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'''Gheorghe Briceag''' (15 April 1928 &ndash; 16 August 2008) was a [[Moldova]]n human rights activist notable for his opposition to [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] rule.<ref name="obit">{{cite web |url=http://deca.md/?cat=soc_and_civic&id=2277 |title=A murit Gheorghe Briceag, "ultimul disident" din Republica Moldova |trans_title=Briceag George died, 'the last dissenter' in Moldova |author= |date=18 August 2008 |publisher=[[DECA-press]] |accessdate=3 June 2011|language=ro}}</ref> In the 1940s, Briceag was given a ten-year sentence in the [[gulag]] for distributing anti-communist flyers; he was forced to work in coal mines for the length of his sentence. His prisoner number was "P169".{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} After his release, he was sentenced to seven more years of exile.<ref name="obit"/> He later became a symbol of resistance to [[Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina|Soviet occupation of Moldova]].<ref name="obit"/>
'''Gheorghe Briceag''' (15 April 1928 &ndash; 16 August 2008) was a [[Moldova]]n human rights activist notable for his opposition to [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] rule.<ref name="obit">{{cite web |url=http://deca.md/?cat=soc_and_civic&id=2277 |title=A murit Gheorghe Briceag, "ultimul disident" din Republica Moldova |trans_title=Briceag George died, 'the last dissenter' in Moldova |author= |date=18 August 2008 |publisher=[[DECA-press]] |accessdate=3 June 2011|language=ro}}</ref> In the 1940s, Briceag was given a ten-year sentence in the [[gulag]] for distributing anti-communist flyers; he was forced to work in coal mines for the length of his sentence. His prisoner number was "P169".{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} After his release, he was sentenced to seven more years of exile.<ref name="obit"/> He later became a symbol of resistance to [[Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina|Soviet occupation of Moldova]].<ref name="obit"/>


In 2004, Briceag won the [[Homo Homini Award]] of the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] NGO [[People in Need (Czech Republic)|People in Need]], which recognizes "an individual who is deserving of significant recognition due to their promotion of human rights, democracy and non-violent solutions to political conflicts".<ref name="PIN">{{cite web |url=http://clovekvtisni.cz/index2en.php?id=549 |title=Previous Recipients of the Homo Homini Award |author= |year=2010 |work= |publisher=People in Need |accessdate=3 June 2011}}</ref> The award citation described him as "a life-long activist for the defense of human rights and the defense of other former Gulag prisoners in Moldova".<ref name="PIN"/> The following year, he served on the [[Rudolf Vrba]] Jury for People in Need's [[One World Film Festival|One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival]], serving with fellow Homo Homini-winner [[Ales Bialacki]].<ref name="PIN2"/>
In 2004, Briceag won the [[Homo Homini Award]] of the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] NGO [[People in Need (Czech Republic)|People in Need]], which recognizes "an individual who is deserving of significant recognition due to their promotion of human rights, democracy and non-violent solutions to political conflicts".<ref name="PIN">{{cite web|url=http://clovekvtisni.cz/index2en.php?id=549 |title=Previous Recipients of the Homo Homini Award |author= |year=2010 |work= |publisher=People in Need |accessdate=3 June 2011}}</ref> The award citation described him as "a life-long activist for the defense of human rights and the defense of other former Gulag prisoners in Moldova".<ref name="PIN"/> The following year, he served on the [[Rudolf Vrba]] Jury for People in Need's [[One World Film Festival|One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival]], serving with fellow Homo Homini-winner [[Ales Bialacki]].<ref name="PIN2"/>


The same year, Briceag created controversy by opposing the re-installation of a statue of [[Vladimir Lenin]] in his hometown of [[Bălţi]]. Briceag threatened to burn the statue down personally if it were completed.<ref name="beard"/> The Supreme Court of Moldova ultimately overruled the Bălţi City Council's decision to allow the statue.<ref name="PIN2">{{cite web |url=http://www.jedensvet.cz/ow/2005/en/jury/vrba.php |title=Rudolph Vrba Jury |author= |year=2005 |work= |publisher=One World Film Festival |accessdate=3 June 2011}}</ref>
The same year, Briceag created controversy by opposing the re-installation of a statue of [[Vladimir Lenin]] in his hometown of [[Bălţi]]. Briceag threatened to burn the statue down personally if it were completed.<ref name="beard"/> The Supreme Court of Moldova ultimately overruled the Bălţi City Council's decision to allow the statue.<ref name="PIN2">{{cite web|url=http://www.jedensvet.cz/ow/2005/en/jury/vrba.php |title=Rudolph Vrba Jury |author= |year=2005 |work= |publisher=One World Film Festival |accessdate=3 June 2011}}</ref>


Briceag also worked with [[Amnesty International]]<ref name="obit"/> and served as the Bălţi coordinator of the [[Helsinki Committee for Human Rights]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europalibera.org/content/article/2322971.html |title=Chișinău: Temerile presei față de guvernarea comunistă |trans-title=Chisinau: The press fears communist government |author= |date=28 February 2001 |work= |publisher=Radio Free Europe |accessdate=3 June 2011|language=ro}}</ref>
Briceag also worked with [[Amnesty International]]<ref name="obit"/> and served as the Bălţi coordinator of the [[Helsinki Committee for Human Rights]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europalibera.org/content/article/2322971.html |title=Chișinău: Temerile presei față de guvernarea comunistă |trans-title=Chisinau: The press fears communist government |author= |date=28 February 2001 |work= |publisher=Radio Free Europe |accessdate=3 June 2011|language=ro}}</ref>


