhdueshme, solli gjendjen ne te cilen eshte sot
populli shqiptar i ndare ne kater fe te

ndryshme. Tani, para ne shqiptareve shtrohet pyetja
themelore nese keto fe do te na sherbejne per t_u
ndare apo per t_u bashkuar. Natyrisht qe ne veshtrim
te pare duket se s_ka si te shpien ne bashkim kur
secila nga ato ka perpunuar doktrinen e vet, qe ne
shume pika perjashton dhe kundershton ate te feve te
tjera. Ne shume pika, por jo ne themeloren. Domethene
ne te

qenit fe monoteiste dhe ne parimin baze se Zoti eshte
dashuri. Ne luften qe i bejne egoizmit dhe
kryelartesise, ne predikimin e tolerances dhe meshires
dhe solidaritetit mes njerezve. Te gjitha keto shpien
ne zbutje te zemres e ne kultivim te shpirtit. Dhe
keshtu keto fe mund te behen faktor mirekuptimi e
bashkimi, ne vend qe te sjellin percarje e
mosmarreveshje.

Ne kushtet e Shqiperise do te duhej te mbahej shume
parasysh parimi themelor qe permendem me siper, e te
kalonin ne plan te dyte gjerat me pak te rendesishme
qe dallojne nje fe nga tjetra. Ndersa c_ndodh? Per fat
te keq po ndodh e kunderta; ne kushtet e demokracise,
dallimeve tradicionale iu shtuan te tjera aspak te
nevojshme e madje te demshme, te importuara ngavende
te tjera. Kam parasysh predikimin ne gjuhen greke ne
Kishen Ortodokse Autoqefale ne Tirane, mosrespektimin
e drejtshkrimit te gjuhes shqipe ne kete kishe e edhe
neate katoliken, vendosjen e gjysmehenes ne lajmerimet
mortore te myslimaneve, minixhamite ne varret e tyre.
Ardhja e kryepeshkopit Anastas Janullatos e mekembi
kishen ortodokse, nje varg veprash shume te dobishme u
ndertuan ne te mire te shqiptareve ortodokse, kisha,
qendra shendetsore, kopshte femijesh etj. Por
njekohesisht, u

realizuan largime nga tradita shqiptare dhe afrime me
traditen greke. Vini re ndertimin e kishave te reja
ortodokse: keto, ndertime krejt mesjetare tani ne
fillim te shekullit 21, e theksojne me te madhe
traditen bizantine te ortodoksise, duke e larguar
keshtu nga karakteri kombetar i autoqefalise. Por me e
renda eshte kur zhduket cdo gjurme e vjetersise se nje
objekti kulti te ndertuar ne Shqiperi. Eshte rasti i
manastirit te

Shenavlashit. I ndertuar krejtesisht i ri. Kudo
gjelberim, rregull e pasterti. Por kenaqesia e
pershtypjeve te para te kthehet ne deshperim kur merr
vesh se aty nuk eshte ruajtur te pakten nje gur nga
manastiri i vjeter, asnje shenje, nuk ka madje asnje
pllake perkujtimore qe te informoje per historikun e
ketij manastiri aq te njohur e aq te dashur per
popullsine e Shqiperise se mesme, e jo vetem ate te
krishtere. Si eshte e mundur qe askush nuk ka ngritur
zerin per kete humbje te pakthyeshme? 

Te thone atje se gjithcka ka qene e rrenuar gjate
regjimit ateist. Cka nuk eshte e vertete, se deshmojne
te kunderten besimtare qe e kane frekuentuar edhe ne
ato kohe te veshtira, fshehurazi. Edhe sikur te ishte
rrenuar krejt do t_i kishin mbetur themelet. Dhe nje
pjese themeli e ruajtur eshte nje relikt, ka vlere per
te sotmen e per te ardhmen, koha e shenjteron. Per ato
gure te lashte njeriu mund te niset e ta vizitoje nje
vend te tille,per vleren arkeologjike, historike te
tij e jo per bukurine e ndertimeve te sapobera, qe i
gjen edhe ne mes te Tiranes. Por projekti i
Kryepeshkopit me sa 

duket rreh larg. Tregojne aty besimtaret, me ze jo
fort te larte: Ka dashur qe kishes se Shen
Harallambit( nje nga dy kishat e Shenavlashit) t_ia
nderroje emrin ne kisha e Shen Anastasit, cka nuk
eshte pranuar nga keta. Ka lene amanet qe kur te vdese
te varroset ne Shenavlash. E keshtu ne vend te
Manastirit shqiptar te Shenavlashit, me kohe, qofte
edhe pas shume kohesh, do te kemi manastirin grek te
Shen Anastasit.

Nje italian kishte provuar te njejtin deshperim ne nje
kishe ne Berat, ku po shkaterronin mozaikun e lashte
te dyshemese, per ta zevendesuar me pllaka "te
bukura", te kohes.

