Alexandru Leșco

Alexandru Leșco
Born (1955-02-21) February 21, 1955
Coşerniţa, Floreşti
Nationality USSR,
Moldova
Ethnicity Romanian
Known for detention
Religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Awards Order of the Star of Romania

Alexandru Leșco (born February 21, 1955, Coșernița) is a Moldovan activist, famous for being sentenced by the separatist Transnistrian government for actions which have been described as Moldovan state-sponsored terrorism by Transnistrian government officials.[1] According to European Court of Human Rights, it was an unlawful sentence.[2]

Biography

Alexandru Leșco and the other members of the "Tiraspol Six" were convicted on December 9, 1993 of "terrorist acts".[3] Alexandru Leșco was released only on June 2, 2004.[4][5]

In July 2005 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that both Moldova and the Russian Federation were responsible for the unlawful detention and torture and ill-treatment suffered by Ilie Ilașcu, Alexandru Leșco, Andrei Ivanţoc, and Tudor Petrov-Popa.[6] His lawyer was Alexandru Tănase.[7]

Alexandru Leșco is a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.[8]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Alexandru Leşco, member of the "Ilaşcu group", released after 12 years of illegal detention
  2. ↑ Amnesty International, 2005 Annual Report for Moldova
  3. ↑ Ziua, 9 iunie 2007
  4. ↑ Ilascu and others v. Moldova and Russia
  5. ↑ MAE salută eliberarea cetăţeanului român Alexandru Leşco
  6. ↑ Amnesty International, 2005 Annual Report for Moldova
  7. ↑ Dezbatere privind separarea Transnistriei de partea basarabeană a Republicii Moldova
  8. ↑ Declaration of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova on the need for removal outlawed Communist Party
  9. ↑ Comunicat de presă al Preşedinţiei României din 3 iulie 2007
  10. ↑ Presedintele Romaniei. Decretul 567 din 1 decembrie 2000 (Decretul 567/2000)

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