Physically exhausted and looking tired/ From the suit to the skin, Meta shows the "sufferings" of prison

2026-04-28 15:21:00, Aktualitet CNA

Physically exhausted and looking tired/ From the suit to the skin, Meta shows

The leader of the Freedom Party, Ilir Meta, has reacted for the first time after the hearing held at the Criminal Court of Kosovo regarding the news circulating about the changes in his appearance during his time in detention.

In a self-interview with journalist Dafina Hysa, Meta complained that unlike other prisoners, he only goes out once for airing.

"The lie was very thick, unnecessary and easily verifiable, that supposedly I also do airing twice a day like all prisoners.

Meanwhile, here, not only the ventilation facilities, but also the meeting rooms or corridors are equipped with 24-hour cameras.

It is an indisputable fact that since July 2, 2025, I, unlike any other detainee, only air out once a day.

"Of course, this does not prevent me from exercising in my cell, which is also "transformed" into a gym with improvised means," Meta declared.

Asked if the changes in his appearance and health condition are a result of mistreatment, Meta denied it, saying that his physical, health, and mental condition is better than ever, despite all the deprivations made public.

According to Meta, he remains an absolute champion with extraordinary reflexes.

Regarding the size of the suit, Meta said that it has nothing to do with the fact that they left him without food, but with the physical activity that takes at least 4 hours a day, especially with exercises for the abdominal muscles.

He also emphasizes that his diet is very healthy thanks to his sister's care.

Regarding the hairstyle, Meta said that there is no professional barber in prison and that this is not the problem.

As for the skin, the water is chlorinated and a week in the Valbona River would be enough to make the skin brighter than that of the banalists who put on "makeup" before going to the studio to distract public opinion from the 2 GJKKO scandals yesterday.

"My physical, health and mental condition is better than ever, despite all the privations made public.

Since July 2, 2025, when I was sentenced without an official decision, all restrictions continue to this day, except for the most insignificant thing, ping-pong, which was removed as a "sanction" a month ago.

On this occasion, I want to assure you that I remain an absolute champion with extraordinary reflexes.

For your information, the runner-up here is a 30-year-old man who was once a footballer.

If the suit was too big for me, it's not because they starved me, as has been said, but because of my physical activity, which takes me at least 4 hours a day, especially with abdominal exercises.

Likewise, my diet is very healthy thanks to my sister's care and more.

If the concern is about the hairstyle, there is no professional barber here and that is not the problem.

If the problem is with the skin, don't forget that the water here is full of chlorine and a week in the Valbona or Shala rivers would be enough for me to make my skin brighter than that of the (b)analysts who put on "makeup" before going into the studio to distract public opinion from the 2 GJKKO scandals yesterday.

Firstly, in contradiction with the statement of the Albanian Helsinki Committee against the use of the cage as a denigrating, unconstitutional and in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights, without surprise, the GJKKO decided as a standard yesterday the case of the treatment of a Moroccan terrorist in France, responsible for a suicide attack resulting in the death of dozens of French citizens.

This is a new shame for Ramaforma and his offspring.

How can the process be equal under these conditions when you neither hear well, nor are you heard well, nor can you consult with a lawyer? Only ignorant and shameless people can justify this.

So the extreme exception to the precedent of a terrorist is accepted as a "standard" by the Special Court of a member country of the Council of Europe that will join the EU.

The second scandal is the decision to prevent the live broadcast of the entire trial process when the issue is of high public interest and citizens do not have to be informed by patronizing journalists close to SPAK and the regime in a distorted manner, but they must hear the accusations themselves and the evidence claimed by SPAK, but also my facts and evidence, since I have held the three highest state functions like no other in the history of Albania since 1912 and I must also be accountable to the citizens.

Therefore, they need to see live when, how, and with what act, decision, or action I have caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to the Albanian state.

This live process will be according to the rules of the Court (and not the Assembly), which has the right to sanction anyone who violates the ethics of the process or goes outside the scope of the trial.

Moreover, there are no regrets in this process, but even if there were, in this case there was no need to broadcast it live.

While the alibi that witnesses could be influenced is a fraud, since they have provided their testimonies on time and under criminal liability.

Likewise, now they can be published, as we have done for some of them," Meta declared./ CNA