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Alexandru Leșco (born February 21, 1955, Coșernița) 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. According to European Court of Human Rights, it was an unlawful sentence.
Biography
Alexandru Leșco and the other members of the "Tiraspol Six" were convicted on December 9, 1993 of "terrorist acts". Alexandru Leșco was released only on June 2, 2004.
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 Ivanţoc, and Tudor Petrov-Popa. His lawyer was Alexandru Tănase.
Alexandru Leșco is a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.
Awards
- Order of the Star of Romania, 2000.