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Republic of Moldova
1356. By letter dated 6 August 2004, the Special Rapporteur notified the Government that he had received allegations concerning M. G., a 14-year-old boy, of Cojusna village. On 16 July 2003, he was alone at home with his brother I., 17 years old. Two policemen came to the house, seized M. G. and took him in a car to Cojusna Police Station. At the station, M. G. was interrogated in the absence of his parents. Three policemen accused him of stealing money and valuables from a house in the village. They asked M. G. to sign a confession and threatened to kill him if he did not. According to this confession, M. G. would have accepted to pay 6,000 lei to the victim of the theft. He denied the accusations and refused to sign any paper given to him. A policeman took him to a room with no windows and beat him with a rubber stick over his head and body, demanding that he sign the confession. The policeman threatened to detain him in a cell with adult criminals. He locked M. G. in the room for a while, but came back and continued to beat him. At 6 p.m., M. G. was finally released. He suffered from headaches and dizziness and vomited. His mother took him to the "Ignatenco" Children’s Hospital in Chisinau, where he was hospitalized for over one week. M. G.’s mother informed the Prosecutor’s Office of the incident, but was told that the policemen’s behaviour was legal and that the allegation of torture was untrue.
1357. By letter dated 15 November 2004, the Special Rapporteur notified the Government
that he had received allegations concerning Pavel and Vitaliy Levinec. In 2002, they were
sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment and sent to penal colony 29.4. At the time the
Penitentiary Department of the Ministry of Justice warned them that their assassination was
planned by a group of prisoners. On 19 April 2003 at 7.30 p.m., 100 prisoners penetrated the
premises where the brothers were held and severely beat them up. On 20 April, the brothers
were taken to the Republican Hospital of the Penitent iary Department for treatment and
discharged on 12 June. It is alleged that the prison administration took no steps to prevent the
attack, but facilitated it by leaving the doors between the “zones” of the prison unguarded. On
12 June the brothers were transferred to colony 29.15. On 6 September 2003 a large number
of convicts again attacked the brothers, resulting in serious injuries. Again the prison
personnel did not intervene. The brothers were taken to the same hospital. In both incidents,
no steps were taken to identify and punish the perpetrators.
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This report has been published by Equipo Nizkor and Derechos Human Rights on July 27, 2005.