The civic platform “Freedom Has a Name” has announced a broad public mobilization for February 17, calling on citizens to take part in the march “Justice, Not Politics.” At a press conference, platform representatives Ismail Tasholli and Eliza Hoxha said the initiative comes at a critical moment, as the trial of former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in The Hague enters its final phase.
The organizers stressed that the march is a necessity to defend the dignity of the liberation war and Kosovo’s historical truth.
Ismail Tasholli described the February 17 march as a civic response to attempts to rewrite history. He invited citizens to join what he called “the largest march our country has ever seen.”
“Freedom Has a Name invites all citizens of Kosovo to a civic, peaceful, dignified, and inclusive march. A march for justice, not politics. A march not against anyone, but for the dignity of Kosovo, for the truth, and for respect for the sacrifice upon which our freedom was built,” Tasholli declared.
He added that the moment requires maturity and unity, emphasizing that Kosovo cannot remain passive in the face of developments that affect the very foundations of its statehood.
“This march is not an act of momentary emotion — it is an act of collective awareness. It is a civic response to a process entering its most decisive phase. It is a clear message that Kosovo is not a spectator of its own fate,” he concluded.
In the same vein, former MP and platform representative Eliza Hoxha emphasized the importance of context in judicial processes. She argued that justice cannot be blind to the reality of who was the aggressor and who was the victim in Kosovo’s war.
“We believe that justice cannot be detached from historical truth. We believe that legal processes cannot be read without context, without the reality of what actually happened,” Hoxha said.
She called on all segments of society to join the march, describing it as a united voice against imposed silence.
“The march we are calling is a citizens’ march. It is a march of children, families, youth, intellectuals, workers — it is a march of veterans as well. It is the march of a society that refuses to be reduced to unjust narratives,” she added.
