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A
house was blasted in north Albania
Yesterday, early in the
morning, at about 300 AM of September 20, the house of Arben Zef Gjini,
in Vig-Mnelė, at the municipality of Mnela-Vig was blasted with
explosive. Motives are still unclear, but the leader of the municipality, Mr.
Pjetėr Lleshi, said for
the Shqipėria Etnike
journal, that the family Gjini had an old conflict
with another family and theres rumor that the criminal had information that Arben Gjini, living since a
long time ago abroad, was back home. So it gives the impression that the goal
was him and his family to be eliminated. Some people came at that house, and
it was supposed it was Arben Gjini.
The hosts had slept at the house of Arbens uncle,
so the explosive didnt cause any victim, and none was wounded though the
house was destroyed becoming useless. A few minutes after the explosion
occurred, the inhabitants had heard gun shots at the place called Kodra e Ēelės, at about one
kilometer far from the place where the explosion took place. Those shots
recall the Albanian custom of the Kanu of Lekė Dukagjini, expressing the
joy after a murder, because the honor was restored. It is the second time the
person in voice becomes a target to be eliminated.
Albert
Vataj
Kurbin:
Human rights violated
 One of the Albanian police
officers is Arjan Lik Lika, born on October 10, 1971, living in the city of Laē
of Kurbin. He went through great troubles as he
wanted to respect the law. After finishing the obligatory enrollment, he
joined the DP on July 15, 1992 until October 20, 1994, and in November 1994
he was an effective of the police of Kurbin. He was
commanding the Special Forces. In collaboration with the police and the
anticrime, he helped arresting many criminals, robbers and traffickers. He
also helped in controlling the armed raise in Vlora,
always trying to obey orders and respect the law. After the Socialist Party
got the power, accusations raised against him, yet without evidence for he
was just respecting the law, considering this as a very important thing. The
intention of the communists on power was clear; they wanted to fire him and
his colleagues. And they did this through the police reformation. As soon as
he was out of the police on February 13, 1998, he was found without any
protection, while many criminals, prisoners who broke the prisons were out
and armed, and he and his family were seriously in danger day after day. On
May 1998 he returned in DP as a member and later as the leader of the Youth Forum
in Gjorm. In summer 1999 he was arrested by the
police and kept in for three weeks, accused as organizer of an illegal
meeting. This came out to be false as it was proven that he wasnt involved.
When he reported this as he was innocent, he faced pressure and death
threats, in order to stop his report. He did this because of his parents,
familiars and other people who saw the situation. Thus he retreated even from
his political activity, but this didnt change anything for revenge against
him went on. On September 1999 the restaurant of his brother, Pajtim Lika, where they worked
together, was blasted. This caused many problems in his family. He reported
this to the police, but he didnt find any support. Though he knew this, this
was the right thing to do. Later on he had to leave his city of birth and go
in another city, in Durrės. He rented a house and
lived there with his wife and his son. The police kept on causing troubles
through beats in the midst of the city, continuous inspection at the
midnight. Everything that happened to him through the police was known, for
his background followed him, as if it was the half-century communist regime.
There were also two attempts to kill him. In the first one, his friend was
wounded as driving his car. Four bullets were shot on him. The police came
and he was sent at the hospital, while he was asked about who the criminals
were. He answered they were masked. The other attempt was one night when his
cousin went to him and bullets, coming through the window, wounded his
cousin.
After all the troubles that menaced his life and his family,
he went back to his parents and later on he left his country to go abroad,
somewhere where his life and his family are safe.
Zef Nika
In
conflict with the family of his wife, because he married a Catholic!
 Many do not
believe this, and it is evident, yet it is true. Though in the beginning of
the new century, old customs come back in our days, as the worst parts of the
Kanu of the mountains, come up causing sorrow and
pain. This happened to the young Gėzim Rrexhep Brahaj, born on April
6, 1980, and Ariana Gjovalin
Pjetėrkolaj, born on April 5, 1985, both living in
the village of Gruemirėēezme, in the municipality
of Gruemirė, separated in two areas known as the
Catholic and the Muslim areas, 5-6 km from the city of Koplik.
