Moldova - Charges against trade unionists (2013)

In February 2013, the court ruled that the action of blocking factory gates to ensure that sugar was not removed was not directed against Goldeni sugar factory but at protecting workers’ rights. Union Chair Vasilii Guleac, Vice Chair Valentina Semeniuc and Anatolie Furtuna, Fiodor Svoevolin and Victor Colibaba had been charged with offences that could have led to prison sentences of between 3 and 8 years.