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Alexandru Leşco is a Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

n activist, famous for being sentenced by the separatist

Separatism

Separatism is the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group. While it often refers to full political secession, separatist groups may seek nothing more than greater autonomy...

Transnistria

Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...

n government for actions which have been described as Moldovan state-sponsored terrorism

Terrorism

Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...

by Transnistrian government officials. According to European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is a supra-national court established by the European Convention on Human Rights and hears complaints that a contracting state has violated the human rights enshrined in the Convention and its protocols. Complaints can be brought by individuals or...

, it was an unlawful sentence.

Biography

Alexandru Leşco and the other members of the "Tiraspol Six" were convicted on December 9, 1993 of "terrorist acts". Alexandru Leşco was released only on June 2, 2004.

In July 2005 the European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights

ruled that both Moldova

Moldova

and the Russian Federation were responsible for the unlawful detention and torture and ill-treatment suffered by Ilie Ilaşcu

Ilie Ilascu

Ilie Ilaşcu is a Moldovan-born Romanian politician, famous for being sentenced to death by the separatist Transnistrian government for alleged involvement in two murders and for actions which have been described as Moldovan state-sponsored terrorism by Transnistrian government officials.-Political...

, Alexandru Leşco, Andrei Ivanţoc

Andrei Ivantoc

Andrei Ivanţoc is a republic of Moldovan politician. He was among the four leaders of the Tiraspol branch of the pro-Romanian Christian-Democratic People's Party of Moldova who were accused of terrorism by the authorities of the breakaway Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic .- Biography...

, and Tudor Petrov-Popa

Tudor Petrov-Popa

Tudor Petrov-Popa , like Andrei Ivanţoc, is a Moldovan-born Romanian politician, arrested in Tiraspol in June 1992 by the Transnistrian separatists.-Biography:...

. His lawyer was Alexandru Tănase

Alexandru Tănase

Alexandru Tănase is a Moldovan politician. He is the current Justice Minister in Vlad Filat Cabinet.-References:...

.

Alexandru Leşco is a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova

Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova

The Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova is a civic movement, which brings together over 120 NGOs, several leading public organizations of Moldova and a whole number of academicians, writers, journalists. In 2006, the organization claimed 100,000 members....

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