Valeriu Boboc
Moldova: 11 policemen, under investigation in Valeriu Boboc case
May 04, 201011 policemen were dismissed and put under criminal investigation in the case of Valeriu Boboc’s death, killed in the night of 7 to 8 April, 2009. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Victor Catan, specified on Monday, during a press conference...
Moldovan prosecutors open criminal investiation into another protester death in April 2009
April 14, 2010The General Prosecutor's (GP) office has announced that it has opened a criminal investigation into the death of Ion Tibuleac, an anti-Communist protester who was allegedly killed by police forces on April 7, 2009 or during that period. Thus far, authorities...
Moldovan police arrest policeman in post-election killing
April 09, 2010A policeman has been arrested in connection with the death of a protester during the violent antigovernment demonstrations in Chisinau last year, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. The Moldovan prosecutor's office announced on April 7 that Ion Perju...
Moldova commemorates 7 April 2009 anti-Communist protests
April 07, 2010Moldova commemorates April 7 repression as one of the suspected killers of an anti-Communist protester is detained The last few days in the country have been dominated by campaigns to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the anti-Communist protests...
Witness to deadly Moldovan protests to testify
April 05, 2010A man who claims to be a key witness to police abuse of protesters in Moldova last year says he is willing to testify about the killing of one protester in downtown Chisinau, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Damian Hancu told RFE/RL on April 2 that...
Ex-President Voronin speaks about Valeriu Boboc's death in April's anti-Communist protests
March 23, 2010Communist leader: Anti-Communist protester who died on April 7, 2009 was thrown from the Parliament window Party of Communists (PC) head and former President (2001-2009) Vladimir Voronin said during a televised interview on ProTV that Valeriu Boboc...
Moldova: Criminal investigation against top police officials completed
March 09, 2010Prosecutors today announced the final charges against ex-Interior Minister Gheorghe Papuc and the ex-commissioner general of Chisinau, Gen Vladimir Botnari. They are accused of negligence which resulted in the death of Valeriu Boboc in the wake of the...
Moldovan prosecution asks EU send a forensic expert to Chisinau
June 02, 2009The Moldovan Prosecutor-General's Office has asked the EU, through its special representative in Moldova Kalman Mizsei, to send a forensic expert to Chisinau to probe into the causes of the death of Valeriu Boboc. By doing this, the prosecution intends...
Amnesty International's Moldova Memorandum
April 18, 2009Memorandum: Concerns Relating to Policing during and after the Events of 7 April 2009 in Chişinău 17 April 2009 Hundreds of people, including minors, were detained in Moldova as the country's authorities clamped down following demonstrations which...
Interior Ministry denies police is to blame for protester's death
April 12, 2009The spokeswoman of the Moldovan Interior Ministry, Ala Meleca, has denied media reports blaming the police for the death of a participant in the April 7 mass riots in Chisinau. Meleca has told Infotag that the Interior Ministry has information about...