03/11/2012 10:37
Albanian former political prisoner died
An Albanian former political prisoner who set himself on fire in protest at delays in government compensation for communist-era dissidents has died, the BBC reports.
Lirak Bejko, 47, had been taken to a hospital in Bari, Italy after setting himself on fire on 10 October.
He was one of 20 former dissidents who began a hunger strike over the compensation issue in September.
The government refused to talk to the protesters, saying that their action was politically motivated.