Hoxha

American

[haw-jah] / ˈhɔ dʒɑ /

noun

Enver 1908–85, Albanian political leader: premier 1944–54, First Secretary of the Central Committee 1954–1985.

Hoxha British

/ ˈhodʒa /

noun

Enver (ˈemver). 1908–85, Albanian statesman: founded the Albanian Communist Party in 1941 and was its first secretary (1954–85)

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Supporters say the pair have now joined Teuta Hoxha, Jon Cink, Qesser Zuhrah and Amy Gardiner-Gibson, also known as Amu Gib, in receiving medical re-feeding treatment overseen by doctors, as set out in guidelines for the management of hunger strikes in prisons.

From BBC

Teuta Hoxha is said to have refused for 38 days and Kamran Ahmed 37 days.

From BBC

In the letter sent to Lammy on Tuesday, lawyers for Qesser Zuhrah, Amy Gardiner-Gibson, Jon Cink, Heba Muraisi, Teuta Hoxha and Kamran Ahmed say they have all been refusing food since early November.

From BBC

When Lea Ypi published “Free” in 2021, the book was acclaimed for its account of life under Enver Hoxha, the communist despot who ruled Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s often said that Hoxha turned Albania into a Balkan North Korea, but he was, in truth, more isolationist even than the North Korean Kims.

From The Wall Street Journal

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