The shocking story of Qani Muça's suicide in detention was forgotten by justice

On May 19, 2025, in the Fushë-Krujë prison, a detainee ended his life. Qani Hamit Muça, a citizen from the outskirts of state oblivion, hanged himself in the toilet of the room where he was being held, after a tragic series of events that should shock the conscience of every responsible institution in this country.

Qani Muça's house was destroyed by the IKMT. In conditions of extreme despair and revolt, he fired a gun at the intervention forces, a serious act, but one that stemmed from an even deeper drama: the loss of shelter, security, and everything that a poor citizen considers life. From that moment, the ordeal of treatment that more closely resembles institutional punishment than justice begins: arrest, detention, and complete oblivion of his mental and emotional state.

The responsibility is not just with suicide — it is chained:

The decision to demolish the apartment, often without transparency, without alternatives and without social sensitivity.

To the police who arrested him, but did not report the citizen's serious condition.

To the prosecution that requested the measure of arrest as a standard solution.

To the court that signed it as routine.

To the prison directorate and staff who did not monitor his psychological condition after a deep trauma.

The Albanian state has a big problem: it has more mechanisms to ruin the citizen than to protect him. There are more fadroma than social workers. More handcuffs than psychiatrists. More officials who sign than people who listen.

This suicide is more than an act of despair. It is an act of accusation. A wake-up call for a justice system that does not prevent tragedies, but often fuels them with indifference.

We demand an in-depth and independent investigation that analyzes the entire chain of decision-making and institutional failures in this case.

Because justice that fails to protect life is not justice – it is a silent abuse of power.

* Taken from the Facebook profile of lawyer Edmond Petraj. Editorial title. Author's title: The late Qani Muça - A suicide that weighs on the conscience of Albanian justice