19 children were arrested and 10 are missing following unrest in Chisinau, ombudswoman
Nineteen children that participated in the April 7 events were arrested by the police. The relatives, colleagues and friends of another 10 children informed the lawyer for children’s rights that the given children went missing and had been presumably arrested by the police.
Three children are held at Penitentiary No. 13 and one at the Chisinau General Police Commissariat. The other children were put under house arrest, ombudswoman Tamara Plamadeala has told Info-Prim Neo.
“I asked for a quick answer, but the answer came today and this is also good,” Tamara Plamadeala said. The Interior Ministry’s answer to the application of the lawyer for children’s rights submitted on Friday morning came three days later.
Representatives of the ombudswoman went to the places where the children are held to see their condition and if their rights were violated. Besides the answer from the Ministry, Tamara Plamadeala possesses no other information about the arrested minors.
“We don’t know what’s going on inside. We will go today to see what has happened to the children,” the lawyer said.
“We must know how to react. They can attack you from all the sides. I want to act within the law. That’s all I want,” Tamara Plamadeala said.
Under the legislation, within three hours of the minors’ arrest the police must inform the parents, offer them a lawyer and prepare a report on the accusations made against the children.