PRESS RELEASE
regarding the violation by the self-proclaimed regime from
At
least five persons, among whom 3 women and one disabled person, were arrested
yesterday, March 11th, 2007 at Tiraspol, for their attempt to
participate in a meeting of protest against the region’s seclusion policy. The
total number and the exhaustive list of the persons arrested is unknown, and
taking into account the limited access to the territory there is a great
possibility that a lot of persons might be disappeared.
O.
Horjan, N. Bondarenco, F. Kotelnikova (and her infirm son), and A. Comina were
arrested yesterday, March 11th, 2007 by the self-proclaimed government from Tiraspol, for
the simple reason that they made public appeals, calling for the participation
in a meeting of protest against the regime’s policy, a policy that has
transformed the population of Transnistria in hostages of the grouping
Smirnov-Antiufeev.
It
is well-known that in 1992, this very grouping usurped through violence the
state power in certain localities from Transnistria, created paramilitary
formations, establishing the total control over the population, limiting and
seriously infringing the whole range of human rights and fundamental
freedoms.
The
attempts to express another opinion are cruelly repressed by the regime,
through arrests, kidnappings and threats. The population is also limited as
regards the freedom of movement and communication.
The
arrests from March 11th are an ordinary example from a vast range of
anti-democratic and anti-human actions, which include ethnical cleansings as
well.
Moldovan
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights observers from in the region noticed that
persons arrested are submitted to tortures, including the application of
electroshock in order to oblige them to self-incrimination.
Moldovan
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights appeals to all national and international
organisations for the restoration of rights of the persons arrested, checking
of their health state, and their equitable compensation.
For
further information please contact: Olesea Bodean, project assistant: 22-26-18,
22-73-96 obodeam@humanrights.md
Ştefan
Urîtu,
President of
the Committee