{"id":74353,"date":"2025-05-07T12:28:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/?p=74353"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:32:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:32:40","slug":"hero-bahri-fazliu-honored-his-figure-regarded-as-a-model-of-a-liberation-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/hero-bahri-fazliu-honored-his-figure-regarded-as-a-model-of-a-liberation-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Hero Bahri Fazliu honored, his figure regarded as a model of a liberation fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the 27th anniversary of Bahri Fazliu\u2019s death, family members, comrades, and state leaders paid tribute at his grave, honoring him as a significant figure in the liberation of the country, KosovaPress <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The acting Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, laid wreaths at Bahri Fazliu\u2019s grave, describing him as a model of a liberation fighter even before the armed conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Even today, on the 27th anniversary of Bahri Fazliu\u2019s heroic fall, we pay tribute together, because Bahri Fazliu is an example of a freedom fighter even before the liberation war. We had many activists who prepared the war, and among the most prominent was Bahri Fazliu, who went by the pseudonym Gzimi. His analytical writings, romantic poetry, boundless patriotism, and the actions and battles he participated in undoubtedly make him a living example not only for our generation but also for those to come \u2014 of how to love the homeland, work for liberation, and fight for unification,” <\/strong>Kurti emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, also paid tribute, saying the Fazliu family is a core of Kosovo\u2019s freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A core of our freedom, of national liberation, stems from the Fazliu family \u2014 not only from Fahri and Bahri whom we remember today, but also from their broader connections to freedom with other families and the Zhitia family, and all other movements of that time. Bahri\u2019s act of falling for freedom at the border triangle, which unjustly divides us, is the strongest message of liberty conveyed by this family,” <\/strong>he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bahri Fazliu\u2019s nephew, Fahri Fazliu, also remembered his uncle, saying the day is more painful since his father, Fahri Fazliu, is currently unjustly detained in The Hague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Today marks 27 years since the heroic fall of my uncle. It is a more painful day for us and the family because my father, who is currently unjustly in The Hague, is absent after 27 years of being present at every anniversary. We remember Bahri only through his poetry, which he left behind: \u2018Even death I will kiss, when the war calls; from the grave I will rise, and I will never stop fighting,\u2019”<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bahri Fazliu was also honored today by his comrades and fellow fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mayor of Rahovec, Smajl Latifi, a close friend of Fazliu, described him as an intelligent and well-prepared young man \u2014 both morally and politically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He was a smart young man, morally and politically prepared, a proven patriot, a distinguished leader, an ideologue, and a good teacher \u2014 not only to me but to many in my generation. He was and remains a guide on how to walk, how to work, how to fight, and how to die for freedom. His fall on May 7, 1998, at the border triangle dividing Albanians \u2014 Kosovo, Montenegro, and Albania \u2014 is an irreplaceable loss for the liberation movement and national cause for Kosovo\u2019s freedom,”<\/strong> Latifi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leader of the Movement for Unification, Valon Murati, stated that Bahri Fazliu was a central figure in the Albanian people\u2019s struggle for freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Today we remember one of the central figures in our struggle for freedom. On this day 27 years ago, he fell in battle against Serbian forces. His entire life was devoted to the freedom of Kosovo,” <\/strong>he emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bahri Fazliu heroically fell on May 7, 1998, in a place called Bogiqe in Montenegro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was a member of the National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo (LK\u00c7K) and a member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (U\u00c7K). For several years, he lived in secrecy and served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine\u00a0\u00c7lirimi, published by the LK\u00c7K. Bahri was the brother of hero Fahri Fazliu, who, along with Afrim Zhitia, died heroically on November 2, 1989, during a battle with Serbian police in the Bregu i Diellit (Sunny Hill) neighborhood in Pristina. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the 27th anniversary of Bahri Fazliu\u2019s death, family members, comrades, and state leaders paid tribute at his grave, honoring him as a significant figure in the liberation of the country, KosovaPress reports. The acting Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, laid wreaths at Bahri Fazliu\u2019s grave, describing him as a model of a liberation fighter even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":74355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[301,296,269],"tags":[445,6095,1143,391,582,417],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74353"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74358,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74353\/revisions\/74358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}