Former persecuted: Determined to sacrifice

02/10/2012 00:00

The former politically persecuted people are determined to go to the end
of the hunger strike started a few days ago for the realization of
their requests regarding the compensation for their years spend in the
communist prisons.

Shpetim Karamuca, one of the best examples of this category of people is homeless, without a pension, with a larynx cancer and 26 years of prison on his back. He declared that not only they will stand until the end with their request in the hunger strike, but warned that they are ready to burn themselves.

“If our requests will not be fulfilled, we will use petrol to burn each other. It is all up to the conscience of the Albanian people, if they will come to the point to sacrifice us. We ask the Albanian people to not let us here, we all have a family”, Karamuca declared, saying that the Albanian society will support the protest that will be held on Wednesday by the former persecuted people who will demand compensation for the years passed behind bars.

Gjergj Ndreca, one of the most active name among the former persecuted people, with extreme actions taken against the high rank officials, declared that the strike will continue and he thanked the Albanian for the support given so far.

The compensation bill, never made public

The amount of the compensation bill for the politically persecuted people was never made public, while the state budget has been small to fulfill the financial request.

The people who are in a hunger strike have not even received the first installment. In the beginning of this process, the government launched a propaganda campaign considering it a justice establishment, but the former politically people say that things were different, since the state offices have declared that there is a lack of funds.

The medical service has returned for the strikers. Eight of them have received medical help in the hospital, while the health situation of the ones who are still on strike is deteriorating.

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