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US concerned about arrest of Moldovan journalist in separatist part of the country

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Moldova expressed concern on Thursday about the arrest a Moldovan journalist in a separatist province on spying charges, and said his legal and human rights must be respected.Ernest Vardanean was arrested on suspicion of "spying and high treason" on April 7 and ordered held in custody for two months in Trans-Dniester — a tiny, poor and obscure area of Moldova that's a Russian-speaking Soviet-era relic.Word of his arrest came a week later. It was not clear what the charges centered on, although Vardanean has been critical of separatist authorities in his reports for the Russian news agency Novyi Region. If convicted as charged, Vardanean could be jailed for 20 years.U.S. Ambassador to Moldova Asif J. Chaudhry discussed the arrest with longtime separatist leader Igor Smirnov on April 14 in Tiraspol, the separatist region's capital. Smirnov told him the case was secret, the official Trans-Dniester Olvia-Pres news agency reported."The United Sta...

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