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Moldova: A Country in Turmoil

1993; York University; Linguagem: Inglês

10.25071/1920-7336.21762

1920-7336

Tanya Basok, Alexander Benifand,

European and International Law Studies

Recently there have been numerous violations of political freedom and ethnic minority rights in the former Soviet republic of Moldova. These human rights abuses have resulted from two significant political processes: the rise of Romanian nationalism; and separatist movements in the Transdniester and the Gagauz regions. Political opponents and mqmbers of ethnic minorities are ruthlessly persecuted in all regions; Moldova proper, Gagauzia, and Transdniestria. As Anatol Tsaranu, Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on State Security and Military Affairs, observed: In a country with no established democratic traditions, a country which has experienced chronic political instability in recent years, a country going through a severe economic crisis, extraordinary phenomena can be expected. The impetus could be provided by the most ordinary event (Prikhodko 1993,3).