After the Moldovan parliamentary elections of April 5, 2009, the opposition rejected the results, accusing the authorities of falsification in the course of counting the votes. Big protest demonstrations were being held in the centre of capital Chisinau. The demonstration spun out of control and escalated into a riot on April 7th. Journalists who tried to cover the following arrest of several protester, were beaten by the police. We talked to several media what it is like to be a journalist in a country like Moldova. See the shocking story of Alina Radu of Ziarul de Garda, an investigative newspaper in Chisinau.
