Promo-LEX calls on 5+2 parties to secure release of illegally detained policeman

The human rights NGO Promo-LEX is calling on the parties to the 5+2 talks on the Transnistrian settlement, to be held in Vienna on 12-13 July 2012, to discuss the situation of a Moldovan police officer that has been illegally detained in Transnistria since 2009 with a view to securing his immediate and unconditioned release, Info-Prim Neo reports. In a press release, Promo-LEX recalled that Alexandru Ursu, a police inspector in the village of Hagimus, Causeni district, was arrested by the illegitimate militsiya forces in Bender town on 21 July 2009. Later, an illegitimate court arbitrarily deprived him of freedom, sentencing him to 15 years in prison. According to his family and lawyers, Alexandru Ursu is now being held in Prison no.1 in Hlinaia, Grigoriopol. He is held in a cell with inmates who suffer from hepatitis, tuberculosis and HIV/SIDA. “Promo-LEX Association considers that Alexandru Ursu's detention is a serious problem for the Moldovan authorities, as the residents and citizens living in the eastern region of Moldova continue to remain defenseless against human rights violations”. Besides Alexandru Ursu's release, the NGO requests an intensification of efforts to identify a reliable, legal and effective instrument for defending and guaranteeing fundamental human rights and freedoms for the residents and citizens living in the Transnistrian region.