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Annually on 26 June we mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In the Republic of Moldova, civil society organizations, international organizations and public authorities also organize activities and campaigns on this topic, but it is less discussed in the Transnistrian region.

In the Transnistrian region, the existence of legal provisions on death penalty in the ”criminal law”, suspicious deaths in prisons, inhuman and degrading conditions of detention, no criminal investigation of torture, and lack of a mechanism for rehabilitation of victims are just a few of the major problems.

Those from the region who report acts of torture and violation of human rights are persecuted. Any non-democratic regime is bothered by the presence of human rights defenders, i.e. by people who fight for the dignity, fundamental rights and liberties of other people.

The right not to be subjected to torture is a fundamental right, including for persons who live on the left bank of the Nistru river. No one is above the law, all citizens are equal before the law and no one should remain unpunished for the committed illegal acts, including for the application of torture or inhuman and degrading treatment.

Over 20 files of the Promo-LEX Association on the violation of Article 3 of ECHR, the right not to be subjected to torture, inhuman and degrading punishments or treatment, from the Transnistrian region were communicated to the defendant Governments by the Strasbourg High Court.

Promo-LEX Association has repeatedly drawn the attention on the phenomenon of torture in the Transnistrian region in several reports, studies and thematic articles. See Chapter Right to Live, Right not to be Subjected to Ill-treatment, Human Rights Report 2012-2013 andHuman Rights Report 2009-2010. Articles ”Torture, a means of investigation”, details here or ”22 Years of Raider Attacks and Terror like in 1937 = 22 Years of Raider Attacks and 1937-like terror”, details here.

For information on the conditions of detention in penitentiaries, including in the Transnistrian region, access the REPORT:   Torture and ill-treatment in Moldova, including Transnistria: Shared problems, evaded responsibility.

See below more data on the phenomenon of torture on the left bank of the Nistru river.