The Institute for Human Rights (IDOM) asks the Supreme Council of Magistrates to review its decision whereby judge Dorin Popovich was acquitted though he violated the law during the April events. It demands that the Council should not use double standards in assessing the integrity of the judges who examines the legal cases opened against the participants in the tragic April events. The Institute expressed its positions at a news conference on January 15, Info-Prim Neo reports. Judge Dorin Popovch, of the Buiucani district court, examined the case of sisters Oxana and Ludmila Radu from Cahul, who say they were detained abusively on April 8 while they were going home from Chisinau. The police yet say “they were detained on April 8, at 01.30, at the intersection Stephan the Great Blvd. and Bucuresti St.” Oxana Radu lodged an application with the Supreme Council of Magistrates, complaining about the abusive behavior of judge Popovich, who examined the case inside the Chisinau General Police Commissariat. Under the law, they do have the right to try the case outside the court of law. “I'm disappointed by the result of the examination performed by the Supreme Council of Magistrates after my client filed the complaint. The judge examined only the report compiled by the police officer and did not allow the defendants to express their positions,” said Natalia Molosag, the lawyers for Oxana and Ludmila Radu. Oxana Rdau said she was held in inhuman and degrading conditions at the remand center of the General Police Commissioner from April 8 to April 9. “Nobody explained anything to us. They took us to an office where a mister asked us if five days were enough for us. We found out later that it was the judge,” she said. Oxana and Ludmila Radu were accused of participating in the violent April 7 protests in central Chisinau. “The Supreme Council of Magistrate's recent decision not to extend the term in office of several judges who broke the legislation when examining cases related to the April events is welcome, but it should not be unique. The Council should not ignore the behavior of a judge that enjoys support,” lawyer Victor Pantaru said during the conference. Ion Guzun, jurist at the IDOM, said Dorin Popovich is a candidate for the post of vice president of the Buiucani Court, which he held earlier. According to the jurist, such a judge cannot take decisions in the name of the law. Moldova's Caretaker President Mihai Ghimpu and the chairman of the parliamentary commission for investigating the April events Vitalie Nagacevschi were informed about this case.