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

March 8 in Moldova. Flowers from the mounted police and figures from human rights defenders.   Чем запомнится этот день в Молдове? Конечно, в первую очередь поздравительными роликами  от правоохранительных органов. И в тоже самое время в центре Кишинева проходил Марш женской солидарности под лозунгом: "Нам не нужны цветы, мы хотим равных прав" Марш женской солидарности, организованный в столице 8 марта правозащитными неправительственными организациями, собрал десятки участников. Во время Марша солидарности

The EU ambassador noted he is concerned about the information coming from Moldova’s regions about the fact that the people are subject to pressure over their political affiliation   The Head of the EU Delegation in Chisinau Peter Michalko called on the political forces of the Republic of Moldova not to use the practice of exerting pressure on people at the local and regional levels for political reasons or other

Moldova - the most corrupted country, according to the opinion of the population   The ninth edition of Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer series – the world's largest survey asking citizens about their direct personal experience of bribery in their daily lives, their perceptions of corruption challenges in their own countries, and their willingness to act against corruption. The results of this latest edition of the survey have been published

MOLDOVA FELL ONE POSITION IN RULE OF LAW RATING   Moldova ranked the 77th of 113 world countries in the 2017-2018 rating of the rule of law, climbing down one position against the previous research. These are the results of a research, conducted by the international independent organization World Justice Project once in two years. According to the document, for the first time the Rule of Law Index was elaborated