The youths who have been abused during the protests in April 2009, say that for two years things have been stalled, nobody was punished, the files are still processed, and they have health issues. Today, March 23, several protesters from April 7, 2009, met with the Mayor of Chisinau, Dorin Chirtoaca. They discussed the problems they face, the results of the investigations and trials of the abuses that they have been subjected to, Info-Prim Neo reports. Two years after the events, they say that they have lost all hope that the persons responsible for their ill-treatment in the Great National Assembly Square and in police stations. One of them, Radu Banari, student of the State University of Moldova, complains that despite the numerous declarations, nothing was done. “Everybody knows what happened, how we were beaten and tortured. Some of us can’t recover after the physical and psychological traumas.” He added that trials had been going for over a year and are continuously delayed without reasonable cause. He mentioned that he might need a good lawyer to get rid of the consequences of April 7, 2009. Another young man, Sergiu Popescu, claims that in August 2009 he submitted a complaint to the Prosecutor General’s Office, for being abused in a police station. The prosecution continued until March, 2010, when the file was sent to court. “For over a year I have been called to the Prosecutor General’s Office daily. Because of this, I can’t get a job and I had to abandon my studies, for I had no money to continue. This seems a never-ending nightmare”, said Sergiu Popescu. Constatin Besteaga says that he’s being harassed till this day by strangers. He told the mayor that he had been abused on March 13 in broad daylight. Some unknown persons tried to get him into a car, but he managed to get away. On March 22, he was called and warned against making declarations about April 7, 2009. He went to the police, who are already investigating his case. The lawyer of protester Damian Hancu, Teo Carnat, who is also the chief-executive of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Moldova, stated that the victims are afraid to submit complaints to the Prosecutor General’s Office because they don’t trust this institution anymore. He said that the PGO treats this case with the utmost indifference. During the discussion, Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca assured them that their problems would be examined and taken care of. After their public meeting, the Mayor continued the talk without press attendance. Some of the young men avoided talking to the press, sharing their story or even being photographed. Igor Guzun, project coordinator of the Human Rights Institute of Moldova, issued a press release stating that “The Prosecutor General’s Office officially admitted it had not done anything in 2010 to elucidate the events of April, 2009. It has not found anything about the tortured youth, or about the “heroes” Gumenita, Zubic, Resetnicov, Papuc, Voronin, Gurbulea etc.”. In the night between April 7 and 8, 2009, hundreds of youth came out onto the streets, protesting against allegedly fraudulent election results. The Parliament and Presidency buildings were vandalized. Many youth were arrested, then beaten and trialed in police stations for infringing public order and for vandalizing. The current version of the story is that Valeriu Boboc, one of the protesters, died in the Great National Assembly Square because of wounds caused by policemen.