Number of persons investigated and arrested illegally on the rise As many as 1,476 persons were freed from detention in 2011-2016 following the dropping of charges or cases or the passing of acquittal sentences by courts. This figure for 2006-2011 stood at 1,079 persons. The data were provided by the acting director of the Department of Penitentiary Institutions Aureliu Suhan, justice lieutenant-colonel, following an inquiry made by IPN News Agency. Lawyer for Promo-LEX Association Vadim Vieru has told IPN that taking into [...]

Statement by the Freedom Moldova Human Rights Foundation on the inadmissibility of prosecution and intimidation of protesters The Freedom Moldova Foundation continues to monitor the events concerning detention of two participants of the protest rally held on July 19, 2017, – S.Tomsa and S.Vlasov. In the rally day the circumstances of their detention already raised flags about the police work. Subsequently both detainees have received 10 days of administrative detention for the so-called “resistance to the police officer”. No independent witness [...]

Children’s ombudswoman Maia Banarescu to study child labor in Moldova Children’s ombudswoman Maia Banarescu will work in 2018 on a study on the number of children exploited for labor in Moldova. She told a press conference at IPN that, to this day, there are no national official statistics on this topic, while daily observations show the number of children involved in dangerous labor is increasing. Maia Banarescu says that child labor is not properly monitored by authorities. The law allows part-time work [...]

Draft Law on NGOs Could Imperil Moldovan Democracy This summer has proven to be a tumultuous period for civil society in Moldova. On July 11, the Minister of Justice, Vladimir Cebotari, made public a draft measure regulating NGOs in Moldova. The draft law, developed over the last year in consultation with several members of Moldovan civil society, included routine regulations  – with three important, worrisome exceptions. Articles 28 – 30, which the Minister of Justice added on its own, include [...]

Call for assistance to lay out play area in the prison Rusca Activist Domnica Cemortan and the community “Ask a Mom” call on the Ministry of Justice to implement a project to set up a playroom for children at the women’s penitentiary in Rusca. Domnica Cemortan, in a news conference at IPN, said she initially was told by the penitentiary’s administration that an area for a playroom will be allotted, but this later changed its mind. “Following a number of visits [...]

Moldawiens neues Wahlsystem - ein Schlag für die Demokratie It is a disgrace that the majority of the Moldovan parliament chose today for its citizens authoritarianism over democracy, corruption over transparency, and chaos over rule of law.   The European People’s Party (EPP) denounces the change in the electoral system in the Republic of Moldova following today’s adoption in parliament, and strongly condemns the parliament’s disregard for the recommendations of the Venice Commission. “It is a disgrace that the majority [...]

Altercations and arrests as a result of nocturnal protest before Parliament Building Two men, who in the evening of July 19 took part in a protest staged by the Political Party “Our Party” (PPPN) in front of the Parliament Building against the intention to discuss the amendment of the Election Code this week, were arrested by the police. The two supporters of the PPPN had an inappropriate behavior during the protest and were taken to the Police Inspectorate after they refused to [...]

Um „Moldovan“ Sozialrente ist nicht möglich zu überleben Зарубежные эксперты в области пенсионных систем недоумевают, как пенсионер из Республики Мол­дова может выжить, получая толь­ко социальную пенсию. Дискуссии относительно внедрения рефор­мы отечественной пенсионной сис­темы состоялись на днях в рамках рабочего семинара. «На «молдавскую» социальную пенсию никто не в состоянии выжить. Не могу по­нять, как же жить этим людям? И на такую низкую зарплату невозможно жить, не го­воря уже о пенсии», — задался вопросом в ходе выступления эксперт в области пен­сионных систем [...]

MOLDOVAN PENSIONERS’ UNION SUGGESTS DISMISSING INCUMBENT GOVERNMENT The Union of Pensioners of Moldova has proposed to vote no-confidence in the Government of Prime Minister Pavel Filip “for its inertia in handling the crying problems faced by the grassroots”, reads the Declaration, which the Union is going to send to the Moldovan Parliament, President and to foreign embassies in Chisinau. Union Chairman Victor Leanca stated at a news conference on Thursday that it is the authorities’ sacred duty to take care of [...]

Institut des Bürgerbeauftragten in Moldau   Bevor ich zum eigentlichen Thema komme, möchte ich meinen Beitrag mit der Vorstellung eines Videos beginnen, das klar die Beziehung der derzeitigen Regierung zu jenem Volk, das sie gewählt hat, charakterisiert. Erst kürzlich, im Juni dieses Jahres, reiste der Sprecher des Moldauischen Parlaments, Adrian Candu, zu einem Dienstbesuch in die Schweiz. Am Ende seines Aufenthalts gab er ein Interview für die Schweizer Presse.   Als Antwort auf die Frage, welche Elemente des schweizerischen Systems der [...]