Alexandru Leșco (born 21 February 1955) is a

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

n activist, famous for being sentenced by the

separatist Separatism is the advocacy of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, regional, governmental, or gender separation from the larger group. As with secession, separatism conventionally refers to full political separation. Groups simply seekin ...

Transnistria Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and locally as Pridnestrovie, is a Landlocked country, landlocked Transnistria conflict#International recognition of Transnistria, breakaway state internationally recogn ...

n government for actions which have been described as Moldovan state-sponsored

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war aga ...

by Transnistrian government officials. According to

European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court hears applications alleging that a co ...

, it was an unlawful sentence.

Biography

Alexandru Leșco and the other members of the "Tiraspol Six" were convicted on December 9, 1993, of "terrorist acts". Alexandru Leșco was released only on June 2, 2004. In July 2005 the

ruled that both

and the

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were responsible for the unlawful detention and torture and ill-treatment suffered by Ilie Ilașcu, Alexandru Leșco, Andrei Ivanțoc, and Tudor Petrov-Popa. His lawyer was Alexandru Tănase. Alexandru Leșco is a leader of the

Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova The Democratic Forum of the Romanians of Moldova () is a civic movement, which brings together over 120 NGOs, several leading public organizations of Moldova and a whole number of academicians, writers, journalists. In 2006, the organization clai ...

Awards

Order of the Star of Romania The Order of the Star of Romania (Romanian: ''Ordinul Steaua României'') is Romania's highest civil Order and second highest State decoration after the Order of Michael the Brave. It is the oldest Order of Romania. It is awarded by the Preside ...

, 2000.Presedintele Romaniei. Decretul 567 din 1 decembrie 2000 (Decretul 567/2000)

References

External links

* [http://www.basarabeni.ro/stiri/politica/proiec-de-lege-privind-declararea-domnilor-alexandru-lesco-andrei-ivantoc-tudor-popa-drept-eroi-martiri-1088/ 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lesco, Alexandru 1955 births Living people People from Florești District Romanian people of Moldovan descent European Court of Human Rights cases involving Moldova European Court of Human Rights cases involving Russia Romanian people convicted of murder Moldovan people convicted of murder Moldovan activists Ilașcu Group Recipients of the Order of the Republic (Moldova) Popular Front of Moldova politicians Politics of Transnistria History of Transnistria since 1991