A 25-year-old Moldovan man who fled the breakaway Transdniester region in 2015 with horrific allegations of hazing and torture in the unrecognized republic's paramilitary organization was abducted in December and returned to his base after being held incommunicado for nearly a month. Relatives and rights advocates believe he may have been tortured.
The breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniester is holding a presidential election on December 11 -- and the incumbent leader has found himself in a tough struggle to secure a second term.
