Haliti, Bajram

(1955- )

   Kosovo. Poet and journalist. From the town of Gniljane, Haliti was the editor of the journal Ahimsa. He set up a Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, holding some 4,000 books and other items, all of which were lost when his house was burned down. He was seen as pro-Serb during the hostilities of 1999-2001 and was barred from entering the European Union countries for a time. Later, he was to flee to Zemun in Serbia after being denounced as a collaborator and war criminal by Albanians.