HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS IN ROMANIA
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ROMANIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE (APADOR-CH)
1997 REPORT

SUMMARY

I.INTRODUCTION

II. PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH LEGISLATION
1. General framework
2. The relationship with the Executive
3. The relationship with the Parliament

III.THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND THE POLICE
1. GENERAL ASPECTS
2. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN APADOR-CH AND THE POLICE
3. CASES DOCUMENTED BY APADOR-CH
a) Older cases still unsolved by the Prosecutor's Office or the courts of law
Radu Daniel Achim (Bucharest, 1994)
Tudorel Tanase and the Dragnea-Tanase family (Mihai Voda, Bolintin Deal, 1995)
Viorel Constantin (Tandarei, 1995)
Gabriel Carabulea (Bucharest, 1996)
Ioan Rosca (Bucharest, 1995)
Viorel and Marius Burueana Damian (Turceni, 1995)
Ion Laurentiu Corneliu Apostolescu (Bucharest, 1996)
Istvan Kiss
Andrei Mardare
b) Cases taken up by APADOR-CH in 1997
Adrian Sandu and Mihai Alexandrescu (Bucharest, 1996)
Marius Popescu (Buzau,1996)
Constantin Balasa (Targu-Jiu, 1996)
Pavel Nicola (Orsova,1996)
Nicolae Grigore (Bucharest, 1997)
Danut Iordache (Bucharest, 1997)
Laurentiu Toma, Leonard Marcopol, Gabriel Hussein (detained at the Braila penitentiary, 1997)
Costica Nazaru (Braila, 1997)
Ioan Bursuc (Piatra-Neamt, 1997)
Adrian Matei (Bucharest, 1997)
Ioana Enuta (Berceni village, county of Ilfov, 1997)
Belmondo Cobzaru (Mangalia, 1997)
Minorul A.C. (Constanta, 1997)
Olga Pusnei (Piatra-Neamt, 1997)
Vasile Holindrariu (Piatra-Neamt, 1997)
Pantelimon Zait (Tasca village, county of Neamt, 1996)
The Marcu family (Razvad village, county of Dambovita, 1997)
Remus Marin (Vizuresti village, municipality of Ciocanesti, county of Dambovita, 1997)
4. THE GENERAL POLICE INSPECTORATE LOCK-UP
5. CONCLUSIONS

IV. ASPECTS FROM PENITENTIARIES
A. THE FEBRUARY 1997 PROTESTS
B. ASPECTE GENERALE
a) Overcrowding
b) Religious assistance
c) Insufficient funds
d) Medical assistance
e) Punishments applied to detainees who violate penitentiary regulations
f) The right to defence
g) Social reinsertion
C. ASPECTS FROM PENITENTIARIES. INDIVIDUAL CASES
1. The Bucharest penitentiary hospital (see also para. A “Protests”)
2. Mandresti (Focsani) penitentiary (the 8–9 April 1997 visit)
3. The Galati penitentiary (the 10 April 1997 visit)
4. The Braila penitentiary
5. The Bacau penitentiary (the 5 June 1997 visit)
6. The Iasi penitentiary (the 6 June 1997 visit)
7. The Poarta Alba Penitentiary (the 15 September visit)
8. The Craiova penitentiary (the 8 October 1997 visit)
9. The Gherla penitentiary (the 9 October 1997 visit)
10. The Bistrita penitentiary (the 10 October 1997 visit)
11. The Colibasi penitentiary (the 21 November 1997 visit)

V. MINORITIES IN ROMANIA
A. NATIONAL MINORITIES
1. Amendments to the legislation regarding the rights of national minorities
2. The issue of the Csango living in Moldavia
3. The “Cserehat case,” Odorheiu Secuiesc
B. RELIGIOUS MINORITIES: FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE
1. General remarks
2. Legal aspects
3. The State Secretariat for Denominations and violations of religious rights
4. Violent actions based on religious appurtenance
5. The MISA case
6. The draft bill on denominations
7. The alternative utilitarian service
C. SEXUAL MINORITIES

VI.FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
1. The project “Freedom of expression: The media and democracy”
2. Individual cases :
a) Painter Constantin Ungureanu
b) Cases of journalists sentenced on charges of insult and libel
3. Access to information

VII. NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
1. Law No. 51/1991 on national security of Romania
2. The institutional framework
3. The project “Secret services in constitutional democracies”
4. The case of Captain Constantin Bucur

VIII. OTHER ACTIVITIES

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