CHISINAU (AFP) -- Moldova’s opposition on Sunday planned fresh protests in the capital amid appeals for calm by the West after post-election rioting in the east European state.

As the authorities prepared a major security operation and the European Union and United States called for restraint and respect for human rights, the interior ministry published a list of over 300 people arrested during last week’s disturbances.
A lack of information about those arrested has been one of the main opposition complaints.
“We are still restraining our supporters and originally called on them not to protest. But what the police are now doing goes beyond all bounds,” said Liberal Party leader Mikhai Gimpu at a news conference on Saturday.
“We call on our supporters to go on Sunday to the square to protest at the current dictatorial regime,” he said.
Dozens were injured and hundreds arrested in rioting that followed last weekend’s parliamentary elections, which were won by President Vladimir Voronin’s Communist Party.
The new parliament will decide on a new president to replace Voronin.
One of Europe’s poorest states, Moldova remained outside the Western course of many central and east European states after the 1991 Soviet collapse, held back by its complex 20th century history and a separatist conflict.
On Saturday the interior ministry released lists of over 300 people detained in last week’s unrest and denied charges of a cover-up or that detainees had been beaten and tortured.
The ministry said 129 were subject to administrative detention for five to 15 days. One hundred and sixty-six face criminal charges for vandalism, looting and theft at parliamentary and presidential offices. Another 14 are charged with organizing the disturbances.
“No one has made a secret of the detainees list but it has changed considerably over time.... All their rights are being respected and they are getting medical and legal help,” interior ministry spokeswoman Alla Meleka told AFP.
Large numbers of police were gathered behind Moldova’s main government building ahead of Sunday’s demonstration, which has been officially authorized.