Prandaj i degjojme me shqetesim tani njoftimet per
rindertime e 

ndertime te objekteve te kultit. Mos po zhduket
gjithcka e lashte, gjithcka kombetare e po del ne pah
nje Shqiperi pa asgje te veten, pa rrenje te thella,
si e dale nga kutia, cka ia heq vendit edhe ate pak
terheqje qe mund te kete per turistet? E ia pakeson
terheqjen edhe per vete ne banoret e tij? E kush mund
te na mbushe mendjen se nje qendrim i tille i sherbeka
mbjelljes se dashurise, tolerances, mirekuptimit, cka
shpie drejt bashkimit? Tjeter rast kur komunitetet
fetare shkojne ne drejtim te kundert te mirekuptimit.
Menjehere pas fillimit te luftes ne Irak, ne xhamine e
rruges se Kavajes u vu megafoni (ose u shtuan ne tre
megafonet) per zerin e muezinit. Dhe qytetaret jane te
detyruar t_i degjojne lutjet te kenduara me nje ton
zanor shue me te larte se normalja e duhur per te mos
prishur qetesine publike. Qytetare te lindur e te
rritur ne Tirane, qe s_i ka shqetesuar kurre kenga e
muezinit ne xhamite e Tiranes, tani befas po ndihen te
dhunuar ne te drejten e tyre per te pasur qetesi ne
qytet e po detyrohen t_u drejtohen barnave per te
mundur te pushojne. Kjo qenka menyra per te bere per
vete besimtaret, t_ua shtiesh ne vesh lutjet me zerin
si pushke? Valle me dhune futet ne zemrat dashuria per
Zotin, apo me qetesi e butesi? Eshte e palejueshme per
komunitetin mysliman qe nuk merr masa per te
normalizuar nje gjendje qe vetem mirekuptimit nuk i
sherben. Eshte e palejueshme dhe e cuditshme edhe per
Bashkine e Tiranes qe toleron shfaqje te tilla te
hapura te ekstremizmit fetar mu ne mes te kryeqytetit.
Nje impenjim me i madh qytetar do te tregonte se
tiranasit e kane shume te cmuar paqen qe ka mbreteruar
historikisht mes komuniteteve te ndryshme fetare dhe
se nuk do te lejojne te prishet ajo, qe eshte nje nga
gjerat me te qendrueshme qe ka pasur qyteti yne i
dashur.



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From mentor at alb-net.com  Tue Aug  5 19:31:34 2003
From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 19:31:34 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] [Kcc-News] 1) Kosovo: KLA Trial Backlash;
 2) Comment: Kosovars Must Confront Their Demons
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0308051919410.21024@alb-net.com>

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1. Kosovo: KLA Trial Backlash, By Arben Qirezi
2. Comment: Kosovars Must Confront Their Demons, By Natasa Kandic


### 1 ###

http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200307_449_1_eng.txt

Kosovo: KLA Trial Backlash

International officials in Kosovo are feeling the heat following the
jailing of former KLA rebels.

By Arben Qirezi in Pristina (BCR No 449, 31-Jul-03)

The first war crimes trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army members
threatens to inflict a serious blow to international efforts to establish
the rule of law in Kosovo.

Following the sentencing of the Llap/Lap group of ex-KLA fighters on July
16, the international police and judiciary stationed in the region have
been subjected to a wave of violence.

There were two synchronized bomb attacks in Pristina on July 20. A
rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the district court building, causing
significant damage. One minute later, an explosion outside a police station
damaged a UN police vehicle. There were no casualties.

Earlier, on July 17, a hand grenade exploded outside the police station in
Podujeva/Podujevo, northeast of Pristina, the birthplace of the four
convicted persons. Two days later, KFOR disposed of a grenade found on the
street just behind the capital's district court. On the same day, 15 UN
police vehicles were vandalized overnight in Pristina and Peja/Pec, in
western Kosovo - those in the latter daubed with the word "occupier" in
Albanian.

Local political leaders in Kosovo condemned the incidents, saying they
jeopardised the rule of law.

Although no organisation has admitted responsibility for the incidents,
they are widely believed to be connected to the outcome of the Llap/Lap
group trial.

The five-month judicial process under the British judge Timothy Clayson
resulted in four ex-KLA men being jailed for 45 years. Rrustem
Mustafa-Remi, former commander of the KLA in northeastern Kosovo, was
sentenced to 17 years, Nazim Mehmeti to 13, Latif Gashi to 10 and Naim
Kadriu to seven, for torture, kidnapping and inhuman treatment of civilians
during the Kosovo conflict in 1998 and 1999.

They were found guilty of illegally detaining and torturing 11 ethnic
Albanians and one Serb, and of executing six Albanians suspected of
collaborating with the Serb regime.

UNMIK police chief Stephan Feller said at the press conference that the
wave of attacks was clearly connected to the trial verdict, adding that the
aim was to disrupt police work and justice in Kosovo. He said UNMIK was
lucky there had been no casualties.

Another UNMIK official told IWPR they were probably warning attacks,
suggesting that there may be more if further trials were staged.

After Serb forces withdrew from Kosovo, UNMIK filled the security and
administrative vacuum, bringing in international police, foreign judges and
prosecutors to deal with issues such as organised crime, ethnic violence
and war crimes.

There are now 4,472 international police officers there, working with 6,000
local police officers trained in an OSCE-run police training facility in
Vushtri/Vucitrn.

