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Alidë Maldi and a destroyed happiness
When you’re in love it’s can hardly go everything right. Alidë Hajdar Maldi, born on August 21, 1978, in Kosmaç
of Bushat in Shkodra, had
to leave Albania
for ever because of her love. The downfall of her
happiness started in 1997, when Alida was
subscribed in the University “Luigj Gurakuqi” of Shkodra, in the
Elementary Teacher’s Faculty. Alida was asked for
marriage by Agron Xhevahir
Sela from Shkodra. This
was a handsome young guy in good economical state. Even though Alida was not fascinated by Agron,
she accepts her father’s desire, because she grew up in a family of tradition
and she had to agree what their parents decided for her, following the
example of her parents and knowing that parents always choose the best for
their children. Alidë therefore was engaged by the
will of her parents.
By the half of the first semester a young guy came and sat at a free
sitting place close to Alida during the lessons. He
did this several times… One day, these two started to go out and have some
coffee together. Alida started to have feelings for
this young guy from the south, exactly from Korça.
After a while, Alida’s father and Agron’s father settled to have the marriage during the
summer of 1998. Alida couldn’t agree with this
because she had no feelings for Agron and she used
to find some excuse every time Agron came to meet
her at the university. She loved the guy from Korça.
By March 1998, during the great disorders of that time in Albania, Alida and the guy from Korça
decided to escape somewhere abroad and live in happiness. Yet the guy from Korça convinced Alida to talk
to Agron first, hoping that Agron
would understand this. When Alida tells Agron she loved a guy from Korça,
he objected and menaced to kill anyone who would dare to approach her, for
she belonged to him.
Alida
tries with her father, who understands the mistake. In meantime, Alida excused herself to Agron  telling him she couldn’t meet anymore because of the
lessons, as she feared for the guy from Korça. Agron decided to follow her. One day, he follows her and
sees she entered in a bar, so he goes in after 10 minutes and finds them
sitting together. Agron attacks the guy from Korça and knocks him down because of his physical
stature, and beats Alida on her face, takes her
forcedly and sends her home. Alida decides to leave
Albania
definitely. Agron’s father demands the bride,
because according to the customs the promise cannot be broken. He tells Alida’s father that he was holding a member of his
family. But this replies that he had no daughter to give them as she escaped
abroad. Agron’s father says that if the bride her
husband and her family, let her stay where she went, for if she would ever
come back she would pay for this. Alida therefore,
along with the young man from Korça went abroad
looking for the long wanted happiness. Her lover was immediately sent back by
the foreign state, so the young guy from Korça came
back in Albania
and Alida remained there alone. Their love was
never defeated, but Alida dares not to come back in
Albania,
so she pays for the old customs and tradition, living away from her home, her
love and her country where she cannot find place anymore. Alidë
Hajdar Maldi lives abroad;
her lover was brought back in Albania
forcedly by the police of that country and she can never see Albania or
her family anymore, for her safeness.
It was the student from Korça who told me
this story, asking me to keep his name secret for his safeness.
Jetmir Delaj
The “free” speech and the free violence
It is very hard to exercise the profession of journalist in Albania. The
experience, professionalism and dignity become cause of insults and even
death threats in this so called state, where is missing not only the “Order  of Journalist” but even a good law. The Parliament is only making
noise about laws that defend journalists from death threats when the publish
facts and tell the truth just the way it is. And not only is the Parliament
failing to make a law, but it looks like there’s no chance to reach the day
when the free speech will have no consequences. There’s no free speech, while
violence on media is having its freedom, even full freedom. Our colleague,
the journalist Shqipe Sherif
Harmsen (Beqiri), born on
October 9, 1974, became famous through TV “Rozafa”,
“Antena Nord”, “Shkodra
TV1”, “Radio Shkodra”, TVSH and the newspapers like
“Shqipëria Etnike” “Malësia” etc. Only because she dared to speak the truth
she became a target of anarchists who want just disorder, who refuse the
state of law and whose interests and dirty business is harmed. The colleague Shqipe Harmsen married to Mr.
Alexander Harmsen, doing her job with
professionalism for eight years, became a target of revenge because of the freedom
of speech. The violence against media was also considered lastly by the
European Commission, as the Chairman of this commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, during his visit in Albania, said that the freedom of
media isn’t at the right level. The journalist Harmsen
received menacing phone-calls. Her parents too were under pressure many
times, even at home. The revenge goes further and her husband was stopped on
February 16, by masked people who tried to put him forcedly in a car. Again
in Tirana, on February 19, the journalist Harmsen
was attacked by two people who robbed her bag warning her for the last time
to give up her job. Confidential sources from the police say that there’s
some investigation going on, but the danger is permanent to the point that the
journalist cannot go out alone. This keeps her away from doing her job, but
what is more important, it threats her life. This case is just the next to
those we have previously reported, like that of Kujtim
Draçii and Vasel Gilaj. The colleague Draçini was
also beaten by the police near the Hydro central of Vau
Dejës. Nevertheless the investigation files were
strangely closed for “missing evidence”. So you are beaten by the police and
there is no evidence! The problem is very acute. We have raised our voice to
the highest offices of the State and the international presence about the
violence on the free speech but our requests were never taken seriously.
Menaces are increasing every day more toward the people of mass-media, who
are sacrificing a lot because of their job. Even the Chairman of the
Parliament, Mrs. Jozefina Topalli
received menaces for three weeks by people linked to corruption, organized
crime and Mafia, and this was confirmed by the Prime Minister Berisha. In a few words, facing the elements of crime is
a very hard battle. In this confrontation is involved even our colleague Harmsen, a journalist who has become a target of the free
violence only because of the free speech. This violence is trying to keep
under pressure the good and brave journalists who try to turn on the lights
toward Europe.
Office director
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