Suffering Parents

The student protest that became a violent rampage through the Parliament and Presidential building on April 7 resulted in many arrests. The next day police visited high schools and colleges asking for lists of all those who had been absent from class the previous day. All were suspect. My understanding is that over 200 young people disappeared, presumed taken by police but families desperately sought information and word of their children's whereabouts. Three days later one family received a phone call, telling them to come to the morgue to identify their son. Officials asserted that he had died of poisoning presumably from tear gas but there were clear indications on his body that he had been beaten. This video shows the funeral that was held yesterday for this 23-year-old, whose death his parents feel was caused by police violence. (This also gives you a very good idea of what a Moldovan funeral is like.)There have been other images and reports of physical violence so this is not an isolated case. Other videos can be seen on http://www.jurnaltv.md/ .

Meanwhile, officials are reviewing the electoral lists to determine whether last week's election had some irregularities or not.