What is Adem Demaçi?
'''Adem Demaçi''' (26 February 1936 – 26 July 2018) was a [[Kosovo]]-[[Albania]]n politician, writer and activist. He was born in [[Podujevë]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. Demaçi was first arrested for his opposition to the authoritarian government of [[Josip Broz Tito]] in 1958, serving three years in prison. He was Chairman of the Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms of the People of Kosovo from 1991 to 1995. He was editor-in-chief of ''Zëri'', a magazine based in Prishtina, from 1991 to 1993. He was the president of the [[Parliamentary Party of Kosovo]] from 1996 to 1998.<ref name=BBC275>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/353916.stm |title=Kosovo leader calls for Nato troops |author=Jacky Rowland |date=27 May 1999 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=21 July 2012}}</ref> Demaçi died in [[Prishtina]], [[Kosovo]] on 26 July 2018 at the age of 82.<ref>[https://prishtinainsight.com/lifelong-political-activist-adem-demaci-dies-at-82/ Lifelong political activist Adem Demaci dies at 82]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Demaci, Adem}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Kosovan politicians]] [[Category:Albanian politicians]] [[Category:Political writers]] [[Category:Yugoslavian journalists]] [[Category:Political activists]] [[Category:Albanian writers]] {{bio-stub}}