Alexandru Leșco Explained

Alexandru Leșco
Honorific Suffix:	OR
Birth Date:	21 February 1955
Birth Place:	Coşerniţa, Floreşti
Nationality:	USSR, Moldova
Known For:	detention
Awards:	Order of the Star of Romania

Alexandru Leșco (born 21 February 1955) is a Moldovan activist, famous for being sentenced by the separatist Transnistrian government for actions which have been described as Moldovan state-sponsored terrorism by Transnistrian government officials.^[1] According to European Court of Human Rights, it was an unlawful sentence.^[2]

Biography

Alexandru Leșco and the other members of the "Tiraspol Six" were convicted on December 9, 1993, of "terrorist acts".^[3] Alexandru Leșco was released only on June 2, 2004.^{[4] [5]}

In July 2005 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that both Moldova and the Russian Federation were responsible for the unlawful detention and torture and ill-treatment suffered by Ilie Ilașcu, Alexandru Leșco, Andrei Ivanțoc, and Tudor Petrov-Popa.^[6] His lawyer was Alexandru Tănase.^[7]

Alexandru Leșco is a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.^[8]

Awards

• Order of the Star of Romania, 2000.^{[9] [10]}

External links

• Alexandru Leşco, member of the "Ilaşcu group", released after 12 years of illegal detention
• PROIEC DE LEGE privind declararea domnilor Alexandru Leşco, Andrei Ivanţoc, Tudor Popa drept eroi-martiri
• Hotărârea Curţii Europene a Drepturilor Omului în cazul Ilaşcu şi alţii c. Republica Moldova şi Rusia
• Alexandru Leşco

Notes and References

1. http://www.europalibera.org/archive/news/20040606/445/445.html?id=1406871 Alexandru Leşco, member of the "Ilaşcu group", released after 12 years of illegal detention
2. [Amnesty International]
3. http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?data=2007-06-09&id=222028 Ziua, 9 iunie 2007
4. Web site: Ilascu and others v. Moldova and Russia . 2010-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110807115550/http://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/hof.nsf/2422ec00f1ace923c1256681002b47f1/83f9f9b2dfed15a3c1256ec9004d882d?OpenDocument . 2011-08-07 . dead .
5. http://www.mae.ro/index.php?unde=doc&id=23264 MAE salută eliberarea cetăţeanului român Alexandru Leşco
6. [Amnesty International]
7. http://www.bbc.co.uk/romanian/news/story/2004/06/040609_basarabia_transnistria.shtml Dezbatere privind separarea Transnistriei de partea basarabeană a Republicii Moldova
8. http://codru.eu/en/news/1-latest-news/523-declaratia-forului-democrat-al-romanilor-din-moldova-privind-necesitatea-scoaterii-partidului-comunistilor-in-afara-legii Declaration of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova on the need for removal outlawed Communist Party
9. http://www.presidency.ro/?_RID=det&tb=date&id=8930&_PRID=search Comunicat de presă al Preşedinţiei României din 3 iulie 2007
10. http://www.legestart.ro/Decret-nr-567-din-2000-(MzczOTI-).htm Presedintele Romaniei. Decretul 567 din 1 decembrie 2000 (Decretul 567/2000)