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The Ombudsman supports civil society in the efforts to combat discrimination and promote tolerance

On July 14, the Ombudsman, Mihail Cotorobai, attended the workshop on completion of the project "Documenting cases of discrimination on the method Storztelling" by NGO "Медия центр" from Tiraspol, in partnership with "The Information Center on Human Rights "(Chisinau), the socio-cultural association "Delfin" (Comrat), financed by the Soros Foundation. The participants in the event, 15 civilian society representatives and 15 journalists from Criuleni, Comrat, and Transnistria, recounted discrimination cases examined and the process of documenting them according the Storztelling method.

The Ombudsman praised the results in the realization of this project and noted that volunteers, civil society and media representatives are trusted partners of the ombudsman.

 Mihail Cotorobai thanked journalists for their courage and professionalism shown in addressing the issues of violation of human rights, noting that the Office of the Ombudsman monitors the signals on this topic in the press and frequently acts on own initiative on the basis of information in the media. Only through joint efforts can we effectively combat discrimination in our society and ensure respect for human rights in our country, said Mihail Cotorobai.