Europe and Central Asia Summary of Amnesty International’s Concerns in the Region, January-June 2007 V Detention of migrants ..................................................................................................... 78 MOLDOVA............................................................................................................................ 78 Torture and Ill-treatment ..................................................................................................... 78 Update: Case of Sergei Gurgurov (see AI Indexes: EUR 59/006/2005, EUR 59/007/2005 and EUR 01/017/2006) ......................................................................................................... 79 Update: Case of Vitalii Colibaba (see AI Index: EUR 01/017/2006) ....................................... 79 LGBT organization discriminated against ................................................................................ 79 Violence against women ...................................................................................................... 79 Self-proclaimed Transdniestrian Moldavian Republic ................................................................ 80 MONTENEGRO ..................................................................................................................... 80 General and political developments ....................................................................................... 80 Impunity for War Crimes ..................................................................................................... 81 The right to redress and reparation for the families of the “disappeared” (update to AI Index: EUR 66/001/2006). ................................................................................................................... 81 Torture and ill-treatment (Update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007)............................................ 81 Possible extrajudicial executions and political killings (Update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007). .... 82 Human Rights Defender at Risk ............................................................................................ 82 Roma refugees from Kosovo (Update to AI Index EUR: 01/001/2007) ....................................... 82 Minority Rights ................................................................................................................... 83 Trafficking in Persons .......................................................................................................... 83 POLAND .............................................................................................................................. 83 Renditions and secret detention centres (update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) ....................... 83 Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation ...................................................................... 84 Violation of freedom of assembly and freedom of speech ......................................................... 86 International scrutiny .......................................................................................................... 86 Forcible return of asylum seekers ......................................................................................... 87 Lustration law .................................................................................................................... 87 PORTUGAL .......................................................................................................................... 87 Police ill-treatment and shootings ......................................................................................... 87 Visit of Committee for the Prevention of Torture ..................................................................... 88 Violence against women ...................................................................................................... 89 Migration ........................................................................................................................... 89 Trafficking in human beings ................................................................................................. 89 Counter-terrorism ............................................................................................................... 90 ROMANIA ............................................................................................................................ 90 Background........................................................................................................................ 90 Renditions and secret detention centres (update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) ....................... 91 Unlawful killings by Romanian members of UNMIK Civilian Police (see also entry on Serbia/Kosovo) .............................................................................................................. 91 International scrutiny .......................................................................................................... 92 Failure to protect people with mental disabilities ..................................................................... 92 The Romani community ....................................................................................................... 93 LGBT rights march attacked ................................................................................................. 93 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ....................................................................................................... 93 Clampdown of freedom of expression and assembly ................................................................ 93 Demonstrations .................................................................................................................. 94 Gay pride parade banned ................................................................................................ 94 Closure of Educated Media Foundation .................................................................................. 94 Attack on Mari activist Galina Kozlova (update to AI Index EUR 01/012/2005) ........................... 95 Harassment and persecution of NGOs in Novorossiisk.............................................................. 95 Racism .............................................................................................................................. 95 Acquittals in prosecution for murder of Vietnamese student (update to AI Index: EUR 01/002/2005) ................................................................................................................ 96 Conviction of individuals for the murder of Roland Epossek ...................................................... 97 Investigation into murder of Lamsar Samba Sell, (update to AI Index: EUR 01/017/2006) .......... 97 Torture and ill-treatment ..................................................................................................... 97 Amnesty International AI Index: EUR 01/010/2007