Ion Iovcev is a teacher for the

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. Since 1992, he has been the principal of a

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school in

Tiraspol Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол, ; russian: Тира́споль, ; uk, Тирасполь, Tyraspol') is the capital of Transnistria (''de facto''), a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the th ...

and active advocate for human rights as well as a critic of the Transnistrian leadership. Ion Iovcev was decorated, by a presidential decree, with Moldova's highest

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– the Order of the Republic.Distincţii de stat
/ref> In November 2005 Ion Iovcev received threatening calls that he attributed to his criticism of the separatist regime.

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report for 2006

Awards

* Order of the Republic - highest state distinction

References

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Elevii din Transnistria s-au plimbat cu Mihai Ghimpu la Condrița

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