The Ambassador of Albania in Skopje, Denion Mejdani, has reacted again regarding the protest of Albanian students in Skopje, which was held the day before.
The protest was organized for the Albanian language after students demanded to take the jurisprudence exam in Albanian.
Also, students from Tirana traveled to Skopje to support the protest and demand of Albanian students in the RMV. While some of them were detained. Mejdani says that young people are not asking for privileges. They are asking for dignity, equality and respect for fundamental rights.
In a reaction on Facebook, Mejdani says that when students are banned, it affects the very democratic understanding and European spirit that we aim to build as a region.
Full reaction;
When students are stopped, delayed, and intimidated while traveling to peacefully express solidarity for a linguistic right, the issue ceases to be merely procedural.
It affects the very democratic understanding and European spirit that we aim to build as a region.
Albanian students from Tirana traveled to the Republic of North Macedonia not for clashes, but for civic solidarity and to support a basic demand: the right to be tested and to practice their profession in their native language.
These young people are not asking for privileges. They are asking for dignity, equality, and respect for fundamental rights.
And a demand for dignity should never be perceived as a threat, especially in countries that aim to join the European family and build their future on the values of democracy, equality and fundamental rights.
