Moldova: Visits & Communications
Correspondence from 2003
The record of correspondence for 2003 is excerpted from the official United Nations report, E/CN.4/2003/Add.1.
On 25 October 2002, the Special Rapproteur jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression sent an urgent appeal to the Government of Moldova regarding reports that the offices of the newspaper "Accente" in Chisinau were raided on 9 October 2002 by the security forces, allegedly sequestering computers, the photograph library, cameras, dictaphones and other equipment and temporarily detaining three employees of the newspaper. It is further reported that the 10 October 2002 issue of "Accente" was banned. According to allegations received, it seems that journalists of the newspaper have been threatened with death and the newspaper's offices have been attacked several times. It is believed that the alleged threats, attacks and reported raid by the security forces follow "Accente"'s investigation and reporting on alleged corruption cases involving former Interior Minister Vladimir Turcanu, now Ambassador to Moscow, and an investigation into the participation of top officials in organ trafficking.
Correspondence from 1983-2002
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions has been corresponding with Governments regarding alleged violations since the mandate was established over two decades ago. While the Project on Extrajudicial Executions is making efforts to provide easily browsed versions of as many years as possible, much of the earlier correspondence is available only in the PDF versions of reports from 1983 to the present.