{"id":78743,"date":"2025-05-21T18:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=78743"},"modified":"2025-05-21T20:55:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:55:27","slug":"52-years-since-the-spac-uprising-former-prisoners-recall-the-hell-they-endured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/52-years-since-the-spac-uprising-former-prisoners-recall-the-hell-they-endured\/","title":{"rendered":"52 Years Since the Spa\u00e7 Uprising, Former Prisoners Recall the Hell They Endured"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-16\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"0735d36e-39ba-4f56-ba27-c2a9641e554c\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"272\">Fifty-two years after the uprising at Spa\u00e7 Prison, former political prisoners who rebelled against violence are once again drawing attention to the suffering under the dictatorial regime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"521\">Lek Mirakaj, sentenced to 10 years in prison for \u201cagitation and propaganda,\u201d is one of the former inmates of Spa\u00e7. Reflecting on his experience at the infamous prison, he said the 1973 uprising only intensified the inhumane treatment of prisoners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"523\" data-end=\"874\">The Authority for Information on Former State Security Documents (AIDSSH) organized an event at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office Library to mark the anniversary and presented a new website dedicated to Spa\u00e7 Prison. This digital archive contains testimonies, documents, maps, interviews, and educational materials about the prison and the May 1973 uprising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"1152\">\u201cThe site includes: lists of political prisoners and personal stories; archival documents and contemporary testimonies; information on the Spa\u00e7 Uprising and protests in the camp; materials on the disappeared, and commemorative exhibitions,\u201d said Gentiana Sula, head of AIDSSH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1323\">The website, which is publicly accessible, is designed as a tool for raising awareness and educating younger generations\u2014bringing the past into today\u2019s digital language.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-two years after the uprising at Spa\u00e7 Prison, former political prisoners who rebelled against violence are once again drawing attention to the suffering under the dictatorial regime. 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