ANDREW RETTMAN

16.04.2009 @ 09:31 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS — A special gathering of MEPs together with the Romanian foreign minister in Brussels on Wednesday (15 April) said Moldova should be invited to an EU summit for eastern partners, despite recent violence.

«The EU will defend the rights of the democratic opposition, NGOs, those detained and killed in prison. On that we shall not compromise. But it is not through isolation that we can run our eastern policy,» Polish centre-right MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski said.

The 7 April protests: MEPs said a police crackdown should not see Moldova
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Robert Wood, Acting Department Spokesman

U.S. Department of State

Washington, DC

April 16, 2009

The United States is concerned about the situation in Moldova following the violence on April 7. Although order has been restored and subsequent demonstrations have been peaceful, we have received reports from civil society and international observers of mistreatment of those detained by Moldovan authorities. We are also troubled by reports that students and journalists have been intimidated by government officials. President Voronin’s announcement of an
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To: Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Attn: Ms. Navanethem Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights

Letter of Concern on Recent Human Rights Violations
in the Republic of Moldova

Your Excellency,

On the occasion of your visit to Princeton University to deliver the keynote address for the 2009 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs, we want to forward you the following letter of concern on behalf of the students and faculty from campus with regards to gross on-going human rights violations in the Republic of Moldova, stemming from events that occurred in the aftermath of the Parliamentary Elections. We want to express our deep concern with several abuses exerted by the Moldovan government on its citizens and urge for a prompt and thoughtful response from your organization.

In particular, our concern and solidarity is directed at peer youth and students from Moldova, journalists, activists and academics who have peacefully protested against an authoritarian government
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The family of Eugen Tsapu says the police declared that their son was found hanged in a building in Chisinau, who hanged himself with footwear laces. Eugen weight over 80 kg, and has no ordinary cut throat specific to suicide.

The aggrieved family of Eugen Tsapu told us through tears that they had been advised to go to the Rishkani Police Station of Chisinau city to pick up the corpse of their son. They were told by
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Today, Tsapu family from Soroca was informed by police sources that their son, Eugen Tsapu, had died.

Eugen’s father had a tormenting journey to Chisinau where he saw his 26-year old son, who is almost impossible to be recognized. «It’s a big tragedy, excessively big one»,
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Radu Lungu from Chişinău was arrested today for the second time after he was released and was getting I.V. (intravenous medication) because of the beatings he had gotten earlier in the week.
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Aujourd’hui après midi, entre les heures 13-14, à l’Université Technique de Moldavie Alexandru Olevschi a été mis en garde a vu même pendant les cours.

Les collègues de la faculté nous ont expliqué que Alexandru a été pris, même pendant l’enseignement. «Aujourd’hui il enseignais une leçon en collaboration avec un autre professeur. Ainsi, son collègue est resté tout seul. Nous n’avons pas reçu aucune explication sur ce qui s’est passé, ils l’ont pris et c’est tout», avaient dit les collègues avec une mi-voix en ajoutant que sa détention a été faite dans le contexte des manifestations de la rue de la semaine dernière.
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While they (“Centrul pentru Drepturile Omului“, in English “Human Rights Center”) make contracts, look what is happening under their nose ( took from http://www.timpul.md/news/2009/04/15/1616 ).

“Good day, dear representatives of the redactions in which, the students from Chişinău, have trust. I don’t know what the situation on other institutions is, but we, students from the University of Medicine, are living in terror. Every day they come inside our student hostel places and we are arrested in mass, about 12 to 15 people from each hostel.
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Today the court decided to expel Alex Grigorievs, the director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) from Moldova’s territory.
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For a few days we are continuously asking to speak with those lawyers that are also members of the Parliament — the few from Republic Moldova that have access at the young people from prisons. The Human Rights Center Secretary always answers us that the dialogue is not possible. This morning the secretary told us that two of the parliamentary lawyers are at ‘Antena C’ radion station for an interview.
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