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Moldovan journalists seek political asylum in US

11 April 2009 11:20 (UTC +04:00)

Nijat Mustafayev â€“ APA. The office staff of the Moldovan newspaper â€œJurnal de Chisinauâ€ and the online news channel jurnaltv.md has requested political asylum in the United States, APA reports. They link it to the unprecedented terror directed towards the free press in the country. The journalists mention that journalist Oleg Brega was beaten and later called to the prosecutorâ€™s office for questioning, cameraman Gennadi Brega and deputy editor-in-chief Rodika Makhu were also interrogated. According to some reports, those journalists were the main organizers of the unrest in Chisinau on April 7.
Moreover, media representatives from opposition underlined that the ruling Communist Party had prepared a secret plan and as a result of the plan all â€œfreedomsâ€ gained after Moldovaâ€™s independence would be liquidated.
Protest action has been held Chisinau for the recent few days. The cause of the protest action is the oppositionâ€™s failure in the parliamentary elections. On April 7, the participants of the protest action intruded into the parliament and presidential residence and destroyed the buildings. The damage is assessed at $27 million.