Policing and criminal justice system in Romania
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Private security firm involved in two Roma deaths
The organisation Romani CRISS is investigating the circumstances under which two Roma have recently died at the hands of security guards employed by S.C. Protector International SRL.
1 April 2004 (167 words)
AI documents Roma death in custody
In June 2002, 18-year-old Romani, Nelu Balasoiu, died in Jilava Penitentiary Hospital after being severely beaten by police officers in a Tirgu Carbunesti lock-up in April.
1 January 2003 (107 words)
Police raid linked to Roma census campaign
On January 9, 2001 police raided the offices of the NGO, the Romani Bah Foundation, allegedly in retaliation for the foundation's attempts to include Roma as assistants and census takers in the compiling of the 2001 census.
1 January 2002 (107 words)
Focus on Brasov
Roma hounded off trains near Brasov
1 January 2002 (252 words)
More Roma killed and injured in police shootings
AI has called on the government to reform the law which allows police to shoot to apprehend a suspect 'caught in the act' and attempting to escape while ignoring an order to stay at the scene of the crime.
1 January 2001 (342 words)
Roma shot dead in Bucharest
An investigation was launched after a police officer shot and killed Radu Marian, an unarmed Romani man during a police raid on a group of cigarette smugglers in Bucharest in October 1999.
1 March 2000 (112 words)
How police crime statistics fuel anti-Roma racism
The Romani Associations of Romania has protested strongly against the police practice of compiling and publishing date on the alleged criminal offences of Roma.
1 March 1999 (411 words)
Human rights groups express concern at police attitudes towards Roma
In April '98, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe called on Romania to fight racism, xenophobia and intolerance, particularly in respect of the Roma community.
1 March 1999 (318 words)
Police and military accused of failure to protect Rom lives and property
AI has accused the Romanian government of failing to take action against police officers and soldiers who failed to protect Roma and their property during a period of extreme anti-Roma violence in the early 1990s.
1 October 1998 (149 words)
Police open fire on Roma
In its report on the unlawful use of firearms by law enforcement officials, AI has cited several cases involving Roma, including one death.
1 May 1997 (258 words)
Investigation after police chief kills Roma
On 9 May, the chief of police in Valcele, Olt County, shot and killed Mircea-Muresul Mosor, a 26-year-old Roma.
1 March 1997 (89 words)
Human Rights centre documents anti-Roma police violence
The European Roma Rights Centre, an international initiative for monitoring the human rights situation of Roma and providing legal defence in cases of human rights abuses, has produced a document, Sudden rage at dawn: violence against Roma in Romania.
1 December 1996 (434 words)
More police violence
AI has produced a report detailing police ill-treatment of three Roma, all minors from Turgu-Mures.
1 December 1996 (88 words)
Official indifference to anti-Roma racism
In the past six years, more than 300 Roma houses have been burnt down and 10 Roma killed in mob violence.
1 December 1996 (49 words)
AI criticises police treatment of Roma
Amnesty International's half-yearly report on Romania singles out the increasing number of incidents in which police shoot unarmed people who do not constitute a threat.
1 October 1996 (222 words)
Police harassment against Roma brothers alleged
Amnesty International has taken up the case of two Roma brothers, Emil and Virgil Macau, who were arrested by the police in Victoria, Brasov County, last year.
1 September 1994 (235 words)
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