Back New visit of the Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee to Prison No 8 in Bender

During a three-day visit which began on 3 February 2004, a delegation of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) re-examined the situation at Prison No 8 in Bender. This establishment, last visited by the CPT in November 2003, has been cut off from running water and electricity supplies since 10 July 2003 by decision of the Bender municipal authorities. During the visit, the delegation explored possible ways of ending the current deadlock concerning such supplies.

The visit was carried out by two members of the CPT, Andres LEHTMETS, an Estonian psychiatrist and First Vice-President of the CPT (Head of delegation), and Mario FELICE, a Maltese lawyer. They were supported by Jan MALINOWSKI of the CPT's Secretariat.

In the course of the visit, the CPT's delegation met Vasile DOLGHIERU, Minister for Justice of the Republic of Moldova, and Valentin SEREDA, Director General of Prison Services. The delegation also held talks with with Alexandr Ivanovitch POSUDNEVSKY, Head of the Bender Municipal Administration.

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Prison No 8 in Bender forms part of the penitentiary system of the Republic of Moldova, but is located in an area under the control of the Transnistrian region. That region of the Republic of Moldova unilaterally declared itself an independent republic in 1991.

11/02/2004
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