Too many Moldovan newspapers incite antisemitism and racism, according to the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly of Moldova, which held a seminar on December 26, 2001 that was reported the same day by the Moldpress news agency. This incitement of hatred slows the development of a tolerant civil society, according to the Assembly's head-Natalya Sinyaeva. The newspapers "Flux," "Taga," "Kishinevskie Novosti," and "Literatura Si Arta" were singled out as particularly egregious offenders, while the newspapers "Trud" and "Nezavisimaya Moldova" were praised as promoting ethnic and religious tolerance. A December 27, 2001 report by "Novosti Moldovy" added that insulting jokes and reporting on criminal acts that emphasized the suspects' ethnicity help to form negative stereotypes and that the Assembly has proposed the creation of an Expert Council of Journalists to put a stop to such publications.

The event was sponsored by the local UNHCR branch.

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