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The failure of the constitutional authorities from Chisinau to act in situations when human rights are violated in the self-governed region of Transnistria and the lack of sanctions have “encouraged the phenomenon of impunity, gave the perpetrators a sense of absence of punishment for any clearly illegal deed, committed knowingly and repeatedly by various people,” says Ion Manole, the head of Promo-LEX Association, in an interview for Epoch Times, quoted in the Promo-LEX newsletter.

The expert argues that the individuals who took control over the left bank of the Nistru River “are simple executors, so this is not really up to them.”

Mr. Manole claims that the OSCE “made a big mistake when they adopted a passive approach towards this situation and the state of human rights in the region.”

Transnistrian separatist authorities recently called on constitutional authorities in Chisinau to withdraw within one month its security forces from the Security Zone. Moreover, a Romanian language school principal from Tiraspol was arrested for eight hours for allegedly smuggling currency. Teachers and children are continuously harassed and people randomly detained and imprisoned on fabricated cases.

European Parliament issued a non-legislative statement, condemning the pressure exerted upon the Romanian language schools in Transnistria. The resolution called on the illegitimate authorities to ensure the right to education in the region.

Source: Moldova.org