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Meanwhile in Moldova, two women were arrested for selling human remains from a cancer ward. But Taiwanese carnivores breathed easy when Taipei restaurants were absolved of accusations they were serving FRIED BABIES. Internet photos of the alleged baby eating turned out to be subversive artwork by Chinese artist Zhu Yu. The Taiwanese government reassured its meat-loving masses that while the island has a law against serving babies, they can eat all the dog meat?local or Romanian?they want...
...Chisinau Moldova's Communist Party scored a surprise comeback in parliamentary elections. Led by Vladimir Voronin, the Communists won nearly 51% of the vote and will command a majority in the legislature. Voronin lost no time in signaling that he would strengthen ties with Russia. The Communist triumph was a bitter setback for Prime Minister Dumitru Braghis, whose centrist coalition won only 13.5% of the vote...
...crime that ultimately victimizes foreigners has led to some surprisingly callous responses. Authorities in the Czech Republic, for example, have stamped foreign victims' passports with an "undesirable" mark and dumped the women at the border, according to a recent report from the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights. In Moldova, even a doctor in the venereal disease clinic treating women who have returned to the country believes their troubles are in most cases self-inflicted. "A woman's sexual behavior is entirely her responsibility," declared Viorel Kalistru...
...much done for victims who do want to tell their story. In Moldova, women are being returned by U.S.- and European-funded agencies almost weekly. But they receive little protection or support. Marina flew back to Chisinau to give testimony against the recruiter "Angela," as well as the man who raped her in Bosnia. But no sooner had she read her statement at police headquarters than she began receiving threatening phone calls. "If you testify," she said later, "you have to live in fear...
...ground, Western governments have focused mainly on warning victims or trying to shame potential clients. In Moldova, the U.S. embassy funded two half-hour programs about the trade to be broadcast on state television and in schools. In Kosovo, the iom printed 20,000 pamphlets-in English-to target the international community there. The pamphlets recount the true story of a young woman, Maria, who lived eight to a room and was forced to have sex with up to five men a night. "You pay for a night," it admonishes readers. "She pays with her life...