"Koha Jonė" bėn thirrje pėr vrasjen e gazetarit-- nga Besar Likmeta, BIRN, 26.02.2009E pėrditshmja shqiptare Koha Jonė, e parė nga vėzhguesit e pavarur si njė botim afėr kryeministrit, Sali Berisha, bėri thirrje pėr vrasjen e njė gazetari kritik tė qeverisė nė editorialin e sė martės. Me pėrshkrime tė detajuara, artikulli bėnte thirrje pėr vrasjen e botuesit tė sė pėrditshmes TemA, Mero Baze, njė gazetė qė sulmon ose sulmohet nga Berisha thuajse pėrditė. Qė, jo muri, por Merua tė mos lėvizi, pa i rrezikuar jetėn, i duhet ngulur nė fyt njė thikė e trashė, e ndryshkur. Pa narkozė qė ta vėr' nė gjumė. Ta shohė gjithēka me syt' e vet, - shkruhej nė artikull. Ēarja e kafkės mund tė kryhet me disa mėnyra; me pėrplasje pas muri, me ēekiē, me qysqi', me shpėrthim, me ēpim, me sharrim. Shoqatat lokale tė gazetarėve reaguan tė alarmuara dhe i bėnė thirrje qeverisė tė distancohet nga artikulli. Ne jemi shumė tė shqetėsuar prej kėrcėnimit publik dhe pėrshkrimit horror pėr vrasjen imagjinare tė gazetarit Mero Baze, botuar nga Koha Jonė, - thuhej nė njė deklaratė tė pėrbashkėt tė Lidhjes sė Gazetarėve tė Shqipėrisė dhe Forumit pėr Mediet e Lira. Duke pasur parasysh presionin e madh tė qeverisė shqiptare ndaj kėtij gazetari, i cili arriti kulmin me bllokimin e mjediseve tė gazetės dhe djegien e makinės para shtėpisė sė tij, ky kėrcėnim i ri publik kundėr tij nga njė gazetė e afėrt me qeverinė ėshtė njė goditje e fuqishme ndaj shtypit tė lirė dhe dhunim flagrant i etikės gazetareske ndaj njė kolegu, - deklaruan shoqatat. Gazeta TemA ėshtė fokusuar te raportimi investigativ duke sulmuar me njė sėrė artikujsh zyrtarėt pėr korrupsion dhe abuzime. Mė 8 janar, policia e pėrzuri gazetėn nga zyrat e saj nė njė godinė pronė e qeverisė, pavarėsisht njė urdhri tė gjykatės kundėr largimit. Konflikti u nxit mė 16 dhjetor, kur Ministria e Ekonomisė anuloi pa paralajmėrim njė kontratė 20-vjeēare qė gazeta kishte pėr mjediset e saj nė godinėn pronė qeveritare, duke e detyruar tė pėrditshmen tė ankohej nė gjykatė. Qeveria tha se po e largonte gazetėn nga mjediset e saj pėr arsye tė sigurisė kombėtare, pa dhėnė shpjegime pėr arsyet. Mė 6 janar, gjykata e Tiranės e urdhėroi Ministrinė e Ekonomisė ta ndalonte procesin e largimit, por tri ditė mė vonė policėt rrethuan zyrat e TemA-s dhe pėrdorėn forcėn pėr tė mos i lėnė gazetarėt tė hynin. Rrethimi i papritur dhe arroganca e kryeministrit nė pėrpjekje pėr tė na mbyllur gojėn, me sa duket nuk njeh kufij, - deklaroi botuesi Mero Baze nė njė deklaratė pėr shtyp pas aksionit tė policisė. BMW e Bazes u dogj nė vigjilje tė Vitit tė Ri, pėr tė cilėn Baze tha se ishte sulm, por policia e pėrshkroi si djegie nga njė qark i shkurtėr elektrik. Ministria e Ekonomisė mohoi ekzistencėn e motiveve politike nė pėrzėnien e gazetės dhe me njė deklaratė pretendoi se nuk e kishte marrė kurrė urdhrin e gjykatės, ndėrsa anulimi i kontratės ishte i nevojshėm pėr detyrime publike. Komiteti pėr Mbrojtjen e Gazetarėve (CPJ), me bazė nė Nju-Jork reagoi ndaj bllokimit tė zyrave tė TemA-s prej qeverisė. Policia duhet tė lejojnė menjėherė gazetarėt e TemA-s tė kthehen nė zyra dhe tė vazhdojnė punėn, - deklaroi Nina Ognianova, koordinatorja e programit tė CPJ pėr Evropėn dhe Azinė Qendrore, nė njė deklaratė mė 11 janar. Nė vend tė sulmit ndaj gazetarėve, autoritetet duhet tė hetojnė shpėrthimin e makinės sė botuesit Mero Baze kohėt e fundit. Metoda tė tilla frikėsimi ndaj medieve kritike me qeverinė nuk janė nė pėrputhje me rrugėn demokratike qė ka zgjedhur Shqipėria. 
English Albania Pro-Govt Daily Calls For Journalist Murder-- by Besar Likmeta, Balkan Insight, 26.02.2009 Albanian daily Koha Jone, seen by independent observers as a publication close to Prime Minister Sali Berisha, called for the murder of a publisher critical of the government in its Tuesday editorial. In graphic detail, the article called for the assassination of the publisher of the daily TemA, Mero Baze, a newspaper that is attacking or being attacked by Berisha on a daily basis. The crushing of the skull can be done in several ways, bashing against the wall, with a hammer, blowing it up or sawing through it, reads the article depicting the imaginary crime in shocking details. Local media watchdogs reacted with alarm and called on the government to distance itself from the article. We are deeply concerned about the public threat and the gruesome description of the imaginary killing of journalist Mero Baze, published by Koha Jone, said a joint statement by the Albanian Journalists' League and the Forum for Free Media. Having in mind the amount of pressure on this journalist by the Albanian government, which reached its extreme with the papers premises getting blocked by police and his car set on fire in front of his house, this new public threat against him, by a newspaper close to the government, is a new blow against free press and a flagrant violation of media ethics toward a colleague, the watchdogs added. Bazo's TemA newspaper has focused on investigative reporting, many of its stories attacking officials for alleged graft and corruption. On January 8, police evicted it from its offices in a government building, despite a court order blocking the eviction. The row escalated on December 16, when the Ministry of Economy canceled without notice a 20-year contract that the daily held for its premises inside a state-owned building, leading the newspaper to file a lawsuit. The government said it was evicting the newspaper from its premises for national security reasons, not giving an explanation of its reasoning. On January 6 a Tirana court ordered the ministry to stop the eviction process, but three days later, police surrounded the Tema offices and forcefully stopped journalists from entering the premises. The unexpected police siege and the Prime Ministers arrogance in trying to silence us, as it seems, knows no bounds, the publisher of TemA, Mero Baze, said in a press statement following the police action. Bazes luxury BMW went up in flames on New Years Eve in what Baze said was an attack, but which police described as self-combustion due to a short circuit. The Ministry of Economy denied there was any political motive behind the eviction and through a statement on Sunday claimed it had never received the court order, while the cancellation of the contract was necessary for public requirements. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has also reacted to the government seizure of TemAs offices. Police should immediately allow TemA journalists to enter their offices and do their job," CPJ's Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova said in a press statement on Jan 11. "Instead of harassing the reporters, authorities should investigate the recent explosion of publisher Mero Baze's car. Such methods of intimidation of a critical news outlet are incompatible with the democratic path Albania has chosen." (Reporting by Besar Likmeta) |