U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT FROWNS ON MOLDOVAN COURT’S NON-TRANSPARENT DECISION ON ELECTIONS “The Moldovan Supreme Court’s non-transparent decision to uphold the invalidation of Chisinau’s June 3 mayoral elections represents a threat to Moldovan democracy”, the U.S. Department of State wrote in its press release. According to the document, “The winning candidate in Chisinau’s mayoral race received a majority of the votes. International observers found relatively minor irregularities that would not justify

Fight against corruption in detention places does not make progress The fight against corruption in detention places didn’t make notable progress in the course of 2017. On the country, in some regards the situation even worsened, especially as regards the detention conditions and access to health services, says an activity report for 2017 presented by the Council for the Prevention of Torture in a public event on June 25. Nevertheless,

The European Parliament stated that Moldova violated the Association Agreement without recognizing the elections in Chisinauе STRAATSBURG - Vlaggen voor het gebouw van het Europese Parlement. ANP XTRA LEX VAN LIESHOUT Chairs and Rapporteur denounce backtracking on democratic standards in Moldova and call for an immediate end to the political interference in the Judiciary and in the conduct of elections. Today, the Committee on Foreign Affairs debated the

Moldova is one of the first countries in Europe to adopt a new National Programme on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights The new National Program on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights 2018-2022, recently approved by the Government of the Republic of Moldova, aims to improve the access to and the quality of services, and to inform the population in this regard. Thus, the basic human right to decide

Moldova again condemned by the ECtHR The Republic of Moldova was again condemned to the ECtHR for inhumane detention conditions. Moldova will have to pay 6,300 euros for two former detainees, TV Moldova 1 reports. The two complained that they were detained in inadequate prison conditions in the Transnistrian region, and that the civil proceedings had an excessively long duration. The decision was published on the High Court website. Magistrates

Picketers of Parliament and Government Buildings demand to ban homosexuality   A group of priests and Christians protested in front of the Parliament and Government Buildings, demanding to amend the Contravention Code and ban the propagation of other marriage relations than those between a man and a woman. The Government and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research were asked not to introduce the subject “Sexual Education” in the school

Denial of adequate medical care of Mr. Serghei Cosovan while in detention   The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in the Republic of Moldova.   Brief Description of the Situation The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by reliable sources about the denial of adequate medical care of Mr. Serghei Cosovan, a 46-year-old Moldovan citizen, held in custody pending trial in Prison No.16-Pruncul, Chisinau, Moldova. According

Im Kampf für die Nichtdiskriminierung der LGBT-Gemeinschaft verletzte die Polizei die Rechte anderer Bürger A group of Christians who took part in the protest against the LGBT march of May 19 ask the Prosecutor General’s Office to become involved and hold accountable the police officers who maintained public order. The Christians say they were groundlessly insulted by the police while they were demonstrating peacefully and remained profoundly traumatized and shocked