The justice system is served by 14 international judges and 12
international prosecutors who deal exclusively with tough cases from which
local judicial personnel have been excluded on grounds of potential bias.

Despite widespread public criticism for allegedly holding
politically-motivated trials that have "criminalised" the struggle against
Serb rule, UNMIK insists it will continue to prosecute perpetrators of
atrocities and other crimes involving former KLA members.

Just before he finished his mission in early July, UNMIK chief Michael
Steiner promulgated a new criminal code for the region, giving more powers
to international prosecutors to investigate atrocities and other serious
crimes. The code also provides for more effective witness-protection, which
is one of the biggest obstacles currently hampering prosecutions.

This, however, might bring more trouble for the international authorities
in Kosovo.

Reflecting the general mood amongst Albanians, Kreshnik Gashi, a student
from Pristina, told IWPR, "No one disputes UNMIK's authority to stage war
crimes trials. However, the length of the sentence given to Remi and his
group shows its bias, because no Serb has ever been sentenced for such a
long term by international judges, even though they have been tried for
crimes which have exceeded the allegations against Remi and his group, both
in the number of people killed, and the means used to do those killings."

There are suggestions that the motives for the attacks on the
internationals are not only connected to the outcome of the trial, but also
reflect deeper dissatisfaction with the overall policy of the international
community in Kosovo.

Sahit Berisha, a history teacher in a secondary school in Pristina,
expressed the view held in some circles that the trials of the former KLA
men are just an indication of the UNMIK policy to return Kosovo to Serbia.
"These bombs are an initial reaction for something bigger which might erupt
if the international community doesn't stop pushing Kosovo towards Serbia,"
he said.

UNMIK says the spate of recent attacks will not deflect the force from its
stated policy of zero tolerance against crime. The police "will not be
intimidated by such criminal acts", Feller said.

However, UNMIK may be more vulnerable than its top officials care to admit.
The justice system relies on international personnel leant by various
governments for its work. They may prove reluctant to contribute more staff
in the future, if attacks against them persist.

Arben Qirezi is an IWPR contributor in Pristina.



### 2 ###

Comment: Kosovars Must Confront Their Demons

Facing up to the past cannot be confined to demanding justice for crimes
committed by others.

By Natasa Kandic in Belgrade (BCR No 449, 31-Jul-03)

Albanian public opinion overwhelmingly sees the recent sentencing of the
"Lap group" of former Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, members for war crimes
against Albanian civilians as unjust.

They believe it is politically motivated and will harm the prospects of
reconciliation between Serbs and Albanians.

A panel of international judges jailed the former KLA commander Rrustem
Mustafa to 17 years for ordering the murder of five Kosovo Albanians he
believed had collaborated with the Serbs, and for "failing to prevent
illegal detention" in the Lap region of northern Kosovo during the 1998-99
conflict.

Naziv Mehmeti was sentenced to 13 years, Latif Gashi to 10 and Naim Kadriu
to five.

The oldest Albanian human rights NGO, the Council for Human Rights and
Freedom, damned the sentences as an " UNMIK attempt to criminalise the
KLA's fight for freedom and equalise the liberalisation war and the
struggle for self-defence of Kosovo Albanians with Serbia's genocidal,
destructive war of occupation".

Several actions by extremists in Pristina and Podujevo since the judgment
have contributed to an impression that the international courts in Kosovo
are not accepted as guarantees of justice and rule of law.

The question is why no one in Kosovo supports the international judges'
actions and why the majority rallies behind critics of trials of former KLA
members guilty of war crimes.

Before engaging with this issue, it is important to restate that Serb
forces committed massive, brutal war crimes in the Kosovo conflict as a
result of which the Hague tribunal has indicted several top Serbian
officials.

The former Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, was the first, followed
by the Yugoslav army ex-chief of staff, General Dragoljub Ojdanic, the
former federal deputy prime minister, Nikola Sainovic, and the former
Serbian president, Milan Milutinovic. All were indicted for individual and
command responsibility.

Serb crimes committed in Kosovo have also been raised during the Milosevic
trial, though it would take years to document all such atrocities.

Albanians do not object when the tribunal stages trials for war crimes
committed against Albanians. They are also right to think that justice will
not be served only through the court.

When the members of the special police and army units who perpetrated war
crimes in Kosovo are tried in Serbia, it will show the rule of law exists
here, and that Belgrade accepts responsibility for the atrocities committed
under Milosevic.

The truth is that no such trials have taken place in Serbia, although those
who are said to have ordered and perpetrated these crimes rank lower than
the Hague indictees and are accessible to the local courts.

In Kosovo, on the other hand, although there are trials of Serbs alleged to
have committed war crimes in the places previously mentioned, Albanian
public opinion remains dissatisfied with the way international judges are
dispensing justice.

At the root of Albanian dissatisfaction lies a widespread belief that
Albanians were victims and that no such status belongs to Serbian
civilians, or to Albanian and Roma civilians whom the KLA suspected of
collaboration with the Serbs.

No one in Kosovo talks about the murder and disappearances of Serb and Roma
civilians and of alleged Albanian traitors in 1998 and after the
international forces arrived.