They were eternally linked with each other through a deep and sincere love,
clear as the water of Rrjoll, coming from the
depths of the mountains, going through the village flowing into Shkodras Lake. While
the two young people of different religions enjoyed their love, Gjovalin Pjetėrkolaj, his wife,
Vera, and other relatives coming from Dukagjin,
didnt accept the marriage of their daughter, Ariana
with a Muslim, though his family was respectful and he, Gėzim,
had a very good behavior. Dushe, the mother of Gėzim, as his father, Rexhep,
had died years ago, many times had sent people, according to the customs, to
ask their daughter for her son, but they didnt agree and had even menaced
them, trying to make Gėzim renounce to marry Ariana. In these circumstances the two younger had
promised each-other to stay together all the lifelong, even against the
desire of the parents of Ariana, Gjovalin and Vera. On March 15, 2004, Gėzim
kidnaps Ariana. Gėzim
goes to the Catholic area of the village and takes Ariana,
who was waiting him somewhere nearby he house and they go and shelter in the
house of Gėzim. This makes things worse,
aggravating the relationships between the two families. The family Pjetėrkolaj does not accept the shame and decide to
avenge. Gėzim, Ariana, Dushe, his mother, and Fatlum,
his brother, had to live shut in, to escape the gun of the family Pjetėrkolaj, whose target was the couple just married
without their agreement. They do not hear either the leaders of the municipality of Gruemirė, or
the missionaries of peace. One day they beastly beat the mother of Gėzim, who was buying food at the shop of the village,
breaking her leg and menacing to kill Gėzim and Ariana. After 10 days they burn up the stall near their
house and send a menacing letter, saying that they will burn them in. Found
in such menacing situation, having their lives in danger, Gėzim
and Ariana leave Albania going in a European
country where life and freedom is protected by law. Their departure didnt
soften the family Pjetėrkolaj. Only a few days ago,
Fatlum, the brother of Gėzim,
menaced and fearing the revenge of the family Pjetėrkolaj,
through a letter asks his brother to be careful for their life is in danger.
They will never come back in their country of birth for the gun of the family
Pjetėrkolaj is ready to shot on their innocent
bodies. Their only guilt was they loved each-other and were linked for all
their life, and this is the motive they should be killed. The mother, Dushe, shedding tears for her son and his wife, will end
her life in loneliness, away from her dears.
This is part of the bitter reality that is met only in Albania,
mostly in the northern area, where the state is weak and the Kanu of the mountains come out time after time becoming
dangerous for the life of people. It is really tragic. A Muslim falls in love
and is married with a Catholic and the family of the bride wants to avenge!
It is unbelievable for the time we live. Were in the 21st
century
Rifat Ymeri
No chance,
no perspective, no possibility of rehabilitation for the conflicts in Albania
 The aggravation of the
political struggle in Albania
brought a missing perspective for the post-communist country. As the only way
to save their lives, many citizens have chosen to live hidden or leave Albania. The
murder of the chairman of the missionaries of blood-feud reconciliation, Emin Spahija has raised the
activity of the anarchist forces who dont want a state of law. Even the
Albanian Police seems to be responsible for such a catastrophic situation,
when people are killed at midday and at midnight. The Albanian Police failed
on arresting the killer of the missionary of peace, while the press reports
that it was the police who warned the killer, making the operation to fail.
This speaks so much, for the police didnt want even to make known the name
of the killer, though there is rumor amongst people, and they didnt even
give media a picture of him, what would make the investigation credible and
would doubtlessly stop the killer, whosoever he might be. Even the most
optimistic doesnt believe in this state, and less those who have their lives
in danger.
