and Baton Haxhiu, these ordinary Mafiosi, should not be left unpunished for their criminal acts." Despite the threat, the paper continued to publish. That year, Haxhiu won the CPJ International Press Freedom Awards, which recognises journalists who show courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment. Later journalism Haxhiu later became the editor of the Gazeta Express. In July 2008, during the war crimes trial of Ramush Haradinaj, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia found Haxhiu guilty of contempt of court for revealing the name of a protected witness in a newspaper article, and fined him US$10,000. Haxhiu appealed the verdict in September, but judges ruled that he had appealed outside the permitted window. Personal life Haxhiu has a wife and two sons. References External links Koha Daily 1967 births Living people Kosovo Albanians Kosovan journalists Albanian journalists Albanian publishers (people)