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Moldova: Post-Election Protests

Monday, April 6th, 2009 @ 23:19 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Moldova
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Elections, Law, Protest, Politics
Languages:: English

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简体中文:	摩尔多瓦：选举后爆发抗争...
繁體中文:	摩爾多瓦：選舉後爆發抗爭...

Cezar Maroti links to an iReport post on the post-election protests in Moldova and writes on Twitter: “Large protest organized via Twitter, Y! messenger, Facebook. 15.000 young people protested in Chisinau, Moldova against the election fraud.” Also, this: “In Moldova apparently almost 200.000 dead people voted for the Communists. The protesters were right to declare today a mourning day.” (via stefanionescu, via petro_rondiak)

5 comments

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[...] Peaceful protests that took place in Moldova's capital Chisinau on Monday, following the victory of the ruling Communist Party in the April 5 election, turned violent on Tuesday, as protesters stormed and set fire to the parliament building. [...]

# 2009-04-8 at 2:41 am
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[...] on the candles – here: Cezar Maroti [writes] this [on Twitter]: “In Moldova apparently almost 200.000 dead people [...]

# 2009-04-9 at 3:28 am
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[...] Peaceful protests that took place in Moldova's capital Chisinau on Monday, following the victory of the ruling Communist Party in the April 5 election, turned violent on Tuesday, as protesters stormed and set fire to the parliament building. [...]

# 2009-04-11 at 0:22 am
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[...] 6 aprile Chisinau, capitale della Moldova [it], è stata attraversata da manifestazioni pacifiche [in] che facevano seguito alla vittoria del Partito Comunista, già al Governo. Martedì, però, [...]

# 2009-04-21 at 3:18 am
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[...] on the candles - here: Cezar Maroti [writes] this [on Twitter]: “In Moldova apparently almost 200.000 dead people [...]

# 2009-04-24 at 23:10 pm

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