Some 15,500 brochures called “How well do you know the detainees' rights?” will reach the Moldovan policemen. They were handed, on Friday, by the Moldovan branch of Amnesty International (AI) to the Ministry of Domestic Affairs for further distribution to police, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the executive manager of AI Moldova, Evghenii Goloşceapov, the booklets will remind the law-enforcers the detainees' fundamental rights, but also that torture is crime, and committing it is liable to criminal punishment. The brochure contains the international definition of “torture” and is conceived as a test with 12 questions and answers, which refer to Moldova's international commitments and to the national norms on fighting torture, the detainees' rights, the powers of the Advisory Council against Torture. “With these brochures, we'll remind every policeman his duty is to respect the law. Or, this is impossible without knowing it,” Evghenii Goloşceapov said. AI considers torture to be a systemic problem for Moldova. In order to combat it, complex actions are needed, both in terms of legislation, and of the system evaluating the police's activities, of enhancing the level of equipment endowment and professional preparedness. Deputy minister of domestic affairs, Valentin Zubic, has said he'll contribute to distributing the booklets to police commissariats . In October, 2007, AI published a report on police torturing in Moldova. It points out that the attitude of policemen does not keep up the pace with the legal changes, as torture and ill-treatments are not fully eradicated. It suggests as necessary to radically change the culture of the police, and recommends 24 ways to prevent torture.