The report issued by Amnesty International in 2008, published on Wednesday signals once again the allegations of involvement in secret CIA detentions, doubled by the refuse of authorities to reopen investigaitons. Romania is also mentioned in issues such as the intelorance and discriminaiton towards sexual minorities and Roma ethnics. Romanian gendarmes involved in an incident in Kosovo are also pointed at, as well as the precarious conditions in psychyatric institutions. President Basescu and Foreign Minister Cioroianu are reminded due to their racist remarks.

The report:

Background

Political instability in Romania in 2007 was widely attributed to rivalry between Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu and President Traian Băsescu. In April President Băsescu was suspended by Parliament, but in a referendum on impeachment in May a majority of the electorate voted for his retention. On 1 January, Romania became a member state of the EU. In its progress report in June, the European Commission urged Romania to implement a more transparent and efficient judicial process and warned that Romania must take tougher action to fight corruption.

‘War on terror"

Romania’s alleged involvement in the USA’s programme of secret detentions and renditions continued to be of concern. In February, the European Parliament concluded that Romania and Poland had failed to properly investigate claims that the USA operated secret detention facilities in their territory. It criticized Romania’s inquiry into the issue as superficial, and expressed concern about the lack of control by the authorities over US activities in Romanian military bases.

In June, the Rapporteur on secret detentions for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Dick Marty, issued a second report revealing new evidence that US “high-value detainees” were he