Loading ...Almost all Romanian press journalists have left the Republic of Moldova territory starting Thursday evening, in the context of past days events Romania being accused for allegedly organizing the protests in Chisinau and the authorities rebuked the Romanian journalists present in Chisinau for falsified information in connection with the events in the Republic of Moldova Capital.
On Thursday, Antena 3 and Realitatea TV cameramen teams returned to Romania after being summoned byt the police and underwent some verifications. Antena 3 correspondent to the Republic of Moldova left the territory of the Republic of Moldova together with the accredited team for the elections in this country.
Radio Romania correspondent accredited to the Republic of Moldova also left the country on Friday and NewsIn Agency correspondent told that she plans to leave for Bucharest shortly for fear of some attacks against her and her two small children.
As well, TVR1 correspondent is most likely detained by Chisinau authorities and no contact could be established with him.
The Press office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova told that journalists employed by four press institutions in Romania have permanent accreditation to the Republic of Moldova and another 13 journalists received accreditation for the parliamentary elections on April 5.
Two of the four accredited journalists have left the country, or plan to do it shortly and for the time being nobody knows the whereabouts of TVR1 correspondent.
In Bucharest, the Press Monitoring Agency, the Center for Independent Journalism and the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism created an emergency cell to offer aid to journalists working in the Republic of Moldova, who fear of being arrested in the street or at home, or beaten-up, or their equipment destroyed.
The aforementioned institutions asked to be contacted in the case there is information on eventual abuses against the journalists, announcing they are ready to grant technical assistance and that they will apply a case-based approach. The cell will get in touch from time to time with the journalists in the field for their protection and for receiving information.
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin made on Wednesday allegations according to which Romania organized some protests in Chisinau and, the same day, Chisinau declared two Romanian diplomats persona non grata, also taking the decision to introduce visas for Romanian citizens.
Several Chisinau officials also blamed the Romanian press for incorrectly reflecting the protests in the Republic of Moldova, with special emphasis on the press using the word "revolution" when commenting the events on Tuesday.
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