Tirana, homage for Maria
20/06/2012 00:00
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Hundreds of citizens participated at the homage meeting organized by the
civil society against the blood feud phenomenon, keeping banners with
the photo of the 17-year-old Maria, the girl who was executed in the
name of “Kanun”, together with her 70 year old grandfather in Dukagjin.
The citizens lit candles and wreaths near the photo of Maria, while the organizers appealed to raise awareness among the society and the state structures for stopping the phenomenon of Kanun.
Present in this meeting was the US Ambassador in Tirana, Mr. Alexander Arvizu.
The blood feud phenomenon was treated at Top Channel’s Fiks Fare, which brought the images of the isolated families in Lezhe and Shkoder, and the strange reactions of the local structures, even with comments like “they have their own problems”.
Fiks Fare brought the history of a family that has been isolated for two years and a half in Kalivac, Lezhe. The family asked the help of the state, because another blood feud crime took place.
The teachers in Dukagjin, Shkoder, declared for Top Channel that more than 120 families are isolated because of the blood feuds, and hundreds of children have dropped off school.
“The situation is alarming and the appeals against the blood feuds are falling in deaf ears”, says a Shkoder school teacher.
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