OVER TWO-THIRDS OF MOLDOVANS BELIEVE THE COUNTRY MOVES IN WRONG DIRECTION – OPINION POLL An impressive majority of Moldova citizens, namely 69.1% of them, believe that the country is marching in a wrong direction, and only 22.4% presume differently, as per the findings of the opinion poll presented by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers on Monday. According to the pollsters, an analogous opinion was expressed also by interviewed Moldovan

Freedom of the media witnesses continuous deterioration The freedom of the media continues to worsen to alarming proportions and the problems identified during the past year have intensified. The journalistic guild became more divided. The de facto media concentration is more visible, as is the political control over some of the media outlets. Consequently, the pluralism of opinion declines, says a Memo on the freedom of the media in the

Human rights situation in 2018 didn’t improve The human rights situation in 2018 didn’t improve. On the contrary, it worsened in particular areas. Continuous backsliding was witnessed in such fields as the access to justice, freedom of expression, observance of detainees’ rights and right to medical assistance, ombudsman Mihai Cotorobai said when presenting the report on the observance of human rights and freedoms in Moldova in 2018 on April 19,

Prosecutors found the use of tear gas in Orhei justified   Прокуратура Оргеева признала законными действия полиции, которая использовала слезоточивый газ против сторонников партии «Платформа Достоинство и правда» (DA), мирно протестовавших 20 марта перед судом Оргеева. Прокурор Алексей Маковей утверждает, что слезоточивый газ был средством «самообороны» от протестующего, который «угрожал безопасности и жизни полицейского». По словам Маковея, прокуратура внимательно изучила видеосъемку протеста перед судом Оргеева, а также заслушала обе стороны

Moldova is among the “prison record holders” of Europe На прошлой неделе Совет Европы опубликовал доклад, в котором анализируется численность заключенных и траты на пенитенциарную систему в европейских странах. Как отмечается в исследовании, по уровню наполняемости пенитенциарных учреждений Молдова вошла в топ-5 среди стран континента: на каждые 100 тыс. жителей у нас приходится около 215 осужденных. На содержание каждого из них ежедневно выделяется 9,4 евро.   На протяжении последних лет

Details about former chief of internal affairs of Transnistrian who was kidnapped in R. Moldova last summer The former head of the so-called Department of the Interior of the Transnistrian region Gennady Kuzmichov, who was kidnapped on the Chisinau-Leușeni road last summer and was held in an apartment in the Transnistrian region, does not enjoy an effective investigation, said lawyer Veaceslav Țurcan. He noted his client’s state of health worsened,

Moldovan lawlessness ... Continues ... Violation of the right to a fair trial, personal freedom and freedom of opinion remains in Moldova the usual and already familiar practice of the justice system. Рекомендации на этот счет международных структур молдавские власти игнорируют. Впрочем, список нарушений прав человека в Молдове гораздо шире — в нем и нарушение права на участие в выборах, и нарушение права на медобслуживание, и нарушение права на жизнь

"If you show yourself good behavior, then I will allow you both what is prescribed by law and what is not prescribed by law" - from the conversation of the prison governor with the accused Civil activist Pavel Grigorciuc, arrested on March 21 after a conflict with Democrat MP Sergiu Sirbu, complained about physical and moral pressure from the side of the penitentiary #13. He wrote his complaints in a