Excerpt from the testimony of former political convict Shkëlqim Abazi given to AIDSSH. Shkëlqim Abazi, born on December 23, 1951, in Berat. He was arrested at the age of 16, on August 11, 1968, on charges of "the crime of treason against the homeland through attempted escape" and "agitation and propaganda against the people's power." He was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment. He served his sentence in Spaç.