New EU recommendations for Moldova The EU – Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee that met in Chisinau on May 22 adopted a statement which says that Moldova needs to ensure a real fight against corruption, especially high-level corruption. At the same time, the state institutions should be depoliticized, while the slow pace in implementing the package of laws on integrity reveals the necessity of ensuring a vigilant process of secreting the administration and inspectors of the National Integrity Authority, IPN reports. The EU [...]

Outraged Moldovans blocked the movement of a column of LGBT activists and forced them to flee Марш против гомофобии прошел вчера в столице. Организовали его в рамках социальной кампании "Без страха" представители ЛГБТ-сообщества и их сторонники. И в этом году акция не прошла без эксцессов. Стартовал парад на перекрестке улиц Измаильской и Букурешть, сообщает canal3.md. Поддержать акцию пришли также те, кто выступает за толерантность в обществе. "Я сотрудник посольства США. Я убежден, что права человека должны соблюдаться во всём мире". Марш [...]

32% of moldovans thinking that LGBT people should carry a prison sentence. LGBT people are by far the least accepted minority group in Moldova, with only 18% willing to accept them as citizens and only 1% as family members. According to a 2015 survey, 83% do not accept LGBT people as a general attitude, 80% think they should not be allowed to organize public events or appear in the media, 66% say they should be treated or institutionalized, 57% think homosexuality should [...]

Is the right for freedom of assembly intentionally limited by the ruling parties?! Some protestors who participated in the peaceful protest, on the 14th of May 2017, as well as investigative journalists, representatives of the civil society have reported attempts of intimidation and restriction of the right to join peaceful meetings. The State of RM, by art. 40 from the Constitution, should guarantee the fundamental freedom for peaceful assembles, “including protests, demonstrations, manifestations or any other meetings should be free [...]

Government is trying to transform Moldova into dictatorship all out, statement A group of civic activists, journalists and lawyers from Chisinau said the current government is all out trying to transform Moldova into a dictatorship. They demand to immediately stop the intimidation of citizens who are against the illegalities of the authorities. A statement issued by the group, which was read in a news conference at IPN, said the journalists who dare to criticize the government by their investigative materials are intimidated, [...]

The Council Of Europe Is To Investigate Human Rights Abuse And Fraud In Moldova A team of investigators will visit in September to try to unravel the disappearance of a €1 billion loan paid into Moldovan banks The decision to visit the land-locked country, wedged between Romania and Ukraine, came after a Moldovan delegation addressed the Council of Europe on Thursday (April 27th 2017) in Strasbourg. After the meeting Mr Ilian Casu, a Moldovan Municipal Councillor, said: “The Council is keen [...]

TRIALS IN MOLDOVA ARE OFTEN POLITICALLY COLORED – FREEDOM MOLDOVA Trials in Moldova often have a political coloring, maintain experts from the Freedom Moldova human rights foundation.   On Friday, its Administrator Roman Malinovsky said in Infotag at the presentation of the organization’s Report on human right observance in Moldova in March-April 2017 that the situation in this sphere is remaining very problematic in Moldova.   “We have been recording growing instances of abusing power and authority by the law enforcement [...]

Concern voiced about alleged misuse of Interpol international arrest warrants т It is claimed the warrants are being used solely for "politically motivated" reasons Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), the leading human rights NGO, is among those to voice concern. The Brussels-based organisation told this website that it is "deeply concerned about the increasing political instrumentalisation of Europol and Interpol by tycoons in Eastern Europe who have engaged in politics at the highest level and torpedo the EU-supported democratic development of [...]

Parliamentary majority in R. Moldova modifies electoral system by undermining democracy Nongovernmental organizations say the hurry in which the bills concerning the mixed-member electoral system and the uninominal voting systems were included in the agenda of the May 5 sitting of Parliament shows the goal is to promote political interests at any cost. A statement signed by 20 NGOs and public figures says the insistent promotion of the two initiatives means infringement of the law, democracy and common sense, IPN reports. The [...]

Explaining Oligarchic Moldova Moldova, which used to be perceived as one of the most democratic post-Soviet countries, has come to be dominated by one politician. Power in Moldova has been captured by Vlad Plahotniuc, who is neither a democrat nor a reformer and who, under the cover of false pro-European rhetoric, is petrifying the weaknesses of the state. Moldova is a small country on the periphery of Europe, but its politics are difficult for outsiders to understand. Neither the Western [...]