Bardhyl Çaushi (, ) (1936–1999) was a

Kosovo Albanian The Albanians of Kosovo (, ), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars (), constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo. Kosovo Albanians belong to the ethnic Albanian sub-group of Ghegs, who inhabit the north of ...

human rights lawyer and activist. Highly active in cases of human rights abuses in Kosovo, Çaushi was the dean of the school of law of the

University of Pristina The University of Pristina () is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–1999) as a result of the Kosovo War. The inauguration ...

and the first head of the ''Independent Jurists of Kosovo''. During the

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) carried out an aerial bombing campaign against the Serbia and Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The air strikes lasted from 24 March 1999 to 10 June 1999. The bombing ...

he was abducted by Yugoslav forces and held in prisons in

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. Çaushi's state was unknown until 2005, when his remains were found and identified. His body was returned to Kosovo, where he was reburied with presidential honours.''Kosovo's Displaced and Imprisoned'' p. 87
/ref> In 2017 he was honoured by the prime minister of the time

Isa Mustafa Isa Mustafa (; born 15 May 1951) is a retired Kosovar politician. Mustafa was the mayor of Pristina from December 2007 to December 2013 and served as the prime minister of Kosovo between December 2014 and September 2017. He was the leader of the ...

and the leader of the Gjakova branch of the Democratic League of Kosova on the 27th anniversary of the creation of the Gjakova branch of the

Democratic League of Kosovo The Democratic League of Kosovo (, LDK) is the oldest and one of the largest list of political parties in Kosovo, political parties in Kosovo. History During the late 1980s, nationalism was on the rise throughout the Socialist Federal Republi ...

for his sacrifices made for the party and country alongside others like

Sylejman Sylejmani Sylejman Sylejmani (January 29, 1953 – January 28, 2017) was an Albanian academic, politician, military commander, and activist. He was a professor of chemistry at the University of Prishtina and served as the Education Minister of Gjakova. He ...

,Gjergj Sokoli,Mark Malota and :sq:Urim Rexha

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Caushi, Bardhyl 1936 births 1999 deaths Albanian human rights activists 20th-century Albanian lawyers Formerly missing people Kidnapped people Kosovo Albanians Prisoners who died in Serbian detention People from Gjakova Civilian casualties in the Kosovo War Academic staff of the University of Pristina Unsolved deaths Yugoslav Albanians

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