The editor-in-chief of the newspaper 'Koha Jonë' Qamil Xhani has reacted for the first time after his release from the police station, as he was arrested while on duty during yesterday's protest over the murder of Klodian Rasha by a police officer. Xhani brought details from his arrest, while emphasizing that the handcuff marks on his hands will never fade away.

Among other things, he said in his story that among the detainees in the cells of the overcrowded police stations were even minors. Xhani explained that he was handcuffed in front of the newsroom where he was photographing the violent arrest of two minors.

"I was not in protest or part of a group of protesters. I was 5 meters away from the entrance of the newspaper's editorial office and I came out after the sound of police sirens and screams coming from the yard. In my 15 years career as a journalist, I have never faced such brutality and arrogance from the police; blows, handcuffs and detention cells. ”.

I'm fine, but the marks left by the handcuffs on the hands of a journalist arrested in front of the newsroom will never fade away.

When I came out of the police station I was overwhelmed because I saw with my own eyes what others told me these days over violence.

The cells were full and there were minors among those arrested. More than 55 citizens stayed together in a room of 4 by 4 m2 and others were kept in the corridor, according to the preliminary assessment of the behavior of the "bosses". Some officers signed minutes in the corridors that turn into years of imprisonment and millions of lek fines for citizens that even the officers themselves did not know why they had brought them to the police station.

I understand after the first personal experience with law enforcement officials, the reason why there is so much anger among young people at the police. But I do not understand the silence of that police chief who calmly watched as two minors were beaten. 

After leaving the police station, I was waiting for an explanation or an apology for what happened.

Violence has a name," Xhani said.