Ilie Ilașcu
Ilie Ilașcu Moldovan Parliament | |
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In office 1994–2001 | |
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Member of the Senate of Romania | |
In office 2000–2008 | |
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Born | Agricultural Institute in Chișinău | 30 July 1952
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Ilie Ilașcu (born 30 July 1952) is a Moldovan-born Romanian politician, especially known for being
Political activity
Born in
His opponents nicknamed him "glavnîi extremist" (chief extremist) instead of "glavnîi economist" (chief economist). In January 1989 he was one of the founders of a Moldovan association in Tiraspol. On 9 July 1989 he was arrested for the first time, being released with excuses after few days. Also in 1989 he was dismissed from his job, but was able to regain his position after appealing to the prosecutor office. On 5 September 1989 as he spoke at a meeting in Tiraspol in favour of the language laws passed by the
Starting with 1989, he was the president of the Tiraspol branch of the
He is a leader of the
The Ilașcu group trial
On 2 June 1992, he and three more
On 9 December 1993, the Supreme Court of Transnistria found him guilty of a number of offences defined in the Criminal Code of the
Ilașcu was sentenced to be shot and the other three defendants were sentenced to
During the trial, the defendants were kept in reinforced iron cages, as they were considered "extremely dangerous". This decision was contested by various international human rights organizations, which doubted the fairness of the trial and alleged that they were prosecuted only because they were members of the
While in the Transnistrian prison, Ilașcu was elected twice to the
In October 2000, he received
Release
Ilașcu was eventually released on 5 May 2001, two years after he filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights and following a verdict of the European Court for Human Rights,[6] where he had sued both Russia and Moldova.
The other three members of the group were released as follows:
- Andrei Ivanțoc – 2 June 2007
- Alexandru Leșco – 2 June 2004
- Tudor Petrov Popa– 4 June 2007
Russian authorities denied any involvement in the affair.[7]
Ilașcu and Others v. Moldova and Russia
The European Court of Human Rights judged in 2004 that the authorities have infringed the human rights (as defined by the European Convention on Human Rights) of Ilie Ilașcu and the other three people arrested by the Transnistrian government. The ruling came after a legal process that began in 1999.[8] The court ruled that the Supreme Court of the PMR was not an actual court with any jurisdiction over the detainees, and its findings that led to their conviction were not considered.[9] Under the court's decision, Russia was to pay Ilașcu 187,000 euros. Alexandru Tănase was a lawyer for Ilașcu.[8]
Awards
References
- ^ "MGB leadership does not rule out the possibility of attacks carried out by people living in Transnistria". Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2007.
- ^ "What the nationalists want?", interview with Ilie Ilașcu in "Moldova" nr. 1/1990
- ^ New York Times, 12 December 1993. pg. A.19
- ^ a b "Members of "Ilascu Group", awarded "Ordinul Republicii"". Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ "Moldovan MP renounces Moldovan citizenship", Rompres news agency, Bucharest, 20 October 2000
- ^ The press release of the grand chamber judgment in the case of Ilașcu and others v. Moldova and Russia - 2004
- ^ "Russia denies part in Moldovan radical's detention", Interfax news agency, Moscow, 3 July 2001
- ^ a b "Ilascu and Others vs. Moldova and Russia". Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ (in Russian) Regnum: "Молдавская "Группа Илашку" - террористы или политзеки?", 3 June 2005