Everybody knows that on the very day the Serbian police and the army pulled
out of Kosovo and international forces, KFOR, entered, the hunt began for
those Serbs who remained behind.

But nobody is prepared to talk about it. The remaining Serbs were seen as
war criminals. It was easy to arrest and accuse them of genocide, or of war
crimes. Every Serb murder was justified by the explanation that the victim
was a paramilitary, guilty of genocide. Serbs under arrest were convicted
before their trials started.

When UNMIK nominated its international judges, many Albanians naturally
expected them to sentence every accused Serb on behalf of the murders
committed by the Serb forces.

Trouble began when the international prosecutors started changing the
indictments of the local Albanian prosecutors, as they did with Milos
Jokic. Charged with genocide by local prosecutors, he was released by
international judges.

When Sava Matic, another Kosovo Serb, was acquitted, Albanians protested
outside the court in Prizren. They saw the freeing of a Serb as a denial of
the fact that crimes had even taken place, not as a judicial decision
relating solely to whether this man was guilty or not.

Similarly, they perceive other acquittals of Serbs by international judges
as failed justice, as another sign that the international community is not
on their side.

At heart, there is a deeply-rooted belief that all Serbs are guilty of war
crimes. This is why they feel an injustice every time one is freed by the
courts, regardless of whether there is any evidence that he committed a
crime.

Albanian antipathy towards the international judges presiding over the Lap
group trial mirrors their belief that war crimes were committed only by
Serbs, not by Albanians.

This is why no one in Kosovo recognised the trial as an important legal and
moral lecture to Albanian society. Their sentencing, in fact, showed no one
has the right to take the law into his own hands, not even former KLA men,
such as Mustafa, Gashi, Mehmeti and Kadriu.

Their trial saw the first public mention of the crimes that everyone in
Kosovo knows about but prefers not to talk about, either from fear of
revenge or because they believe the KLA men were right to kill former Serb
collaborators.

The guilty verdict of the international court under Judge Timothy Clayson
has opened a window of opportunity for Kosovo Albanians to reconcile
themselves to their recent past. Facing up to the past cannot be limited to
seeking justice for crimes committed by Serbs.

Just as Serbian society must face up to the crimes committed by the Serbian
police, army, paramilitary units and armed civilians, Albanian society must
confront its own history. Their past was also marked by crimes, committed
against Serbian and Roma civilians, as well as by murders and
disappearances of Albanians accused of cooperation with the Serbs.

Reconciliation between nations only starts when they acknowledge their own
responsibility, thus reinstating the human dignity of the victims of
political and ethnic murders. That is the reason why the sentencing of the
Lap group should be seen as a contribution to Kosovo Albanian society as it
faces up to its own past, not as an obstacle to ethnic reconciliation.

Natasa Kandic is executive director of the Humanitarian Law Centre in
Belgrade.

This is the second article in a series of pieces on the war crimes debate
in Kosovo.
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From mentor at alb-net.com  Sun Aug 17 17:58:55 2003
From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 17:58:55 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] =?iso-8859-1?q?Konferenc=EB_kulturore_dhe_shkencore?=
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                 FONDACIONET MARTIN DHE MIRASH IVANAJ *

                         DEKLARAT? P?R SHTYP

Konferenc? kulturore dhe shkencore n? kujtim t? Dr. Profesor Mirash Ivanaj

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                       Tiran?, 22 Shtator 2003
                        Vendi: Muzeu Komb?tar i Artit

P?r Shtyp:                       Kontakt: Drita Ivanaj at: info at ivanaj.org
14 Gusht 2003                                   URL: http://www.ivanaj.org
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Me dat?n 22 Shtator 2003, n? or?n 18:00, Fondacionet Ivanaj, me selit?
respektive n? New York dhe Tiran?, do t? organizojn? nj? konferenc? n?
ambjentet e Muzeut Komb?tar me titull ? Martiri Mirash Ivanaj, figur?
madhore e kombit dhe e kultur?s Shqiptare?.

Ky eveniment ?sht? nj? konferenc? kulturore dhe shkencore q? organizohet
n? kujtim t? vepr?s dhe figur?s shumedimensionale t? Dr. Profesor Mirash
Ivanaj n? 50 vjetorin e vdekjes s? tij.

Mbajtja e k?saj konference ?sht? nj? bashk?punim i Fondacioneve Ivanaj,
Ministris? s? Arsimit dhe Shkenc?s,  Akademis? s? Shkencave,  Arkivit t?
Shtetit si dhe Bibliotek? Komb?tar.

Pjes?marresit e k?saj konference p?rfshijn? Z. Gudar Beqirai, Drejtor
Ekzekutiv i Fondacionit Ivanaj, Pertefe Leka Zv/presidente e k?tij
fondacioni si dhe t? ftuar t? tjer? nderi, si? jan? Ministri i Arsimit,
Profesor Luan Memushi, dhe kryetari i Akademis? s? Shkencave, Profesor
Ylli Popa.

