Bahri Fazliu

Bahri Fazliu
Born 1971
Llausha, Podujevo, Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia
Died 1998
near Plav, Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Known for National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo, Çlirimi newspaper
Awards Hero of Kosovo

Bahri Fazliu (1971–1998) was a Kosovo[a] Albanian poet,[1] publicist,[2] and nationalist.

Biography

Bahri Fazliu was born in the village of Llaushë near Podujevo (Albanian: Besiana), Yugoslavia, today's Kosovo. He was the younger brother of Fahri Fazliu, PMK member who lost his life in a shoot-out with Serbian police on November 2, 1989, in "Kodra e Diellit" neighborhood in Prishtina.[3]
Bahri was one of the founders of NMLK (Albanian: Lëvizja Kombëtare për Çlirimin e Kosovës, LKÇK), and its leader after the imprisonment of Avni Klinaku.[4] NMLK was a revolutionary movement, and a constant criticizer of Democratic League of Kosovo and Ibrahim Rugova's Ghandism.[3]
He was the chief editor of the newspaper Çlirimi (English: Liberation), which would be secretly delivered inside Kosovo every three months. On May 7, 1998, he got involved in a skirmish with Serbian Armed Forces in an area called Bjeshka e Bogiqes, in the vicinity of Plava, a Montenegrin town at the border between Albania, Montenegro, and Kosovo (then Serbia, Yugoslavia), eventually getting killed. This was 4 days before the official agreement between NMLK and newly-active Kosovo Liberation Army, that would result in NMLK officially joining KLA.[3]

Legacy

There are streets in nowadays Kosovo which bear his name.[5] He would later receive the title "Hero of Kosovo" (Albanian: "Hero i Kosovës").[6][7]

Publications

See also

Notes

a.   ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References

  1. 1 2 Bahri Fazliu - Kundër mistifikimit, për të vërtetën
  2. Përmbledhje artikujsh nga gazeta "Çlirimi" [Collection of articles from the newspaper "Liberation"] (in Albanian), Tirana: Eurorilindja, 1998, OCLC 82956286
  3. 1 2 3 Valon Murati (17 May 2010), Bahri Fazliu, marrëveshja LKÇK-UÇK dhe Agron Rrahmani [Bahri Fazliu, LKÇK - KLA agreement, and Agron Rahmani] (in Albanian), KosovariMedia.com, retrieved 2013-09-22
  4. Lëvizja Kombëtare Shqiptare në Kosovë dhe viset tjera të etnikumit shqiptar 1945 - 1999 (Albanian National Movement in Kosovo and other areas of Albanian ethnicity 1945 - 1999) (in Albanian), dervina.com, 2008-04-27, retrieved 2013-09-22
  5. Në qytetin e Podujevës janë duke u krye punimet në disa trotuare [Work is being conducted in some sidewalks of Podujevo town] (in Albanian), Podujevo Municipality, 6 September 2011, retrieved 2013-09-22, Drejtori i Drejtorisë së Shërbimeve Publike Faik Muçiqi gjatë inspektimit të punimeve në ndërtimin e trotuarit të rrugës"20 Qershori"dhe rruga "Bahri Fazliu" tha se punët janë duke shkuar siç është më së miri... [Director of Public Services, Faik Muçiqi, during inspection of works on the construction of the pavement for roads "20 June" and "Bahri Fazliu", said things are going as best...]
  6. Dekorohen personalitete që kontribuuan për Kosovën (Personalities who contributed to Kosovo get decorated) (in Albanian), Gazeta Express, 16 February 2013
  7. AWARDED HONOURS FOR 28 NOVEMBER, FLAG DAY, Presidency of Kosovo, 2012-11-29, retrieved 2013-09-22
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