Posts Tagged ‘Natalia Morar’

Moldova drops Tweeter charges

November 13th, 2009

Moldova’s Prosecutor General Office has dropped criminal proceedings against the people accused of using social networking websites to organise violent street protests in Chisinau in April, following the ppposition protest against the results of the parliamentary election. The key suspects were journalists Natalia Morar, Oleg Bregha, and Gabriel Stati, the son of one of Moldova’s richest businessman. Morar has admitted using Twitter after the controversial 5 April parliamentary elections, but said she never intended for violence to occur and is not responsible for those actions. Thousands of people took part in the protests organised by the opposition parties, who came to power after a second poll in July. Read more here

The right to protest: the “Twitter revolutionary”

May 28th, 2009

930_400x300natalia_261x270The unprecedented mass protests in Moldova last month would not have happened without Twitter. Natalia Morar should know: she was one of the activists who made it happen
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