Referatet kryesore do te mbahen ne lidhje me jet?n, pun?n dhe kontributin
e Dr. Prof. Ivanaj n? kultur?n shqiptare dhe reform?n arsimore. Referuesit
jan? Prof. Uran Butka, Prof. Iliaz Gogaj, Prof Jorgo Bulo, Dr. Shaban
Sinani dhe Dr. Kaliopi Naska.

Presidentja e Fondacionit Ivanaj, Z. Drita Ivanaj do t? mbaj? fjal?n
mbyll?se n? k?t? konferenc?.

Kjo konferenc? do t? vazhdoj? me hapjen e nje ekspozite nga arkivi i
shtetit me dokumente, fotografi, shkrime dhe relike nga jeta e vellezerve
Ivanaj.

M? pas do t? ket? nj? koktej.

P?r informacion t? m?tejshem kontaktoni n? k?t? adres? emaili:
info at ivanaj.org

* Fondacioni Martin dhe Mirash Ivanaj me seli n? New York si dhe Institut
Fondacionit M&M Ivanaj me seli n? Tiran? jan? dy organizata
jo-fitimprur?se q? zbatojn? programe edukimi p?r rinin? Shqiptare
###


From mentor at alb-net.com  Sun Aug 17 18:02:33 2003
From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 18:02:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Cultural and Scientific Conference in memory of
 Professor Mirash Ivanaj
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0308171800290.26452@alb-net.com>

             The Martin and Mirash Ivanaj Foundations *

                         PRESS RELEASE

Cultural and Scientific Conference in memory of Professor Mirash Ivanaj

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            When:  Tirana - September 22, 2003
           Where:  National Museum of Art in Skanderbeg Square

For Immediate Release          Contact: Drita Ivanaj at: info at ivanaj.org
August 14, 2003                              URL:  http://www.ivanaj.org
------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Ivanaj Foundations , headquartered in both New York and Tirana, are
co-sponsoring a conference in Tirana on Monday, September 22nd ,2003 at
6 pm.

The event is a Cultural and Scientific Conference in memory of Professor
Mirash Ivanaj on the 50th anniversary of his death. The evening is a
collaboration of the Ivanaj Foundations with Albania?s Ministry of Higher
Education, the Academy of Science, the Archives of State and the National
Library.

The conference in Tirana will be held at the National Museum of Art in
Skanderbeg Square.

Participants are: Dr. Gudar Beqiraj, executive director of the Ivanaj
Foundation in Albania and Pertefe Leka, an Ivanaj Foundation vice
president, while the guests include Professor Luan Memushi, Albanian
Minister of Education, and Professor Ylli Popa, Chairman of the Academy of
Science.

Program speakers will address perspectives on Professor Ivanaj?s
contributions. Speakers include: Professor Uran Butka, Professor Iljaz
Gogaj, Professor Jorgo Bulo, Dr. Shaban Sinani and Dr. Kaliopi Naska.

Closing remarks will be made by Drita Ivanaj, of New York City, President
and Treasurer of the Ivanaj Foundations.

The evening will conclude with cocktails and the official opening of the
Archives of State exhibit of Ivanaj artifacts.

For further information email the Ivanaj Foundations at info at ivanaj.org

* The Martin and Mirash Ivanaj Foundation of New York and the M.& M.
Ivanaj Foundation Institute of Tirana are not-for-profit and charitable
organizations dedicated to educational programs for Albanian youth.


From aalibali at yahoo.com  Mon Aug 18 06:15:25 2003
From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali)
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 03:15:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] CfA: Identities and Hybrids,
	Centre for Advanced Studies, Sofia
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> 
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>  ROLES, IDENTITIES AND HYBRIDS
> 
> Multiple Institutional Cultures in Southeast Europe
> within the Context of European Unification
>  CALL FOR APPLICATIONS             Academic
> 2003-2004 Year
> The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia invites
> applicants from Southeast Europe for NEXUS Associate
> Fellowships, for the academic 2003-2004 year, within
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> Cultures in Southeast Europe within the Context of
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> For more details about the project, please see the
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> -                     academic degree: Ph.D. (Ph.D.
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> 
> 
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> 
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> 
> An international selection committee will evaluate
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> Centre for Advanced Study Sofia, 
> 
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> 
> e-mail: milapopova at cas.bg ;  cas at cas.bg
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From aalibali at yahoo.com  Thu Aug 28 22:43:58 2003
From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 19:43:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Korrieri - E Drejta Shqiptare dhe Venediku
Message-ID: <20030829024358.18619.qmail@web11505.mail.yahoo.com>

8 Gusht 2003              ?? 
            
            



    



