Alexandru Leșco

Alexandru Leșco
Born (1955-02-21) February 21, 1955
Coşerniţa, Floreşti
Nationality USSR,
Moldova
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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