The vice chairman of the British-Albanian loyal association,
Mr. Robertson, says he considers the problem of blood-feud as the greatest
plague of the Albanian politics, while 2100 families live shut in and the
state didnt take any steps, this mainly in the northern are of Albania. This
phenomenon is managed by the politics, while the political crime has caused
the life of many innocent Albanian citizens to become a pageant. These to brothers in the picture near, Pėrparim
Shpata and Shpėtim Shpata, have their lives in danger, because of their
dense activity in the service of the democratic issue, investing for an Albania free
from violence and injustice, likewise Emin Spahija, now dead. It seems so far the day they would be
able to come back in their country, as theyre living somewhere without
address for the moment. Pėrparim Shpata and Shpėtim Shpata were at the head of people protesting against the
communist dictatorship on June 16, 1990, at the funeral of the martyr of
democracy, Pėllumb Pėllumbi,
as well as on January 14, 1990, when the bust of the Russian dictator,
Stalin, was pulled down in Shkodra, on December 13,
1990, when the bust of the communist beast, Enver Hoxha, was pulled down, also on April 2, 1991, when
people was protesting against the stolen votes by the regime of Ramiz Alia, when four were killed and 163 were wounded.
Theyve also been at the funeral of Azem Hajdari, on September 14, 1998, where Pėrparim
and Shpėtim, likewise many others, faced violence.
For many like them, life is in serious danger. On February 22, 2004, Pėrparim Shpata was wounded
with a gun at his right leg, while Shpėtim was beaten
by unknown people. Their families too have been subject to serious threats.
This phenomenon, when life dies away, speaks of a great victimization that
increases continuously.
Sokol Pepushaj
The
prohibition of Genetically Modified grain isnt sufficient to protect the
flora and fauna. 60 million of hectares are planted all over the world.
GM grains are cultivated in
over 16 countries of the world. Only in 2002 were planted about 60 million of
hectares with dozens of GM grains. In Great Britain, the decision to
approve or disapprove the GM cultures is still depending on the results of
the four years experimental cultivation in 280 fields with three kinds of GM
grains.
Though the facts these experiments are presented as a test of
the affect GM grains have in relation to the environment, the main test
indeed is their resistance against weed. The studies are focused on the
effect of herbicides on the flora and fauna in fields, either weed on
insects.
The
plants resistant to herbicides are not GM
The use of herbicides in Great Britain
has started before the GM grains. It is possible in the future that the
prohibition of GM grains might send farmers to use non GM grains, but grafted
to resist herbicides. At the first sight, this might look like something
positive to those who are against the technology of GM grains, nevertheless
these grafts might cause unintentionally the spreading of herbicides.
Their effect in the European flora and fauna might be more
negative than the GM grains resistant to weed, for many of the grafts use
herbicides that are stronger than the GM grains. Consider the fact that like
with GM grains, the resistance to herbicides can be spread in other grains
and plants.
Desired
qualities
These grains, however, might
not be treated as rigorously as the GM grains, for theyre not genetically
changed. The only obstacle to them in the Great Britain they have to get
over is the tests that might confirm they are really new species. The GM
grains might be prohibited based on the international trade laws, for they
might be considered dangerous to the health of people and environment, but
this might not be available for the common grains resistant to herbicides.
Brian Johnson, counselor on GM technology in the English Nature safeguard
association says the decoding of the genome of plants has facilitated the
work of grafters on creating not GM plants, yet with the desired
characteristics. Nonetheless, neither of these grains was put on trade in the
Great Britain,
except for the corn, which is by nature resistant to the atrazine herbicide.
A commercial company tried to get the license to trade such grains, but the
application was refused to them on 1998 because of law production efficiency
during the tests. The work to find a solution of the problems of GM grains
and no GM grains continues. Leaving aside the technology of graft, which
might give the same results without any transgenic intervention, would be an
indiscreet action. The existing rules and laws on these issues are not
politically based, but scientifically. It seems like not GM plants might lay
aside the argument against the GM plants.
Quick
disintegration
The glisofate
is considered as one of the most useful herbicides for the fact that it is
quickly disintegrated. Many of the other herbicides do not have this faculty.
In Australia,
for example, some grains are grafted so that they might be resistant to a
wide specter of herbicides. TT canola is one of these grains that tolerate
the triazine herbicides, atrazine included, an
herbicide that is suspected to cause the poisoning of frogs and the
contamination of rivers.