Venedikasit per Kanunin e shqiptareve
 Nga Moikom ZEQO/ Kanuni i shqiptareve eshte nje
kryemonument juridik zakonor i kombit tone ne Mesjete.
Ky korpus rregullash dhe ligjesh te plotfuqishme jane
nje bote e gjalle dh njekohesisht e fosilizuare
mendesise popullore, e mencurise se zgjidhjes se
problemeve te mprehta dhe e nje veteadministrimi te
problemeve shoqerore. Kanuni  i shqiptareve i njohur
ne Veri edhe me emrin konvencional si Kanuni i Leke
Dukagjinit, eshte mbledhur nga At Shtjefen Gjecovi dhe
eshte botuar jo vetem ne shqip por ne disa gjuhe
kryesore te botes. Studjuesit e se drejtes kane bere
shume analiza per tekstin fragmentar dhe jo te plote
te kanunit. I mbledhur vone dhe i kompozuar ne menyre
subjektive sipas mbledhesve kanuni nuk na paraqitet
plotesisht dhe ne menyre te pacenuar sic ka qene para
shume shekujve. Ky kanun eshte nje nga kryeveprat
mendore te kombit shqiptar ne te gjitha koherat. Me te
drejte kanuni i Leke Dukagjinit eshte nje monument i
tradites, i nderlidhur ngushte me Eposin e Kreshnikeve
te Veriut si dhe konstelacionin e mrkeullueshem dhe te
pashembullt te proverbave shqiptare. Gjithashtu ky
kanun nuk mund te kuptohet pa gjenezen e kodeve
juridike te perandorit ilir te Bizantit, Justinianit
te Madh. Pra, nisma e Kanunit eshte fundi i
Antikitetit te Vone dhe plotfuqishmeria e Kanunit
eshte  periudha e Mesjetes se hershme etj.etj. kanuni
i Leke Dukagjinit eshte kodi konceptual veteqeverises
i shqiptareve ne ate qe quhet epoka parashteterore.
Vetvetiu struktura e nje shteti eshte dicka krejt
tjeter dhe do te krijoje keshtu nje paradoks dhe
kundervenie e juridicitetit parashteteror me
juridicitetin shteteror. Kjo formule e thene nga
studjuesit nuk eshte e sakte ne menyre absolute. Shume
elemente perberes te kodit juridik parashteteror te
shqiptareve reflektojne qenesine e nje autonomie
shteterore ndoshta fjala vjen e shtetit te Pare te
Arberit ose dhe e principatave shqiptare te Veriut.
Duke respektuar deri ne fund Gjecovin e madh ne  duhet
t'i shtrijme hulumtimet tona ne shekujt e meparshem.
Ka qene nje befasi e madhe kur duke shfletuar disa
libra botuar nga Instituti i Studimeve Shqiptare,  me
titull : "Studime dhe tekste",  botuar me 1944 une
gjeta nje studim relativisht te gjate, botuar ne
italishten venedikase. Ky studim nuk ka emrat e
autoreve. I takon si kohe shekullit te XVII. Per here
te pare eshte transkiptuar ne gjuhen shqipe nga miku
im, mesjetarologu i shquar, i ndjeri Injac
Zamputi.Pikerisht ky studim hap nje faqe te re
krejtesisht origjinale per studimet mbi Kanunin. Duke
lexuar kete studim habitesh jo vetem me arsyetimin e
larte juridik te perpiluesve me sa duket venedikas, ka
mundesi edhe shqiptare qe sherbenin ne Venedik, mbi
Kanunin Shqiptar.  Studimi i drejtohet Republikes se
Venedikut dhe quhet "Informacion mbi origjinen dhe
metoden e arbitrazhit ne ceshtjet e marrjes se gjakut
ne Shqiperi".  Arsyeja baze e studimit eshte qe te
behet harmonizimi midis ligjeve te Kanunit Shqiptar
dhe ligjeve shteterore te Venedikut. Pikerisht ne
tokat shqiptare nga Kotorri e deri ne Shkoder qe ishin
ne zoterim te Venedikut. Ky material analizues e i
pashembullt i para 4 shekujve na lejon te kuptojme
forcen por dhe dobesine e kanunit shqiptar edhe ne
ditet e sotme. Si arsyetohet dhe si behet argumentimi
i ketij studimi? 

         Qe ne fillim theksohet se grindjet ndermjet
privateve gjykohen ne dy menyra, ose duke ju drejtuar
autoritetit te ligjshem te popullsise, ose duke ja
lene ne dore drejtesise se te Urteve, qe vullnetarisht
dhe me marreveshje zgjidhen nga te dyja palet. Kjo
behet sepse e kerkon Kanuni kur ka grindje : jo e
imja, jo e jotja - ndermjet personave te fisit. Kur
larja e fajeve i lihet ne dore per zbatim gjykimit
privat, ahere del ne pah prishja e popullsise dhe
dobesia e qeverise. Kushdo e sheh qarte se krimi
demton po aq personin privat sa edhe e shrregullon
shoqerine sepse ja dhunon ligjet, keshtu qe neqoftese
shteti per interesin e vecante te te cilit eshte fjala
nuk nderhyn ne gjykim, arbitrari eshte i pavlefshem.
Keshtu perpiluesit e studimit duan te paraqesin
origjinen e ketij abuzimi ne Shqiperi me qellim qe te
shmangin pasionin dhe interesat njerezore me te cilet
ngjyroset dhe shtremberohet e verteta. 

