Moldova was ranked 35th out of 180 in the Press Freedom Index 2025 published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The country has dropped four places from last year, when it ranked 31st, with the state of press freedom still rated as "satisfactory". Despite the drop in the ranking, Moldova is ahead of such countries as Romania (55th), Ukraine (62nd), the USA (57th) and Russia (171st), media-azi.md writes media-azi.md For Moldova,
According to an analysis by the Centre for Legal Resources of Moldova (CRJM), in 2024, Moldovan citizens will file three times more applications to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) than the European average. At the same time, the number of applications decreased by 44 per cent compared to 2023. According to CRJM, Moldova ranks 11th among Council of Europe member states in terms of the number of complaints
About 85% of the Moldovan population would not accept an LGBT+ person as a member of their family, and more than 60% would not accept an LGBT+ person as a neighbour or work colleague. LGBT parade in Chisinau Photo: ZdG This is evidenced by the Centre for Partnership for Development's (CPD) analysis of social adoption in 2024. "The data show that Moldovan society continues to be polarised
Moldova’s well-managed presidential run-off offered voters genuine choice, despite legal deficiencies, unbalanced media coverage and impact of foreign interference, international observers say The 3 November second round of Moldova’s presidential election was administered efficiently and professionally, and offered voters a choice between genuine political alternatives, international observers said in a statement of preliminary findings and conclusions today. Candidates were able to campaign freely, but the quiet, ten-day campaign was marked by an
Moldova was among the five countries in Europe with the highest number of prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants. Chisinau Prison No. 13 The data are given in the Council of Europe report on prisons and prisoners for 2023. Over the year this indicator increased one and a half times - from 159.1 to 251.9. The largest number of prisoners per 100,000 population is in Turkey - 408.4, Georgia -
A small country with a big heart Presentation from 20.04.2024, Bonn This is the German transcript. You can find the video recording on our YouTube channel as well as linked in this article. Moldova is one of the countries most affected by Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. At the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moldova became the leading country in the number of Ukrainian refugees received per
The report, an annual review of human rights practices - such as individual, civil, political and labour rights - says that while the Moldovan authorities have taken some steps to combat corruption, they have been largely unsuccessful. The report argues that judicial independence remained a serious problem due to corruption and "selective justice, where the law was not applied equally to all and was often applied selectively for political reasons."
Despite the pro-European image of the current Moldovan authorities, unfortunately, the human rights situation in the country is becoming more and more depressing Moment of detention of Moldovan Prosecutor General Alexandru Stoianoglo In the chaos of apparatus and electoral battles, the human rights sphere is attracting more and more public interest. It is this area, which permeates socio-political relations in the country, that feels all the "charms" of
Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on 10 December. The dispersal of a protest in Chisinau on Sunday, 16 October 2022 The year 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the world's most innovative and global commitments: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This document enshrines the inalienable rights to which everyone is entitled - regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion,
The website of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe published a declaration by PACE members condemning the regime ruling in Moldova The declaration refers to the disregard by the Moldovan authorities of the PACE resolution on the reform of justice and the development of democratic institutions, adopted in January 2023. The PACE members state that the implementation of the prevetting procedure and justice reform has failed. They cite