The first species of TT canola were created by scientists
at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Canola was grafted with a kind of neighbour,
Brassica rapa,
which is resistant to triazins. Another kind of
grain became resistant to the family of imidazoline
trying the alternations through chemical ways until getting the production of
the kind resistant to the abovementioned herbicide.
These kinds of resistant grain were approved without the
troubles that usually follow GM grains. There was objection that imidazolins and atrazin are
more harmful to the environment than herbicides like glifozat.
But Rick Roush, who worked for five years in the Genes Technology
Administration Office, now pedagogue at the California
University in Davis, says that these two canolas are
more problematic than those GM because their herbicides have longevity.
Atrazine is more problematic because it spreads quickly in the water and has
considerable longevity, says Chris Preston, scientific employee at the University of Adelaide.
Growing
use
Imidazoline is an herbicide
with a long life, so that it makes impossible the growth of grains for the
coming season. Australians, who are against GM grains, have ignored the fact
that most of the used canola
tolerates herbicides and other problems coming out by the use of other
herbicides.
The use of atrazine in Great Britain rose from 34,000 kg in
1992 in 130,000 kg in 2002, this because more naturally resistant grain and
corn is planted. Atrazine was one of the most standard cures through which
the GM grain resistant to glifozat was tested in
the farms of Great Britain.
Criticizers say that corn resistant to glifozat
has advantage when compared to atrazine, but this comparison is meaningless
when EU has prohibited it by law. Great Britain, however, applied
for an exception as far as corn is concerned.
The law of EU means that TT Canola cannot be cultivated in Europe. But the Clearfield Company will soon make
possible the planting in Turkey
of the sunflower resistant to imidazoline, as well
as the cultivation of similar plants in some states of East and South Europe. BASF, the company producing radix for the
Clearfield Company made possible the growth of imidazoline
resistant grain in Australia.
Te use of herbicides in Great Britain
is increasing, no matter the lack of herbicide resistant grains, or GM
grains. The use of glifozat quadruplicated within
ten years. The farmers are compensated to reduce overproduction leaving the
land unplanted once in some years. Glifozat is
however used to prevent the growth of weed in the fields.
The advanced technology exists, but unfortunately the means
used to rule the use of technology in farms are missing, says Johnson,
counselor over GM technology in the English Nature safeguard association.
Fatos Kopliku
Molecular Biologist,
scientific employee in the Molecular Systematic Laboratory, Nature History
Museum, London
Blood-feud, a serious plague of the
Albanian society
Blood-feud
is the phenomenon that forces Albanians leave Albania. It is so sad to think
that this plague of the Albanian society, mostly in the area of North
Albania, in Shkodra, is destroying human lives. Only in the city of Shkodra
there are over 300 families living shut in because of blood feud. According
to statistics of the District of Shkodra, in 1997-2004, because of blood feud
have been killed 350 people, not sparing children and women. According to the
same statistics, in these last 12 years, 460 pupilss have left school
definitively because of blood feud. Only in Shkodra there are 80 children
0-14 years old, living shut in, fearing death. The most prominent case of the
above mentioned phenomenon is the family of Arif Deda, killed in Shkodra on
April 1, 2004, for revenge. Arif Deda, born on October 27, 1976 was married
to Xhensila Koka, a Kosovar from Bujanova-Serbia (the village of Konsul).
Though Arif was a gipsy man and Xhensila was white, they had a normal life
together in Shkodra. But, everything is ruined for this family when the
brother of Arif Deda killed another gipsy. The family of this last gipsy
person avenges killing Arif Deda at the presence of his wife, Xhensila. The
people who killed Xhensilas husband were potent businessman and were
well-known as very authoritative in the city. They menaced to kill Xhensila
and Natasha, her daughter. Scared at the scene of murder of her husband, and
menaced, by the same people ho killed her husband, to kill her and her
daughter, she departs to England, along with her daughter, Natasha, because
of blood feud. The city of Shkodra remembers very well that women and
children were victims of blood feud. The last case occurred in Berdica on the
year 2000, where an 11 years old child as killed at the school gate while
eating.
Adi Hoti
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