[prisoner-rights] Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee publishes report on Moldova

Strasbourg, 16.02.2006 -- The Council of Europe’s Committee for the
Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
(CPT) has today published the report on its visit to Moldova in September
2004, together with the response of the Moldovan Government. These
documents have been made public at the request of the Moldovan
authorities.

The CPT report examines the situation of persons detained by the police
and in prisons, including at a colony for minors and at the unit for
life-sentenced prisoners of Prison No. 17 in Rezina. The report also
addresses the strategy aimed at controlling and combating tuberculosis
within the prison system.

Following the response of the Moldovan Government, representatives of the
CPT returned to Moldova at the end of November 2005, to hold talks with
the national authorities about concrete measures taken to implement the
recommendations made by the Committee. The Committee’s representatives
also examined recent developments on the spot concerning prisons and the
police.

The CPT’s report on its 2004 visit and the response of the Moldovan
authorities are available on the Committee's web site :
http://www.cpt.coe.int