Doru Dendiu (born 30 November 1967) is a Romanian journalist from Chişinău. He has worked as the first permanent correspondent of Romanian Television in Moldova since July 200703.05.2009 Memoriu privind libertatea presei în Republica Moldova He also worked as the news department director at the first news television of Moldova, Jurnal TV (2010-July 2011).Schimbări la „Jurnal” TV Before 2009, Dendiu worked in Chişinău for NIT and EU TV.
His arrest during the 2009 Moldova civil unrest provoked a notable reaction within the media community.World Report - MoldovaJournalists prevented from entering Moldova; journalists and media workers assaulted, detained and interrogated by police officers "Doru Dendiu working for Romanian public television TVR was even arrested while he was about to appear on the Romanian lunchtime news and was told a few days later that his accreditation was being withdrawn" wrote Reporters Without Borders.Reporters Without Borders, Moldova World Report - Moldova On April 10, 2009, Moldovan communist authorities arrested Doru Dendiu and Rodica Mahu, for their alleged involvement in organizing the riots.TVR - TVR Correspondent in Republic of Moldova, Doru Dendiu, Detained by the Militia. Accessed 2009-07-22. Archived 2009-07-31. Antena 3 - Chişinău: Journalist kidnapped and Freed After Two Hours. TVR Correspondent hooked-up by the Police Dendiu was arrested at around 12:00am and taken to the Organised Crime Department within the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Moldova). Nobody had any contact with Dendiu until his release after 6 hours, at around 6 o’clock p.m. During his detention Dendiu had no access to a lawyer and his cell phone was confiscated.Report on abuses against journalists following protests on 6-10 April 2009 They also denied his right to contact the Embassy of Romania. Mahu and Dendiu were released from police questioning later that day."Moldovan president calls for vote recount", Associated Press On April 11, 2009, Dendiu was invited to the Moldova's Foreign Ministry where his accreditation was withdrawn under the pretext of alleged violations of Regulation on accreditation of journalists, after which he was obliged to leave the country on April 14.Foreign journalists harassed and expelled by Moldovan authorities in the context of Moldovan riot on April 7Report on the Situation of the Press in Moldova in 2009 Doru Dendiu returned to Chişinău after July 2009 election and worked as the News department director at Jurnal TV.
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