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

Moldova repeatedly convicted by ECHR for unlawful detention: Applicant to receive over 5 thousand euros The Republic of Moldova has been again convicted by the European Court of Human Rights for illegal detention of a person and restricting his access to the case materials. The Court decision, which was published today, May 15, ordered the state to pay the applicant damages of 5650 euros. According to lhr.md, the complaint was made

Media NGOs describe sequestration of issue of newspaper “Cuvantul” as serious abuse   Media nongovernmental organizations consider the steps taken by the economic police division of the Rezina Police Inspectorate, namely the sequestration of the issue of the independent regional weekly “Cuvantul” (“Word”), are a serious abuse and an attempt to intimidate the journalists of this newspaper. The weekly in the recent period reportedly published a number of investigations about

Freedom of press in Moldova worsens annually Moldova ranked the 81st place among 180 world countries in the Press Freedom Rating, which is annually compiled by the organization “Reporters Without Borders”. In comparison to 2017, the republic climbed down one position, with an index of 30.08 points (+0.4%). According to the organization website, the index rates are calculated on the basis of journalists’ working conditions and the self-censure, the condition

The US State Department noted serious human rights violations in Moldova В ежегодном докладе Госдепартамента США о соблюдении прав человека Молдова отмечена, как страна с политзаключенными, где сохраняются пытки, допускается селективная юстиция и коррупция среди прокуроров и судей. Как отмечается в Докладе, «наиболее важные проблемы прав человека включают пытки в тюрьмах и психоневрологических учреждениях; суровые условия содержания в тюрьмах; произвольный арест или задержание; отказ в справедливом публичном разбирательстве; ограничения свободы средств

Preventive detention endangers human lives The excessive and unjustified use of preventive detention and the problem of ensuring of medical assistance in penitentiaries continue to be very serious problems in the Republic of Moldova. The preventive detention measure is excessively applied in the country even if the legislation stipulates also alternative, not less efficient measures. This is the finding of experts of “Promo-LEX” Association, who, in a news conference on

"Now we are dealing with political corruption and the seizure of power." How Freedom House and experts assess Moldovan democracy The Republic of Moldova keeps the status of a country with a hybrid regime or transitional government in 2018 as well, being one of the countries with the highest risk of slipping to authoritarianism, alongside Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Kirgizstan. Moldova is considered a partly free country in terms of