The situation of human rights in Moldova has become worse. The number of complaints about torture, inhuman treatment, unfair trials filed by detainees to the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of Moldova (CHDOM) is on the rise.

CHDOM Executive Director Teo Carnat told a news conference on June 3 that the right to living conditions, normal food and medical assistance are most often violated in prisons. The cases of tuberculosis and other infectious diseases have grown in number.

According to Carnat, some of the complainers say that the torture in penitentiaries is a norm that can have serious consequences. “Torture is used because there is no viable body that would control and monitor the given cases,” Carnat said.

The prisoners are not protected, while the complaints committee is not functional. ”CHDOM does not have access to penitentiaries; we receive the complaints and have to redirect them to ombudsmen,” Carnat said.

Speaking about the detainee that was beaten and obliged to eat the complaints that he wanted to send to Speaker Marian Lupu, Carnat said that the authorities try to hush up this case and deny the use of torture. He said that the eyewitnesses were transferred to other prisons so that they could not tell what they saw. “The authorities mislead the people and hinder the spread of the information about the use of torture,” Carnat stated.// Reporter.MD


Publication date: 03 July 2008   

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