2009First post-election week… We are continuing to monitor the post-election period. 

Victory, vandalism, arrests, grave violations of universal Human Rights… 7 days of victory and terror Monday – the observers from OSCE, CSI and many others announced that the election from 5 April 2009 were the most fair parliamentary elections and that Republic of Moldova should serve as an example of “free and fair elections” 

to the whole world . Tuesday – tens of thousands of young people participate to a riot, claiming that the elections had been counterfeit. The protesters continued their route from Place of Great National Assembly, to Parliament and President’s buildings. Tuesday night the buildings of Parliament and President’s office were damaged. In the same night hundreds of young people were arrested. Wednesday – at the meeting from Place of Great National Assembly the youth was shouting “Free our friends”. In broad daylight 

 were arrested many citizens and journalists etc. Wednesday and Thursday – the police passed through all schools, colleges, universities, threatening students that if they will ever come to the demonstrations again, they are to be arrested or shot. 

Arrests are continued. Thursday – the borders of Moldova with
Romania are closed 
(eastern border of European Union). Friday madam Prime Minister asked all mothers to not let their children 

at the demonstrations or the police would have to use their weapons. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday – tens of mothers are looking for their children at the police stations… Saturday – the Central Election Commission approves the final results of parliamentary elections, sending them to Constitutional Court. 

Sunday – in the Place of Great National Assembly a peaceful meeting was carried out, as it was announced,   by the next political parties: PL, PLDM and AMN.    

Among the ones who attended the meeting, many mothers claim that their kids were arrested, beaten and then, after they have been freed, they are afraid to admit the behavior of the police while they were arrested. Only the most courageous ones say that they were taken blindfolded in dark rooms (they assume that such torture chambers could have been built in the underground facilities from Chişinău and at the stone quarry from Cricova).    During entire week more and more young people and journalists have applied for political asylum at the US embassy.   

European
Academy
of Civil Society First Club of Council of
Europe 
Young Journalists Agency AMP-International

  Prima săptămână post-electorală… 

Continuăm să monitorizăm perioada post-electorală… 

Această săptămână poate fi caracterizată în câteva cuvinte: Victorie, vandalism, arestari, 

încălcări ale drepturilor universale ale omului… 

7 zile de victorie şi groază Luni - observatorii OSCE, CSI şi alţii au anunţat că la 5 aprilie 2009 

au fost cele mai corecte alegeri parlamentare şi că R.Moldova trebuie dată drept exemplu   

“de alegeri paşnice şi corecte”. Marţi - zeci de mii de tineri au ieşit la un miting 

afirmând că alegerile au fost fraudate. Protestatarii s-au deplasat din Piaţa Marii Adunări Naţionale 

către Parlament şi Preşedinţie… Marţi seara edificiile Parlamentului şi a Preşedinţiei au fost devastate. 

Marţi noaptea sute de tineri au fost arestaţi. Miercuri - la mitingul din Piaţa Marii Adunări Naţionale 

tineretul cerea “Eliberaţi-ne prietenii”. Miercuri în plină zi au fost arestaţi cetăţeni, jurnalişti etc. 

A fost blocată legătura telefonică la
Orange. 
A fost blocat Internetul. 

Miercuri şi Joi - poliţia a trecut pe la toate liceele, colegiile, universităţile etc. ameninţind tineretul studios că dacă va ieşi la miting vor fi arestaţi şi împuşcaţi. 

Miercuri şi joi - continuă arestările. Joi – închise frontierele R.Moldova cu România  SE introduce regimul de vize. 

(frontiera de Est a UE) Joi şi Vineri - în plină zi au continuat arestările la cămine şi în stradă. 

Joi şi Vineri dna Prim Ministru a cerut mamelor să nu lase copiii la miting, în caz contrar forţele de ordine vor fi nevoite să folosească armele. 

Joi, Vineri, Sâmbătă - zeci de mame înlăcrimate îşi caută copiii… Sâmbătă – Abea după 6 zile Comisia Electorală Centrală votează rezultatele. 

Secretarul CEC motivează de ce au fost votate  – pentru a fi transmise la Curtea Constituţională. 

Duminică (duminica Floriilor)  - în Piaţa Marii Adunări Naţionale - un miting paşnic organizat, precum s-a anunţat, de PL, PLDM, AMN.  

  Printre cei prezenţi la miting (majoritatea adulţi) 

Mamele îndurerate susţin că copiii arestaţi, bătuţi şi apoi eliberaţi se tem să recunoască 

ce au făcut cu ei forţele de ordine în timpul arestărilor… Doar cei mai curajoşi spun că au fost duşi cu ochii legaţi 

în încăperi groaznice (ei presupun că asemenea casemate  pentru torturi ar putea să existe în subsolurile de sub Chişinău, 

de la Carierele de la Cricova).  Ziarul de Gardă comunică precum că fetele arestate 

au fost agresate sexual de poliţişti. Posturile Realitatea TV şi 21 TV nu mai transmit. 

Postul TV 4, NIT TV,
Moldova 1, etc. incontinuu retransmit 
 epizodul de vandalizare a Parlamentului şi Preşedinţiei. 

Nu există nici o alternativă la posturile de televiziune pro-guvernmentale. 

Pe parcursul săptămânii mai mulţi tineri şi jurnalişti 

au cerut azil politic la Ambasada SUA. 

Academia Europeană a Societăţii Civile Primul Club al Consiliului Europei 

  Agentia de Presa a Tinerilor 

AMP-International  12 aprilie 2009,
Moldova 
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Press release  The leadership of the WOTC network invites foreign media, as well the media accredited in Moldova, to the first press conference   that will take place on 7 February 2009, 12.00 in the headquarters of the World Organization of Talented Children. The WOTC network announces: the NGOs from the network   of WOTC (international NGO with headquarters in Chişinău and participatory status with Council of Europe) will monitor  the parliamentary elections from 5 April 2009, from
Moldova. 
The Central Electoral Commission has given accreditations on  6 February 2009, to the next NGOs from WOTC network: European Academy of Civil Society, 

First Club of Council of Europe 

Young Journalists Agency „AMP-Internaţional”. The journalist and poetess Renata Verejanu, the head of the WOTC network, claims that the NGOs that received accreditation are planning to send observers to over 100 voting offces from capital and other towns. The NGOs will create also mobile teams, in order to cover other voting areas from country and abroad,  where a corect monitoring and impartial observers are needed. Depending the corectness of the parliamentary elections will depend the way the next president will be elected. In the framework of the project „National Network of Impartial Observers” (project of Renata Verejanu), the experts from European Academy of Civil Society  and from Clubs of Council of Europe have developed  for free trainings for volunteers from NGOs from WOTC network,   offering them necesarry knowledge. On 6 February 2009 received accreditation 32 impartial observers, but the lists are  to be completed, as we plan to have in the election day at least 100-150 observers. The NGOs that received accreditation are based only on volunteer  work and plan to supervise the elections fairly and impartial in the pre-electoral as well in post-electoral period, until the new Parliament will begin its activities and a new President will be elected. 

This press release is sent by 

Press Agency 

„AMP-International”