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In a defiant interview given on June 5 to RFE\/RL’s Romania-Moldova Service, Andrei Ivantoc, one of the last two prisoners held by pro-Russian separatists controlling Moldova’s Transdniester region, said there can be "no compromise" with Transdniester (see "RFE\/RL Newsline," June 4, 2007). Ivantoc, who was released on June 2, exactly 15 years after his arrest on terrorism charges, called the Transdniestrian administration "foreign forces, occupational forces," adding that Moldovans "have to clean up" Transdniester. In the short interview, Ivantoc said he was beaten up by Transdniestrian law enforcement officials shortly after his release. Immediately after being taken across the border, Ivantoc tried to get back into Transdniester, resulting in what the Moldovan media described variously as a scuffle or a beating. Ivantoc indicated he was regularly beaten during his 15-year imprisonment. According to the news agency Basa, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a representative of which was present at Ivantoc’s release, on June 5 denied that Ivantoc was beaten when he was set free. Though jailed as a terrorist, Ivantoc and three others in the same group were viewed internationally as political prisoners, and in 2004 secured a ruling in their favor by the European Court of Human Rights (see "RFE\/RL Newsline," July 9 and October 19, 2004). All four were leading figures in the local Tiraspol branch of a party opposed to independence for Transdniester. The last prisoner, Tudor Petrov-Popa, was released on June 4. AG \/\/ Copyright (c) 2005. RFE\/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. RFE\/RL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>In a defiant interview given on June 5 to RFE\/RL’s Romania-Moldova Service, Andrei Ivantoc, one of the last two prisoners held by pro-Russian separatists controlling Moldova’s Transdniester region, sa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

In a defiant interview given on June 5 to RFE\/RL’s Romania-Moldova Service, Andrei Ivantoc, one of the last two prisoners held by pro-Russian separatists controlling Moldova’s Transdniester region, said there can be "no compromise" with Transdniester (see "RFE\/RL Newsline," June 4, 2007). Ivantoc, who was released on June 2, exactly 15 years after his arrest on terrorism charges, called the Transdniestrian administration "foreign forces, occupational forces," adding that Moldovans "have to clean up" Transdniester. In the short interview, Ivantoc said he was beaten up by Transdniestrian law enforcement officials shortly after his release. Immediately after being taken across the border, Ivantoc tried to get back into Transdniester, resulting in what the Moldovan media described variously as a scuffle or a beating. Ivantoc indicated he was regularly beaten during his 15-year imprisonment. According to the news agency Basa, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a representative of which was present at Ivantoc’s release, on June 5 denied that Ivantoc was beaten when he was set free. Though jailed as a terrorist, Ivantoc and three others in the same group were viewed internationally as political prisoners, and in 2004 secured a ruling in their favor by the European Court of Human Rights (see "RFE\/RL Newsline," July 9 and October 19, 2004). All four were leading figures in the local Tiraspol branch of a party opposed to independence for Transdniester. The last prisoner, Tudor Petrov-Popa, was released on June 4. AG \/\/ Copyright (c) 2005. RFE\/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. RFE\/RL<\/p>\n

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