Pensioners’ Union announces protest rally on Independence Day The Pensioners’ Union of Moldova will organize a protest rally outside the Parliament building on August 27, during the Independence Day, to complain about the state of affairs in the country. The Union’s leaders told a press conference at IPN that the national holiday is a good occasion to alert the people about the vulnerable situation of elderly persons who have to
Universal Environmental Rights Universal human rights is one of the most challenging and pressing of our rights that should be addressed at this point in history. We reached a point in our development so that this aspect of basic human rights is most needed and least available. Weather we like or not we live in the environmental era. That is why environmental human rights are of a crucial importance for
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.
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
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
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
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
Moldova’s new electoral system – a blow to democracy 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
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
It is impossible to survive on the "Moldovan" social pension 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
