Strike of death is declared
12/10/2012

Despite the negotiations with the president in presence of the international community, tension rose at the hunger strike.

Strikers say that they have been mistreated by the police, even physically, and the latter have removed all their beverages, leaving only water.

They asked the Ombudsman to intervene and declared that if the police will continue with the violence and their measures, they will start the strike of death.

“The Ombudsman must come and see what the police are doing. They have removed everything from us. With this behaviour, we will declare the strike of death. We will remove even water and will die here”, one of the strikers declared.

The strikers say that they have not been allowed to meet their family members. After the incident, the striker organizers were not allowed to meet the strikers. They appealed the US Embassy for help, from which they say they have taken support for calming the situation.

“The US Embassy representatives, our last remaining friends, declared their support after the incidents that took place”, declared the strike coordinator, Skender Tufa.

After the meeting at the US Embassy, the organizers were not allowed to enter the hunger strike premises. The representative of the New Democratic Spirit, Aleksander Biberaj, was also not allowed to meet the strikers.

“It’s their decision to not allow us, but this is a hate and discrimination between classes that is being installed each day in Albania. We cannot let them die today, 22 years after the fall of the communist regime”, Biberaj declared.

Ndreca’s appeal for the strikers

After several hours of travel in an ambulance, the former political prisoner, Gjergj Ndreca, woke up at the Kakavija border checkpoint. Before entering Greece, where he will receive treatment from a specialized clinic, Ndreca gave a short declaration for his fellow strikers.

“I appeal them to stand until the end of this fight. Even if I don’t return, I would gladly give my life to them”, Ndreca declared.

After the treatment at the Tirana hospital, the 47 year old Gjergj Ndreca was sent for a specialized treatment in Greece.

The other patient, Lirak Bejko, was sent to a specialized clinic in Rome. The opposition used an ambulance helicopter for Bejko, since his health situation is worse.