         Shqiperia Venedike (trojet etnike shqiptare
te administruara nga Venediku) eshte nje vend ne
kufirin bregdetar me Sulltanin.  Ne te dy keto
hapesira popujt, nuk kane nje gjykates te perbashket,
prandaj per arsye te qetesise eshte i nevojshem
arbitrazhi, seps emungon autoriteti per nje ligjshmeri
te pakundershtueshme. Kjo gje ne te vertete nuk eshte
aspak kunder arsyes, por nga ana tjeter, fakti qe
krimet e shtetasve te mos i nenshtrohen gjykimit te
gjykates ehste drejteperdrejte ne kundershtim me
arsyen e shtetit dhe me natyren e nenshtetesise.
Keshtu perpiluesit e studimit justifikojne ekzistencen
e nje grupi te vecante per te kryer gjykime ne formen
e institucionit te arbitrazhit. Ne bashkesine e
komuniteteve njerezore padyshim qe jane institucion
zyrtare venedikase por sic ka ndodhur ne Rizon te
Kotorit, qe u pajis me titullin e bashkesise me
Kapedan dhe Zevendes dhe Gjykates, per shkak te
tradites vendase doli se banoret e Rizonit ne rruge te
vecante dhe unike ja dolen te merrnin ne dore jo vetem
gjykaten civile por edhe ate penale. Keshtu
intitucionet juridike venedikase u formalizuan.
Autoriteti gjyqesor enedikas nuk funksionon. Cfare
duhej bere?  U vendos  nje kompromis, te krijohej nje
institucion hibrid, ai i arbitrazhit, por me lejen e
zyrtareve shteterore venedikas. Shqiptaret e kuptuan
fuqine e ketij parimi te ndermjetem. Keshtu u krijua
nje realitet i ri gjyqesor qe nga forma ishte
venedikase por nga permbajtja ishte tipik kanunor dhe
shqiptar. Ahere u percaktuan dhe rregullat perkatese
te funksionimit te arbitrazhit. Keshtu  ne bashkesine
e vendeve qe nuk kane pjese ne grindje zgjidhen 12
veta prej fajtorit (qe ka bere fajin ose krimin) dhe
ata dergohen te shtepia e atyre qe kane pesuar fyerje,
per te krkuar prej tyre pezullimin e inateve, pezullim
qe quhet premtim apo bese. Keta 12 te derguar
paraqesin disa dhurata te vogla si fjongo, gjilpera,
shami, per te treguar deshiren qe ka fajtori per nje
pajtim te sinqerte dhe te qendrueshem. Dy here ata
kthehen mbrapsh pa e marre fjalen e beses, hera e
trete eshte vendimtare. Nese pranohen heren e trete
ndermjetesit eshte simboli qe te fyerit jane  agtiper
kompromis. Ata kthehen te shtepia e fajtorit, i
ciliper te bere proven e fundit te seriozitetit merr
12 djepe dhe ja dergon te fyerit se bashku me
ndermjetesit, te 12 djepet jane te mbuluara me
mahrama, mbulesa me qendisje te dendur qe perdoren nga
shqiptaret, dhe ne sejcilin djep eshte vendosur nje
monedhe e quajtur real prej floriri.  Kur hiqen
mahramt nga djepet shihen edhe monedhat. Kur
ndermjetesit arrijne te porta e te fyerit u behet
pyetja se cilet jane. Ata duke ju shmangur pergjijges
qe do te mnd te ringjallte kujtimin e fyerjes i
pergjigjen : "Hape deren kumbare qe te pranosh Zotin
dhe Shen Gjonin." Keshtu pasi porta nuk hapet as te
paren dhe as te dyten here ja nisin per here te trete
: "Hape deren kumbare, qe te pranosh Zotin dhe Shen
Gjonin, mos na kthe mprapa, per fatin tend, per
femijet e tu, per mbaresine e puneve te tua, per
rritjen e konakut tend". Si hapet porta e shtepise dhe
pronohen dhuratat nis e shtrohet biseda per caktimin e
beses dhe caktohet afati brenda te cilit, sa te
rregulloren punet e nevojshme per gjykimin duhet te
mos pesojne dem njerezit e njeres pale dhe tjetres dhe
numerohet si turpi me i madh sikur besa te thuhej dhe
te zezohej me mashtrim. Numri i gjykatesve rregullohet
sipas rendesise se krimit : nese eshte fjala per
vdekje duhet te kete 24 vete, per plagosje 12 vete.
Per vjedhjet, grabitjet dhe mashtrimet 6 ose 4 vete.
Per shpifjet veprohet me kumbari dhe vellameri. Keshtu
demshperblimi jepet me coha ne ngjyre te kuqe ose me
mbulesa te qendisura mahrame ose paguhej me reale.
Shpifja demshperblehet ne kete menyre vetem kur nuk ka
cenuar nderin dhe jeten, sepse fyrjet e tjera zenkat e
perditeshme nuk merren fare parasysh. Per plagosje
demshperblimi ka vlere 10 reale ose 10 zenike. Kesaj i
shtohet dhe shuma qe ka shpenzuar i plagosuri per
kirurgjine. Jeta e nje burri vleresohet e barabarte me
12 gjaqe ose me 12 zekine te plote. Gruaja e vrare
cmohet vetem me gjysmen e kesaj shume. Nese vrasja ka
ndodhur gjate kohes se beses ahere vrasesi gjykohet
pavaresisht nga e drejta e tij e mepareshme. Zyrtare
venedikas mbas dhenies se denimit nga arbitrazhi i
skruajne vendimet gjyqesore. Meqenese shqiptaret nuk
kane vule per ta bere autenik dhe te vlefshem
dokumentin bejne dy kopje ne te cilat ngjisin nje
grosh raguzian dhe e ndajne ne mes. Ata e cmojne kaq
shume te nevojshem kete ngjitje, saqe e quajne te
pavlefshem vendimin gjyqesor nese ky do te ishte pa
kete kerkese.  Si te lexohet vendimi gjykatesit
ngirhen ne kembe dhe qendrojne ndermjet dy paleve te
cilet cihen rrjesht dhe  ahere paraqitet vrasesi duke
mbajtur te varur ne qafe armen me te cilet ka vrare,
dhe duke ecur ne gjunje zvarritet tek perfaqesuesi i
familjes se te vrarit per t'i kerkuar falje. I
demtuari ja heq armen qe ka vrasesi dhe e perqafon ate
pasi e ka lene t'i lutet tre here. Po keshtu veprojen
te dy pale pastaj perqafohen dhe kuptohet se vendimi
eshte pranuar. Perpiluesit anonime te studimit per
Kanunin shprehin habi se si valle nje popull i varfer
si shqiptaret mundet te verpojne me nje urtesi te
tille. Por ne fund te studimit ata nuk ngurrojne te
shtojne se ky arbitrazh eshte i papranueshem per
noramt juridike zyrtare venedikase dhe eshte "nje
abuzim i se drejtes sovrane ne ushtrimin gjyqesor'.
Pra ligjet zyrtare te Venedikut jane ato qe bejne nje
kompromis me ligjet shqiptare te kanunit. E gjithe kjo
histori marramendese eshte e para kater shekujve. Si
valle para kater shekujve shteti i Venedikut nuk
qendron indiferent per shtetasit shqiptare? Shqiperia
sot ka nje kod juridik teper te perparuar dhe
bashkekohor, te standarteve nderkombetare. Kanuni i
Veriut eshte ne nje aktivitet te plote. Normat
parashteterore nuk i perfillin ligjet shteterore.
Venedikasit shpiken institucionin e arbitrazhit, te
organizuar nga shqiptaret por me lejen e tyre. Kjo
tregonte interes dhe vemendje te venedikasve.
Natyrisht qe sot eshte marrezi te operosh me
kompromise te normave parashteterore dhe ligjeve
shteterore. Une jam per plotfuqishmerine juridike te
shtetit dhe jo te Kanunit. Por nuk mund te kuptoj dot
indiferencen e shtetit shqiptar. Shembulli i shtetit
venedikas me ve ne mendime. Venedikasit perpiluan dhe
nje studim te posacem per Kanunin Shqiptar. Po
shtetarte shqiptare cfare bejne, heshtin, futin koken
ne dhe si stru

