Bahri Fazliu

Bahri Fazliu
Born1971
Llaushë, SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Died1998 (aged 26–27)
near Plav, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia
Known forNational Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo, Çlirimi newspaper
AwardsHero of Kosovo

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

Biography

Bahri Fazliu was born in the village of Llaushë near Podujevë, Kosovo, at the time in Yugoslavia. He was the younger brother of Fahri Fazliu, PMK member who lost his life in a shoot-out with Yugoslav police on 2 November 1989, in "Kodra e Diellit" neighborhood in Pristina.[1]

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.[2] NMLK was a revolutionary movement, and a constant criticizer of Democratic League of Kosovo and Ibrahim Rugova's Gandhism.[1]

He was the chief editor of the newspaper Çlirimi (English: Liberation), which would be secretly delivered inside Kosovo every three months.[citation needed] On May 7, 1998, he got involved in a skirmish with the Yugoslav Army in an area called Bjeshka e Bogiqes, in the vicinity of Plav, 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.[1]

Legacy

There are streets in nowadays Kosovo which bear his name.[3] He would later receive the title "Hero of Kosovo" (Albanian: "Hero i Kosovës").[4][5]

Publications

  • Kundër mistifikimit, për të vërtetën ("Against mystification, for the truth"), Çlirimi, Pristina, 2000.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Në qytetin e Podujevës janë duke u krye punimet në disa trotuare [Work is being conducted in some sidewalks of Podujevë town] (in Albanian), Podujevë Municipality, 6 September 2011, archived from the original on 11 February 2014, 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...]
  4. ^ Dekorohen personalitete që kontribuuan për Kosovën (Personalities who contributed to Kosovo get decorated) (in Albanian), Gazeta Express, 16 February 2013, retrieved 23 September 2013[dead link‍]
  5. ^ AWARDED HONOURS FOR 28 NOVEMBER, FLAG DAY, Presidency of Kosovo, 2012-11-29, retrieved 2013-09-22
  6. ^ Bahri Fazliu - Kundër mistifikimit, për të vërtetën