U.S. Department of State 2023 Report on Moldova

-
U.S. Department of State 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Moldova
Section E: DENIAL OF FAIR PUBLIC TRIAL


While the law provided for an independent judiciary, judicial independence remained a problem due to problems stemming from corruption and selective justice, in which the law was not applied equally to all and was often selectively enforced for politically motivated reasons.

Selective justice remained a problem and lawyers complained of instances in which their clients’ rights to a fair trial were denied.

✎ Full report here.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Raider attacks explained simply

-
Image
The case of Viorel Topa and Victor Topa, in simple words Imagine you are a law-abiding citizen living in Moldova. You come from a respectable family, graduated from good universities, pursued a diligent career. All your life you prove to be a decent person, who respects the law and the duties, pays taxes, honestly earns and reinvests your savings. One day you wake up and find out that your properties have been transferred to some unknown people or offshores. You then figure out that the robbery is based on some “ court decisions ” about which you have no idea. After the shock, you try to investigate. Then you are threatened with fabricated criminal cases against you and your family members. You must shut your mouth and keep quiet, but you continue to fight for your rights. You are sentenced to many years of imprisonment in a penitentiary with closed regime, so that you can’t talk to the outer world. In sham “ trials ”, with false allegations, in the absence of you and your lawyers
Read more

Brief Note on Raider Attacks

-
Image
[ Short version ] Among a striking multitude of appalling violations of human rights in Moldova, there is one which stands out due to its unprecedented magnitude, unparalleled impudence and profound repercussions over the entire country and particularly its banking and insurance sectors. In this Brief Note we introduce the raider attacks of 2010-2011, cases of an utmost social resonance in Moldova. Due to the complicity and personal involvement of the most powerful state dignitaries (heads of Moldovan courts, Prosecutor General, director of Anticorruption Centre, Governor of the National Bank, members of Moldovan Parliament and Govern), nor even the human rights organisations on the spot have dared to address the cases, preferring to turn the blind eye on such an uncomfortable subject only not to annoy the country's dictator. It left the victims alone before the Moldovan repressive machine . 1. Raider attacks A " raider attack " is a form of organised crime,
Read more

The Swiss Confederation added Plahotniuc to the Sanctions List

-
Image
Following the US , UK , EU , Canada and Norway , on 28 June 2023, also the Swiss Confederation added Plahotniuc to the Sanctions Lists. ✎ Useful links: https://bnn.network/politics/switzerland-adopts-sanctions-on-five-people-for-undermining-moldovas-sovereignty/ https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-96168.html https://www.thediplomaticaffairs.com/2023/06/29/switzerland-joins-the-eu-sanctions-against-the-people-involved-in-the-destabilisation-of-the-republic-of-moldova/
Read more