The matter of the mass removal of ethnic Albanians from voting lists in the southern-Serbian Presevo Valley will be discussed by the United Nations following a meeting between Albanian political representatives and Albania’s ambassador to the UN, writes Swiss newspaper in Albanian Le Canton27.ch referring you to the EU report in Euractiv.
The matter of the mass removal of ethnic Albanians from voting lists in the southern-Serbian Presevo Valley will be discussed by the United Nations following a meeting between Albanian political representatives and Albania’s ambassador to the UN.
In 2020, Exit- EURACTIV’s media partner- became the first media to publicise the issue of ‘mass passivisation’ when it published research by Flora Ferati-Sachsenmaier, who has spent many years looking at the issue. Over the years, over 6,000 Albanians have been removed from voter lists illegally and cannot vote, send their children to school, work, or buy property.
In 2020, Exit- EURACTIV’s media partner- became the first media to publicise the issue of ‘mass passivisation’ when it published research by Flora Ferati-Sachsenmaier, who has spent many years looking at the issue. Over the years, over 6,000 Albanians have been removed from voter lists illegally and cannot vote, send their children to school, work, or buy property.
The Helsinki commission referred to it as “administrative ethnic cleansing.”
Despite the efforts of Exit and civil society in the region, the European Commission did little to intervene in the issue before the recent Serbian elections, which saw ethnic Albanians lose all parliamentary representation.
The news that the matter of Presevo Valley will be on the agenda of the UN comes following a meeting in New York between the Mayor of Bujanovac Nagip Arifi, the leader of the Party of Democratic Action, Saip Kamberi, the party’s senior official, Ardita Sinani, president of the Democratic Party of Albanians, Ragmi Mustafa, and Albania’s Ambassador to the UN, Ferit Hoxha.
Last week Albania took over the UN Security Council’s rotating presidency for one month for the first time in its history.
“The Presevo Valley matter will be brought before the United Nations. nvolving the region in the most comprehensive international organisation is extremely important for unveiling the genuine situation and status of the Albanians living in the Valley,” said Sinani, a former mayor of Presevo.