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The Moldovan national, Mr. Vladislav Dohotaru, had spent more than one year in the custody of the separatist structures of Donetsk. He was recently transferred over in the custody in the constitutional authorities of Ukraine. Thanks to the involvement to the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine, at the initiative of Promo-LEX Association, efforts were made to ensure that the human rights and fundamental freedoms are observed and that he is granted a fair trial. Thus, after more than five months, Mr. Vladislav Dohotaru was moved from the town of Donetsk to Mariupol.

We remind you that on 30 March 2014, Mr. V. Dohotaru, a native of Tiplesti village, Sangerei district, who is a long-haul truck driver got into a traffic accident in Novoazovsk region, Village of Lebedinskoye. The accident resulted in many casualties who were either dead or injured. As he himself was severely inured, he was treated in a hospital in Mariupol, and criminal proceedings were instituted against him. After his health condition improved, Mr. V. Dohotaru was transferred to a remand prison in Donetsk, which was back then under the jurisdiction of Ukrainian constitutional authorities. After the events escalated in Ukraine and control over that region was lost, none of his relatives and friends had any other information or any other contact with him. Moreover, his son was denied access to the region when he tried to go and look for him or see him.

As reported by Mr. Dumitru Sliusarenco, lawyer of Promo-LEX Association, “We now need to make sure that all the legal procedures are complied with, that the family and friends are allowed to see him and that he is provided the necessary help. Also, we shall start the procedures that might bring Mr. V. Dohotaru back to the Republic of Moldova.”

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For more details, please contact:  Carolina Bondarciuc, Press Officer Promo-LEX: GSM 060280980, Tel/Fax (+373 22) 450024, e-mail [email protected]