Ragip Jashari ( Serbo-Croat: ''Ragip Jašari''; November 11, 1961 – April 19, 1999), was an Albanian politician and activist.

Early life and political activities

Ragip Jashari was born in a village in the municipality of

Lipljan Lipjan ( sq-definite, Lipjani) or Lipljan ( sr-Cyrl, Липљан) is a List of cities in Kosovo, town and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality located in the District of Pristina in Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Lipjan has ...

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. He was an activist for the

independence of Kosovo The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, which proclaimed the Kosovo, Republic of Kosovo to be an independent and sovereign state, was adopted at a meeting held on 17 February 2008 by 109 out of the 120 members of the Assembly of Kosovo, in ...

for which he was persecuted by the Yugoslav government. As president of the youth in Lipljan in 1988–1989, he objected the constitution of 1974 by supporting the 1989 Kosovo miners' strike in

Kosovska Mitrovica Mitrovica (Albanian language, Albanian Definiteness, indefinite Albanian morphology#Nouns (declension), form: ''Mitrovicë''; sr-Cyrl, Митровица, Mitrovica), also referred to as Kosovska Mitrovica ( sr-Cyrl, Косовска Митр� ...

. This was a political step to favour the promptness of Kosovo's youth for independence of the land. This act was the cause for many political changes in the Lipljan government causing Jashari to leave Kosovo and seek political

asylum in Germany The right of asylum for victims of Political repression, political persecution is a basic right stipulated in the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, Constitution of Germany. In a wider sense, the right of asylum recognises the defini ...

. During his time in Germany, the Yugoslav secret police twice tried to assassinate him. In March 1998, he left Germany and returned to Kosovo where the war against FR Yugoslavia had started. After his return on April 19, 1999, he was executed by Serbian forces in his birthplace, Mali Alas. On the same day, his home was burnt along with all his manuscripts, novels, poetry and documents.

External links

ragipjashari.wetpaint.com
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ragipjashari-kos.blogspot.com
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