Ukshin Hoti

Ukshin Hoti (1943-1999) was an Albanian philosopher and activist. Hoti was a professor of international law and later philosophy at the University of Pristina and founder of UNIKOMB, a political party of Kosovo. Since 1982 he had been arrested several times by Yugoslav authorities. In 1994 he was convicted to five years in the Dubrava prison. In May 1999, when his sentence ended and he was to be released, guards of the prison relocated him. His whereabouts are unknown and many human rights activists consider him dead.

Life

Ukshin Hoti (Serbo-Croat: Укшин Хоти, Ukšin Hoti) was born in the village of Krusha e Madhe, municipality Orahovac/Rahovec (depending on language) in Yugoslavia. He studied political science at the University of Zagreb and the University of Belgrade and did postgraduate research at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, and the University of Washington in international relations and political science. From 1975, Hoti taught international law at the University of Pristina and held an administrative position at the parliament of Kosovo.