Moldova: Court upholds 30-day sentence for ‘Petrenko group’ activists

Reports from OMEGA news agency, September 14 Political prisoners Mikhail Amerberg and Pavel Grigorchuk in court, Sept. 14, 2015. Court session on case of political prisoners and former deputy Grigory Petrenko moved to Tuesday The Chisinau Court of Appeals postponed the hearing on the case of political prisoners Grigory Petrenko and Alexander Roshko. The hearing […]

An eyewitness report from the ‘Moldovan Maidan’

By Alexander Colak September 10: Yesterday I was at the “Moldovan Maidan” [“Yes” Platform rally in central Chisinau]. My impressions, frankly, were bad! Let me explain: Walking through the square with friends, I noticed that everyone somehow looked askance at us. It turned out that a St. George’s Ribbon on the backpack of one of my […]

Workers World Party: Free Petrenko & Red Bloc protesters!

Photos by Berta Joubert-Ceci 12 September: Meeting in New York, USA, this weekend, the National Committee of Workers World Party calls for the immediate release of Red Bloc leader Grigory Petrenko and his comrades in Moldova. ¡No pasarán! Встреча в Нью-Йорке, США, в эти выходные, Центральный Комитет Работники мира партия призывает к немедленному освобождению лидера […]

Moldova: Protest in Chișinău supports Red Bloc political prisoners

Today, September 13, in front of the Prosecutor General’s Office in Chișinău, a picket was held in support of the political prisoners who were arrested with brute force last week following a peaceful rally in front of the building. The detainees are Grigory Petrenko, leader of the party Our Home is Moldova (Red Bloc), Mikhail Amerberg, Pavel […]

Appeals court to hear case of Moldovan political prisoners

On Monday, September 14, the Chisinau Court of Appeals will consider the case of the political prisoners, led by former parliamentary deputy and honorary member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Grigory Petrenko, who were arrested Sept. 6 for taking part in an anti-oligarchy protest in the capital. Magistrates will consider changing […]

Maryana Naumova: Everyday life in beseiged Damascus

September 11: Russian athlete and world champion in bench press Maryana Naumova arrived in the Syrian capital as part of a women’s delegation, which was invited by First Lady Asma al-Assad. The 16-year-old weightlifter is going to meet with children, local athletes, and women from the Syrian special forces, as well as the president of […]

Petrenko from jail: Oligarch regime has passed point of no return

The following letter was sent to the OMEGA news agency by Moldovan political prisoner Grigory Petrenko, former parliamentary deputy and leader of the Red Bloc party. Dear friends! Although we have very little information about what’s happening outside the prison, I know that many of you have expressed your support and are doing everything possible […]

Kiev protest in solidarity with Moldovan political prisoners

September 10: In Kiev, in front of the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in Ukraine, a protest was held in support of political prisoners in Moldova. Recall that a group of protesters led by Grigory Petrenko was arrested with brute force by the police on Sunday, September 6, after a protest in front of […]

Transnistrian communists: No to political persecution in Moldova!

Statement of the Central Committee of the Transnistrian Communist Party Political repression continues in the Republic of Moldova. Unable to cope with the political and social problems that give rise to just indignation and protests by the country’s citizens, oligarchic Moldovan officials have resorted to the scare tactics traditional for such regimes, attempting to intimidate […]

Free Grigory Petrenko and anti-oligarchy prisoners in Moldova!

Graphic: SouthFront We call on the government of the Republic of Moldova to immediately release the seven left-wing political activists arrested at the Prosecutor General’s Office in Chisinau on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. They were detained during a peaceful protest of several hundred people, calling for the arrest of Moldovan oligarch and political kingmaker Vladimir […]