From jeton at hotmail.com  Mon Jun  2 01:46:22 2003
From: jeton at hotmail.com (Jeton Ademaj)
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 01:46:22 -0400
Subject: [NYC-L] Fwd: Gay Rights In Kosova / BCR # 433
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>From: "Institute for War & Peace Reporting" <info at iwpr.net>


>GAY KOSOVARS FLIRT WITH DANGER
>
>Fierce homophobia forces members of Kosovo's gay community to lead double
>lives.
>
>By Tanja Matic in Pristina
>
>Veton is at ease amongst the well-groomed, watchful young men who frequent
>the more flamboyant bars of London's Soho district.
>
>The 27-year-old left Kosovo ten years ago. Sitting in a Soho bar on a
>Sunday afternoon, he says he has no intention of going back to a violent,
>prejudiced society where he would be regarded as a criminal.
>
>However, unlike most Albanians living in London, Veton is not a victim of
>ethnic conflict.
>
>Nor is he part of the minority involved in the vice trade - the Albanian
>gangs which, London police say, now dominate the capital's underworld.
>
>The reason Veton prefers Soho to Kosovo is his sexuality - he is openly
>gay.
>
>"I cannot live there because my lifestyle with my partner would be seen as
>shocking and abhorrent. No one's harassing us here," said Veton, whose
>name has been changed at his request.
>
>Homosexual relationships, though technically not illegal, have always been
>a matter of shame and taboo in Kosovo. Gay men who do not want to become
>the pariahs of this fiercely patriarchial society make sure they keep
>their relationships secret.
>
>Gay rights activists say the situation has not improved, despite the
>post-war influx of western money and values. They receive regular reports
>of men being beaten up or intimidated on suspicion of being gay, while
>homophobic views are routinely published in Kosovo's newspapers.
>
>But they say the problem has failed to attract the attention of human
>rights groups in the area because fear of being "outed" stops most gays
>from reporting hate crime to the authorities.
>
>Kosovo ombudsman, Marek Nowitzki, told IWPR he had not been informed of
>any such attacks during the past two years, but added "there are cases
>which are not usually reported to the police".
>
>"We are dealing with a very traditional society here... there is no
>tolerance for homosexuals at all," said Nowitzki.
>
>Kosovo's gays are at a critical point in their struggle for acceptance -
>encouraged, on the one hand, to be bolder by their exposure to western
>media and values, while on the other hand, still bound by the expectations
>of a fiercely conservative society.
>
>Experts have tried to explain Kosovo's antipathy towards gays by looking
>to the Code of Leka Dukagjini, the law that has guided Albanian clans
>since the 15th century. Although the code makes no direct mention of
>homosexuals, it heavily emphasises masculine honour. To this day, men who
>deviate from their customary role as husbands and fathers are accused of
>bringing shame and stigma upon the entire family, if not the clan.
>
>"Men are expected to act as real men - strong and macho," said Martin
>Berisha, president of Kosovo's first gay and lesbian association, Elysium
>and Sappho. "That is why the Kosovo Albanian community will not accept
>someone who does not behave as a man in the way the patriarchial society
>thinks he should," said Berisha.
>
>While Kosovo's gays try to keep a low profile, their enemies have become
>increasingly brazen.
>
>The daily newspaper Zeri recently produced an article backed by comments
>from various academics and religious leaders, putting forward the view
>that homosexuality was unnatural.
>
>Kosovo's top imam, Sabri Bajgora, caused particular offence in gay circles
>by warning that Islamic law regarded homosexuality "as a disease which
>needed to be healed and prevented".
>
>The article also claimed that the leading human rights group in Kosovo,
>the Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms, had no clear
>stance on the matter. A spokesman for the council, Ibrahim Makolli,
>confirmed to IWPR that they did not "have any defined attitude" towards
>the subject.
>
>Martin Berisha said the council's neglect was disappointing, adding, "If
>they, as human rights activists, don't have a clear stance on this issue,
>then what can we expect from religious extremists or even the common
>folk?"
>
>Observers say attitudes towards homosexuals within Kosovar society may
>also have hardened because of the recent conflict with Serbia, during
>which machismo was held up as a patriotic virtue.
>
>Worryingly, some Albanian conservatives believe this virtue is once again
>facing an external threat - not from the Serbs, but from the westerners
>who now live and work in Kosovo.
>
>In an article published last September, the daily newspaper   Epoka E Re
>spoke of the "dangerous ways and behaviour brought by the foreigners",
>before naming a restaurant near the university in Pristina as a popular
>meeting place for homosexuals.
>
>According to the OSCE's media advisor in Kosovo, Willem Houwen, three
>members of Kosovo's gay and lesbian association were beaten up immediately
>after the article was published.
>
>Houwen, who helped the association to become registered in Kosovo, told
>IWPR that when one victim reported the assault to local police, he was
>mocked and verbally abused. No action was taken against the perpetrators.
>
>As Kosovo has no hate crimes law that distinguishes between an attack on a
>homosexual and an ordinary assault, gays are loathe to report homophobic
>attacks to the police. But whether such legislation were introduced or
>not, society would immediately seize upon any such complaint as an
>admission of homosexuality - a disaster for the many gays who lead
>dangerous double-lives as devoted husbands, fathers and sons.
>
>At a private party in Pristina, such men are happy to discuss and discard
>their disguises.
>
>A 25-year-old man from northern Kosovo speaks of how he lies to his
>parents every time they ask him why he hasn't found himself a girl to
>marry. His boyfriend, an American, adds that his partner is deeply
>paranoid of being discovered.
>
>A 40-year-old from Presevo in southern Serbia spends every weekend with
>his lover in Pristina after telling his family he has left town on
>business.
>
>Another young man kisses his lover and says, "Doing this in our office or
>anywhere outside would be suicide."
>
>Tanja Matic is an IWPR associate in Pristina.
>

