birth_place awards nationality party birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
pristina , kingdom of yugoslavia sakharov prize for freedom of thought -lrb- 1991 -rrb- albanian parliamentary party of kosovo -lrb- 1996-98 -rrb- 26 february 1936 activism for kosovo independence , 29 years imprisonment adem demaçi
 adem demaçi writer , politician
adem demaçi

adem demaçi -lrb- born 26 february 1936 in prishtina , republic of kosovo -rrb- is a kosovo albanian writer and politician and a longtime political prisoner who spent a total of 29 years in prison for speaking out against the treatment of the ethnic albanians in yugoslavia as well as criticising communism and the government of josip broz tito .
during his imprisonment , he was recognised as a prisoner of conscience by amnesty international , and he is often referred to as `` the nelson mandela of kosovo '' .
