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Albanian activist for human rights
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Agim Hajrizi
Agim Hajrizi
Born(1961-02-20)20 February 1961
Kosovska Mitrovica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia (modern Kosovo)
Died24 March 1999(1999-03-24) (aged 38)
Kosovska Mitrovica, FR Yugoslavia (modern Kosovo)
CitizenshipYugoslavia
TitlePresident of the Union of Independent Trade Unions of Kosova (BSPK)

Agim Hajrizi (20 February 1961 – 24 March 1999) was a Kosovo Albanian human rights activist and the president of the Union of Independent Trade Unions of Kosova (BSPK).

Death

Agim Hajrizi was assassinated by Serb paramilitary soldiers in his home in Mitrovica on 24 March 1999, during the Kosovo War, with his mother Nazmie and 12-year-old son Ilir. It is thought he was targeted for his political activities, similar to other prominent Kosovo Albanians killed by Serbian forces at the same time.

Commemorative plaques at the House of Agim Hajrizi, in Mitrovicë

See also

References

  1. "Washingtonpost.com: Editor Dodges Police After His 'Demise'". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  2. "HLC - Press Release - 18/11/2000 The Balkan Human Rights Web Pages". greekhelsinki.gr. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  3. Fred Abrahams (2001). Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7. Other prominent Albanians were killed in different part of Kosovo at the same time. On March 25, Serbian security forces broke into the home of a respected physician in Djakovica, Dr. Izet Hima, and shot him in front of his wife. A well-known lawyer, Urim Rexha, and an LDK leader, Mark Malota, were also killed in Djakovica that day (see Djakovica Municipality). Two high level LDK activists in Mitrovica were also killed in unclear circumstances: Agim Hajrizi and Latif Berisha.


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