HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS IN ROMANIA
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ROMANIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE (APADOR-CH)
1998 REPORT

CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION

I. PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH LEGISLATION
1. The Penal Code and the Penal Procedure Code
2. The law against abortion
3. The Law on National Security
4. The Law on the Security of State Secrets and Job-related Secrets

II. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

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) Old cases that have not been solved by the Military Prosecutor's Office or by military courts
Radu Daniel Achim (Bucharest, 1994)
Tudorel Tanase and the Dragnea-Tanase families (Mihai Voda village, municipality of Bolintin, 1995)
Viorel Constantin (Tandarei, 1995)
Gabriel Carabulea (Bucharest, 1996)
Marius Popescu (Buzau, 1996)
Constantin Balasa (Targu-Jiu, 1996)
Danut Iordache (Bucharest, 1997 )
b) Cases taken up by APADOR–CH in 1998
1. Abusive behaviour/investigation, torture
Alexandru Iloaiei (Tandarei, county of Ialomita)
Sebastian Fitzek (Bucharest)
Marin Cornea (Bucharest)
Razvan Dragus (Galati)
The cases from Nereju, county of Vrancea
2. Resort of police officers to fire arms
Marin Remus Marin (Vizuresti village, municipality of Ciocanesti, county of Dambovita, 1997)
Marian Ciulei (Codlea, county of Brasov)
Ioan Herea (Brasov)
3. Raids
Lugoj (27 June 1998)
Merisani village, municipality of Babaita, county of Teleorman (30 July 1998)
4. Visit to the lockups of Police Stations no. 20 and 21, sector 6, Bucharest (11 December 1998)

IV. ASPECTS FROM PENITENTIARIES
B. General aspects
a) Demilitarisation of the penitentiary system
b) Overcrowding
c) Insufficient funds
d) Cultural and educational activities
c) Medical care
f) Punishments for violation of internal regulations
g) The right to defence
h) Detainees' social readjustment
C. The situation in several penitentiaries. Individual cases
1. Visit to the Aiud penitentiary (10 March 1998)
Case of Mariana Cetiner
2. Visit to the Tulcea penitentiary (22 May 1998)
Stelica Dragomir
Petre Stoica
3. Visit to the Bucharest (Jilava) penitentiary (19 May 1998)
Viorel Roventu
Iulian Virgil Tihon
Florin Alexandru Voinea
4. Visit to the Targsor penitentiary (4 June 1998)
Despina Iliescu
5. Visit to the Colibasi penitentiary (11 June 1998)
6. Vizita la Penitenciarul din Timisoara (23 iulie 1998)
7. Visit to the Margineni penitentiary, county of Prahova (17 September 1998)
Ion Draguna
Minor Dumitru Georgian Rotaru
8. Visit to the Bacau penitentiary (15 December 1998)
Paun Sava
Cornel Croitoru
9. Visit to the Targu-Ocna penitentiary section (16 December 1998)
10. Training penitentiary guardians: visit to the Targu-Ocna vocational school for penitentiaries (16 December 1998)

V. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

VI. NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
1. The legal framework
2. The project “Intelligence Services in Constitutional Democracies”
3. Individual cases

VII. MINORITIES IN ROMANIA
A. Religious minorities
The draft bill on denominations
B. Nationals minorities

VIII. NON-PROFIT LEGISLATION IN ROMANIA

IX. OTHER ACTIVITIES

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