"[8] In 2010, the "Valeriu Boboc" Prize was established by the Senate of Romania for "defending the fundamental human rights and democratic values",[9] but as of 2017[update] has never been awarded.
Valeriu Boboc graduated from "Miguel de Cervantes" High School Chișinău and attended International Relations Institute of Moldova for one year.
He was surprised about the first declarations made by former minister of Health Larisa Catrinici, that Valeriu Boboc has died due to intoxication, said Ghenadie Coșovan.
[16] During a protest gathering around 3,000 in the city's central square on April 12, 2009, Dorin Chirtoacă called for a moment of silence in memory of Valeriu Boboc.
[18] Ministry of Internal Affairs (Moldova) released a statement on April 12, 2009, saying an autopsy showed that Boboc had a broken rib, but that his death had not been caused by the injury.
"[19] "In connection with the multiple rumors related to the death of the citizen Valeriu Boboc, the Press Service of the Prosecutor Office is in right to inform the following.
The General Prosecutor's Office has reported that his death was due to poisoning with unknown substances, while his family allege that he died as a result of injuries inflicted by the police.
"[3] Between April 17 to June 8, 2009, lawyers Veaceslav Țurcan and Valeriu Pleșca of the family of the victim submitted many requests for the exhumation of Boboc, but they received 12 letters of denial.
The coffin was delivered to a Chisinau morgue, where the body was subjected to a thorough forensic examination to establish the true reason of the young man's death.
[23] On July 9, 2009, the Prosecutor General Valeriu Gurbulea said that on the night of April 8, Boboc was taken from the Great National Assembly Square, was taken to the Emergency Hospital in a police car and the doctors established that he was dead.
[4]On March 22, 2010, former President Vladimir Voronin said during a televised interview with Lorena Bogza on ProTV that Valeriu Boboc was beaten and then thrown out of a Parliament window.
[30] "We can say without exaggeration that Valeriu Boboc's death is on the consciousness of Vladimir Filat and his comrades" wrote on April 2, 2010 Iurie Roșca, a deputy president of Parliament during the riots.
Dorin Chirtoacă, the mayor of Chisinau, declared on March 23, 2010, that he has certain information on the abuses of April 7 from one source inside the Minister of Interior Affairs.
Almost 60 policemen, dressed as civilians, received an order from the present police commissar, Serghei Cociorva, to arrest those who were between the Puskin street and the Parliament", said Chirtoaca.
In one scene on the videotape, several men are shown kicking what appears to be an unconscious man lying on the pavement in Chisinau's main square.
[12] On April 6, 2010, the president of police officers union "Demnitate", Mihai Lașcu, stated Valeriu Boboc was criminally investigated for drugs` storage and robbery.
[12] On June 18, 2010, the warrant for the home arrest of suspended police officer Ion Perju was extended by the Buiucani District Court for another 90 days.
[35] The initiative regarding founding the Prize "Valeriu Boboc" for the liberty of press and defending of democratic values was launched on April 19, 2010, by the Romanian senator Mihaela Popa.
She said in front of the Senate that "April 7 events opened the way of Moldova to Europe and Boboc is no longer just a name, but a symbol of struggle for democratic values and freedom of expression.
[36] The memorandum regarding founding the Prize "Valeriu Boboc" for the liberty of press and defending of democratic values was adopted on April 30, 2010, by the permanent bureau of the Romanian Senate.
[37] On June 9, 2010, the Buiucani district court released former deputy police commissioner Iacob Gumeniță from home arrest and allowing him to be 'investigated at liberty' with respect to his role in the events of April 7 / 8 2009.
[39] Former Interior Minister Gheorghe Papuc and former police commissioner general, Vladimir Botnari – accused by prosecutors of misconduct in office during the events of April 2009 that killed young Boboc – were acquitted on December 29, 2011.
The memorandum regarding founding the Prize "Valeriu Boboc" for the liberty of press and defending of democratic values was adopted on April 30, 2010, by the permanent bureau of the Romanian Senate.
[8] The prize "Valeriu Boboc" will be given each year, during a symposium, organized by the Romanian Senate, in April, on the topic "Defending the fundamental human rights and democratic values".