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From: jeton at hotmail.com (Jeton Ademaj)
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 10:47:12 -0400
Subject: [NYC-L] Fwd: FW: Translation services needed - from English to
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>Subject: FW: Translation services needed - from English to Albanian
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>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Translation services needed - from English to Albanian
>Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 17:11:07 -0400
>From: "Sumathi Subbiah" <SSUBBIAH at skadden.com>
>
>Mr. Subbian is working on a political asylum case on a pro bono basis at
>the law firm of Skadden, Arps in New York. We are in need of translation
>services from English to Albanian.
>
>My colleagues and I need to have a document (10-pages, double-spaced)
>from a client translated from English to Albanian.  We are preparing the
>document, an affidavit, to submit in court and to read and show to our
>client. Our client is from Montenegro and speaks a dialect of Albanian
>from that region.  If you could translate the document into that
>dialect, it would be the most helpful for us.
>
>Please let me know at your earliest convenience if you can or know of
>anyone else who could provide the translation, and if you can quote a
>price.  We need the translated document by Monday or Tuesday of next
>week.
>
>Please feel free to reach me at this email address,
>ssubbiah at skadden.com, or by telephone at 212-735-3526.
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.
>
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From eb246 at columbia.edu  Fri Jun  6 14:45:39 2003
From: eb246 at columbia.edu (eb246 at columbia.edu)
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 15:45:39 -0300 (ADT)
Subject: [NYC-L] PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION-Former Leader of China Jiang Zemin
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Rastesisht gjeta alb-net duke kerkuar ne internet, dhe shpresoj te bie ne kontakt me shoket qe kam patur ne Shqiperi, para se te largohesha ne vitin 1991. Te dhenat e mia personale jane ne www.nickbeqo.com/translations
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From ditaaa at yahoo.com  Tue Jun 17 13:45:08 2003
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Subject: [NYC-L] 
	NYTimes.com Article: EU Eyes New Envoys for Mideast, Kosovo 
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EU Eyes New Envoys for Mideast, Kosovo

June 17, 2003
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Filed at 6:17 a.m. ET 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has offered the
United Nations two alternative candidates to head the U.N.
mission running Kosovo in anticipation of a possible U.S.
veto of its first choice, diplomats said on Tuesday. 

The 15-nation EU sent U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan the
names of Swedish U.N. ambassador Pierre Schori and Italian
roving ambassador Antonio Armellini as new supremos for the
breakaway Serbian province, to replace German diplomat
Michael Steiner, who is leaving later this year. 

Diplomats said the unusual step of offering a choice rather
than a single nominee was taken because the United States
had signaled objections to Schori because of his outspoken
criticism of the U.S.-led war on Iraq.Italy's coordinator
for the EU Stability Pact in the region, has most recently
been working in Iraq as Rome's link-man with the U.S.
occupation forces' civil administration in Baghdad. 

The EU has the right to nominate the Kosovo coordinator as
by far the biggest aid donor. Whoever succeeds Steiner, a
former diplomatic adviser to German Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder, will have to preside over delicate talks on the
territory's final status, likely to be launched next year. 

The choice of Kosovo administrator may affect another key
EU appointment -- a Middle East peace envoy to succeed
Miguel Angel Moratinos of Spain, who leaves at the end of
this month. 

EU diplomats said there were two candidates -- Steffen de
Mistura of Italy, a veteran U.N. official with both Balkans
and Middle East experience, and Dutch diplomat Marcel
Kurpershoek, a fluent Arabic-speaker and former head of his
foreign ministry's Middle East department. 

Given the EU practice of carving up prestigious jobs among
member states, Italy would be unlikely to get both
positions. 

So if U.S. pressure leads Annan to pick Armellini for
Kosovo, Kurperschoek, currently Dutch ambassador to
Pakistan, looks more likely to get the Middle East post,
diplomats said. 

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From eb246 at columbia.edu  Wed Jun 18 18:47:59 2003
From: eb246 at columbia.edu (Erkanda Bujari)
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 18:47:59 -0400
Subject: [NYC-L] Fwd: Please Sign Petition and Forward...
References: <20030612021016.19298.qmail@web9905.mail.yahoo.com>
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Where is the link to the Petition here? How do we sign?


Erkanda


Aferdita Hakaj wrote:
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> Subject: Please Sign Petition and Forward...
> Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 16:16:57 +0000
> From: "Keti Spahiu" <spahiu at hotmail.com>
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> 
> Dear Family and Friends:
> 
> I hope this e-mail finds all of you in good health.  I ask you to
> please take a few minutes and sign this petition in support of
> Kosova's Independence, specifically House Resolution 28.
> 
> Thank You and God Bless You All!
> 
> Love,
> 
> Keti
> 
>        May 21, 2003 Congressional Hearing: The Future of Kosova
> 
>      Distinguished Witnesses: Hon. Henry J. Hyde, Hon.
>      Tom Lantos, Ms. Janet L. Bogue, Hon. Joseph J. DioGuardi,
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> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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