Briceag was noted for his large "[[Solzhenitsyn]]-style" beard.<ref name="beard">{{cite web |url=http://deca.md/?cat=ist_din_mold&id=1238 |title=Disidentul Gheorghe Briceag isi va rade barba daca R. Moldova se va uni cu Romania |trans_title=Dissident Gheorghe Briceag will shave his beard if Moldova unites with Romania |author= |date=15 April 2008 |work= |publisher=[[DECA-press]] |accessdate=3 June 2011|language=ro}}</ref> A few months before his death, he pledged to shave it if [[Movement for the unification of Romania and Moldova|Moldova united with Romania]],<ref name="beard"/> a move Moldova's [[Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova|communist party]] opposed.<ref>{{ro icon}} [http://www.stireazilei.md/c-0-3043 "A fi sau a nu fi acestei guvernari?" - aceasta-i intrebarea lui Voronin]</ref> He publicly requested that his body be donated to [[Chişinău]]'s [[Nicolae Testemiţanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy]] following his death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://social.moldova.org/tag/gheorghe-briceag-0-rom.html |title=Un baltean doreste ca trupul sau sa fie utilizat dupa moarte ca material didactic de catre studentii-chirurgi |trans_title=A Baltean wants his body to be used as teaching material by students, surgeons |author= |date=9 February 2008 |work= |publisher=Moldova.org |accessdate=3 June 2011|language=ro}}</ref>
Briceag was noted for his large "[[Solzhenitsyn]]-style" beard.<ref name="beard">{{cite web |url=http://deca.md/?cat=ist_din_mold&id=1238 |title=Disidentul Gheorghe Briceag isi va rade barba daca R. Moldova se va uni cu Romania |trans_title=Dissident Gheorghe Briceag will shave his beard if Moldova unites with Romania |author= |date=15 April 2008 |work= |publisher=[[DECA-press]] |accessdate=3 June 2011|language=ro}}</ref> A few months before his death, he pledged to shave it if [[Movement for the unification of Romania and Moldova|Moldova united with Romania]],<ref name="beard"/> a move Moldova's [[Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova|communist party]] opposed.<ref>{{ro icon}} [http://www.stireazilei.md/c-0-3043 "A fi sau a nu fi acestei guvernari?" - aceasta-i intrebarea lui Voronin]</ref> He publicly requested that his body be donated to [[Chişinău]]'s [[Nicolae Testemiţanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy]] following his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.moldova.org/tag/gheorghe-briceag-0-rom.html |title=Un baltean doreste ca trupul sau sa fie utilizat dupa moarte ca material didactic de catre studentii-chirurgi |trans_title=A Baltean wants his body to be used as teaching material by students, surgeons |author= |date=9 February 2008 |work= |publisher=Moldova.org |accessdate=3 June 2011|language=ro}}</ref>


==References==
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Gheorghe Briceag
Born (1928-04-15) 15 April 1928 (age 96)
Died16 August 2008(2008-08-16) (aged 80)
NationalityMoldovan
Known forSoviet dissident, human rights activist
AwardsHomo Homini Award (2004)

Gheorghe Briceag (15 April 1928 – 16 August 2008) was a Moldovan human rights activist notable for his opposition to Soviet rule.[1] In the 1940s, Briceag was given a ten-year sentence in the gulag for distributing anti-communist flyers; he was forced to work in coal mines for the length of his sentence. His prisoner number was "P169".[citation needed] After his release, he was sentenced to seven more years of exile.[1] He later became a symbol of resistance to Soviet occupation of Moldova.[1]

In 2004, Briceag won the Homo Homini Award of the Czech NGO People in Need, which recognizes "an individual who is deserving of significant recognition due to their promotion of human rights, democracy and non-violent solutions to political conflicts".[2] The award citation described him as "a life-long activist for the defense of human rights and the defense of other former Gulag prisoners in Moldova".[2] The following year, he served on the Rudolf Vrba Jury for People in Need's One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, serving with fellow Homo Homini-winner Ales Bialacki.[3]

The same year, Briceag created controversy by opposing the re-installation of a statue of Vladimir Lenin in his hometown of Bălţi. Briceag threatened to burn the statue down personally if it were completed.[4] The Supreme Court of Moldova ultimately overruled the Bălţi City Council's decision to allow the statue.[3]

Briceag also worked with Amnesty International[1] and served as the Bălţi coordinator of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights.[5]

Briceag was noted for his large "Solzhenitsyn-style" beard.[4] A few months before his death, he pledged to shave it if Moldova united with Romania,[4] a move Moldova's communist party opposed.[6] He publicly requested that his body be donated to Chişinău's Nicolae Testemiţanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy following his death.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "A murit Gheorghe Briceag, "ultimul disident" din Republica Moldova" (in Romanian). DECA-press. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b "Previous Recipients of the Homo Homini Award". People in Need. 2010. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b "Rudolph Vrba Jury". One World Film Festival. 2005. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b c "Disidentul Gheorghe Briceag isi va rade barba daca R. Moldova se va uni cu Romania" (in Romanian). DECA-press. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Chișinău: Temerile presei față de guvernarea comunistă" [Chisinau: The press fears communist government] (in Romanian). Radio Free Europe. 28 February 2001. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  6. ^ Template:Ro icon "A fi sau a nu fi acestei guvernari?" - aceasta-i intrebarea lui Voronin
  7. ^ "Un baltean doreste ca trupul sau sa fie utilizat dupa moarte ca material didactic de catre studentii-chirurgi" (in Romanian). Moldova.org. 9 February 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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