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Not in my name!

2026-09-17 15:13:23Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA ALADIN STAFA

Not in my name!

As time passes, generations change, and the past becomes more and more distant, there are still moments when history does not seem like something we have left behind. It returns with names, photographs, flags, memories, and even a court decision. And just yesterday in The Hague, history spoke to us again. Kosovo found itself once again in the dock.

Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi were found guilty of several war crimes and sentenced to 25, 18, 13 and 25 years in prison respectively. The court found them responsible for arbitrary detention, cruel treatment, torture and murder in separate cases, while on the other hand finding them not guilty of charges of crimes against humanity due to lack of substantial evidence. This is where the contradiction of this special court begins, given that all these charges are interconnected within this context.

How is it possible to be declared innocent of crimes against humanity but yet be convicted of murder and torture?

If facts or evidence are not enough, it is not possible for decisions to be made through perception, conjecture, or even lobbying. And even more so to judge the history of a people in such an indirect way.

Because behind this decision, there is a war, a generation, hundreds of thousands of families who have lost their loved ones and others who fell martyrs in bloody battles. Kosovo itself stands. And it cannot be a closed chapter of a book, but part of its identity.

Justice is fueled by evidence. History needs context, while memory requires identity.

And if this trinomial gets stuck somewhere, then injustice takes place.

The history of Kosovo did not begin yesterday in The Hague, nor does it end there. It carries with it the long history of a people who lived under the torturous repression of the Belgrade regime, continued with the resistance throughout the 1990s, and then embarked on the path of escalation of the conflict until the creation of the KLA. NATO's intervention was the final undertaking that gave a political-historical definition to the entire war until it culminated in the liberation of a Kosovo that would take the path towards statehood.

In this journey, the KLA was the main physical resistance to the aggressor, so the Hague decision goes beyond four individuals, significantly affecting history itself. A not so triumphant history of a people, but worthy of seeking not to disappear from where it was born.

And here we have a question that seems to be bigger than a verdict.

What happens when justice and a nation's memory collide?

Kosovo is a fact, with a permanent population, defined territory, government and modern institutions ready for international relations. Therefore, no judgment or court can tarnish its sacrifices or shake its independence.

And yet yesterday's reality appeared different to us because we don't know what the next step will be.

In this dynamic world, where interests boil, justice is lacking. We are increasingly realizing that we are guided by the balance of power. Therefore, Albanians will have to maximize their importance from now on. And this is done through their "unison" stance.

Beyond folklorisms or the desire for national unity, it is precisely politics that should do politics.

Through diplomacy, investment in defense, economic growth, and building a stabilized society, the state increases its prestige to become a factor at international tables, not just a participant.

And maybe from this negative day for us like yesterday, we can take something positive. A message that weighs more than Mr. Smith's words. That togetherness and unity make us stronger.

Our great disease is memory, and perhaps this is the battle we must win now.

Not against each other, but against oblivion. Therefore, today, we must think about a nation that has not yet learned how to live in peace after a war.

War is simple because the enemy you face is clearly visible. But in peace, he often doesn't have a uniform, because he comes through political division, social media algorithms, or the manipulation of society to divide.

No party, court or government is a nation. Because the nation remains when all these are gone. And perhaps the most important question in many years will not be who won yesterday in The Hague, but how Albanians fought to preserve their history without turning it into hatred.

Because history may judge you, justice may judge you, others may judge us - but we must not judge each other to the point of forgetting that we are the same people, the same nation.

And so the battle continues.


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