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    The document is a written declaration by members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe committing to monitoring political oppression against civil society and key witnesses in Moldova. It expresses concern that since 2014, the Moldovan government has attempted to silence opposition and civil society through defamation campaigns and politicized criminal cases. It specifically mentions cases against individuals like Ana Ursachi and Eduard Rudenco who have faced reprisals, as well as politically motivated trials against key witnesses in corruption cases against oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc. The declaration calls on Moldovan authorities to stop the reprisals and respects citizens' human rights and democracy.

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    http://assembly.coe.

    int

    Doc. 14254
    25 January 2017

    Moldova: political oppression against civil society and key


    witnesses
    Written declaration No. 623

    This written declaration commits only those who have signed it


    One of the priorities of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement is Moldovan authorities transparency in the
    implementation of anticorruption reform and protection of human rights, freedoms and the rule of law to
    restore the confidence of Moldovas citizens and international partners.
    Unfortunately, since 2014, the government has made attempts to silence the opposition and civil society,
    whose representatives, such as Ana Ursachi, Eduard Rudenco, Grigore Petrenco have become victims of
    defamatory campaigns and criminal cases, led by Moldovan prosecutor's offices and media outlets, influenced
    and politicised by oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc. Representatives of StarNet Telecom and its owner Alexandru
    Machedon, who refused to censor independent media JurnalTV, faced similar reprisals.
    Politically motivated trials were initiated against Vyacheslav Platon-Kobalyev, a key witness in the case
    against Plahotniuc on charges of embezzlement of $1 billion from reserves of the Moldovas National Bank; or
    Sergiu Cibotari, an ex-employee of the Post of Moldova and a key witness in a criminal case against
    Plahotniucs allies.
    We hereby call on the Moldovan authorities to immediately stop the reprisals, and remind that human rights
    and democracy situation in Moldova is closely monitored by the Council of Europe.
    Signed (see overleaf)

    F - 67075 Strasbourg Cedex

    [email protected]

    Tel: +33 3 88 41 2000

    Fax: +33 3 88 41 2733

    Doc. 14254 Written declaration

    Signed1:
    SCHENNACH Stefan, Austria, SOC
    AEG Raivo, Estonia, EPP/CD
    ALBAKKAR Khaled, Jordan
    CHRISTODOULOPOULOU Anastasia, Greece, UEL
    HUNKO Andrej, Germany, UEL
    KAVVADIA Ioanneta, Greece, UEL
    KERESTECOLU DEMR Filiz, Turkey, UEL
    KLEINBERGA Nellija, Latvia, ALDE
    KOX Tiny, Netherlands, UEL
    KRK Erturul, Turkey, UEL
    LOUCAIDES George, Cyprus, UEL
    LUNDGREN Kerstin, Sweden, ALDE
    NICOLETTI Michele, Italy, SOC
    OBREMSKI Jarosaw, Poland, EC
    OMTZIGT Pieter, Netherlands, EPP/CD
    ZSOY Hiyar, Turkey, UEL
    RAWERT Mechthild, Germany, SOC
    SCHWABE Frank, Germany, SOC
    VILLUMSEN Nikolaj, Denmark, UEL
    WILSON Phil, United Kingdom, SOC
    WOJTYA Andrzej, Poland, EC
    ZELIENKOV Kristna, Czech Republic, ALDE
    ZINGERIS Emanuelis, Lithuania, EPP/CD
    Total = 23

    ALDE: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe


    EC: European Conservatives Group
    EPP/CD: Group of the European People's Party
    SOC: Socialist Group
    UEL: Group of the Unified European Left
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