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From mentor at alb-net.com  Fri Aug 22 11:09:06 2003
From: mentor at alb-net.com (Albanians in Macedonia Crisis Center News & Information)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:09:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] [AMCC-News] Torture of two Kosovars in Macedonian
	Prison (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0308221106030.11705@alb-net.com>

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                     URGENT ACTION - ALERT

                  (please distribute further)

KOSOVA ACTION NETWORK (KAN)
Alice Mead- intl. coordinator
amead(at)maine.rr.com

AUGUST 22, 2003

BRUTAL TORTURE OF TWO KOSOVAR ALBANIAN PRISONERS IN SUTKA PRISON, SKOPJE,
MACEDONIA, ONE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

KOSOVA ACTION NETWORK (KAN) has received information from a human rights
activist and lawyer, Ms. Bella Murati, that two Kosova prisoners have been
severely and systematically tortured in a Macedonian prison. Ms. Murati was
contacted by one of their brothers, Xhevdet Ramaj. The two men, Nexhat and
Bedri Ramaj, are accused of terrorism for allegedly failing to stop at a
police checkpoint and then allegedly firing at the police in Tetovo, 2002.

UNMIK human rights officials should appoint a lawyer to investigate these
charges and should demand access to the two prisoners to determine the
extent of the torture they have suffered. Human Rights organizations should
supervise the conditions of the detention, the nature of the charges,
whether there have been forced confessions, and what rights have been
violated in this case. The perpetrators of the torture should be arrested
and tried.

These men are innocent until proven guilty and their human and civil rights
must be protected by Macedonia, UNMIK, and the EU. Macedonia is now an EU
country and, as such, there should be immediate and direct consequences for
this kind of abusive treatment.

Nexhet and Bedri Ramaj are now in the Sutka prison near Skopje. They were
arrested on September 19, 2003 in Tetove. During the arrest, Nexhat Ramaj
was severely injured. He has been denied medical treatment, although he has
been visited by the ICRC. The prisoners say they were on their way back to
Kosova after doing farm work in Macedonia. Another man was killed at the
time of their arrest. They have been accused of planning terrorist attacks,
but deny these allegations. They have received no sentence. Because of the
severe torture, Bedri Ramaj tried to commit suicide on July 25, 2003.

We urge Kosova Action members, government officials, and human rights
monitors to press for an immediate investigation of this situation.
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