Alexandru Leșco | |
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Born | |
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]
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]