Torture
Egyptian activists to rally against torture
March 31, 2011Egyptian activists have called for a protest Friday against torture, which they say continues under the nation's new army leadership. The call comes as the army pledges to help Egypt transition to the rule of law, beginning with an amended constitution...
Russian militiamen no longer feel they have to deny they use torture
June 30, 2010by Paul Goble It is bad enough when officials violate the laws of their country but try to hide what they are doing from public view, but it is far worse when they conclude that they can act with impunity and therefore no longer deny what they are doing...
Over 20 Moldovan policemen suspected of maltreating protesters suspended
April 07, 2010Over 20 Interior Ministry (MAI) employees suspected of having maltreated participants in the last April riots have been suspended under an order by the interior minister. The list of names of these people was submitted both to the Moldovan leadership...
7 April 2009: Moldovan authorities reveal video of police brutality
April 02, 2010Interim President and Chisinau mayor release new footage of mass repression campaign on night of April 7 showing police forces beating protesters Interim President Mihai Ghimpu and Chisinau mayor Dorin Chirtoaca held a press conference on Thursday...
Moldova: Communist-appointed Interior Minister banned from leaving country
March 03, 2010Communist-appointed Interior Minister investigated for April 2009 events Communist-appointed Interior Minister Gheorghe Papuc, as well as former Chisinau police chief Vladimir Botnari, are now being officially investigated for workplace negligence...
Innovative way to fight corruption among police force in Moldova
February 24, 2010Interior Minister takes police officers to theater play, says "we're in deep crap" Interior Minister Victor Catan took police officers to a theater play today. The performance, called Made in Moldova, was written by famous editorialist and...
Moldova's General Prosecutor: Police shot real bullets on April 7
February 15, 2010General Prosecutor Valeriu Zubco said this weekend that security forces used real bullets during the repression campaign on April 7, right after protesters vandalized the Parliament and Presidential buildings. An employee of the Moldovan secret service...
Moldovans to commemorate in an unique way Communist regime's repressions
January 19, 2010In symbolic move, local authorities may rename street on which Communist head resides into "April 7" to memorialize repression campaign. Chisinau mayor Dorin Chirtoaca said during a meeting yesterday that he would like for the Sergei Lazo...
Opposition urges CoE's Terry Davis to condemn Moldovan Communists
July 16, 2009The leader of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM), Vlad Filat, today sent an open letter to Council of Europe's (CE) Secretary-General Terry Davis, proposing that a new chapter on the 21st century communism should be added to the CE resolution...
Prosecutors seek to interrogate Mayor Chirtoaca on his U.S. visit
May 20, 2009The Chisinau Prosecutor’s Office asked that the Mayor General of Chisinau Dorin Chirtoaca provide explanations about the visit that he paid to the United States a week ago. Chirtoaca said on Monday that he received a letter, asking him what the...
