Moldova - Transnistrian court sentences journalist to 15 years in prison for “spying”

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the 15-year jail sentence which a court in Tiraspol, the capital of the breakaway region of Transnistria, imposed yesterday on journalist Ernest Vardanean on charges of high treason and spying for Moldova. The court specified that Vardanean should be subjected to a “severe regime” while serving his sentence, issued under article 272 of Transnistria's constitution. The verdict was based on a confession which Reporters Without Borders believes was (...)

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