Demë Shehu demonstrates planting in prison and says the Albanian land is blessed

Demë Shehu showing the crops in a prison in North Macedonia 

 Demë Shehu, a member of the "Kumanova" group, is serving a life sentence in a prison in North Macedonia. He has published photos from prison life while showing his crops in the facilities of the prison.

Through a post on social networks, Shehu said that the Albanian land is blessed and that this is shown by the fact that all kinds of vegetables grow in Albanian lands.

"That this land is Albanian and blessed by God, is shown by the fact that all kinds of vegetables grow here. This blessed Albanian land is similar to the fields of Myzeqe! Wherever we are, we will always plant the seeds of the liberation of our Illyrian-Arbëro-Albanian lands!" he wrote.

Kumanova case

When the prime minister of Macedonia was Nikola Gruevski, a shootout broke out during a police raid between police forces and an armed group identified as the National Liberation Army (NLA) took place on May 9, 2015, in the northern Macedonian city of Kumanovo. During the shooting, 8 Macedonian policemen and 10 fighters were killed, while 37 officers were wounded. The shooting ended on 10 May 2015 in an operation by the Macedonian police and armed forces, where 28 Albanian men were arrested and charged with "terrorism", the charges were made by the Macedonian authorities.

In total, 37 Albanians were sentenced to a total of 746 years in prison.

7 were sentenced to life imprisonment, 13 to 40 years in prison, and 6 to 20 years in prison. 4 people were acquitted while the others have sentences ranging from 12 to 18 years in prison.

The group has stated that its existence in Kumanovo was motivated due to the violation of the rights of Albanians in Macedonia.