Romania: Information on freedom of the press and treatment of those who had publicly opposed the Ceausescu regime in the press
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ROM21181.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Romania: Information on freedom of the press and treatment of those who had publicly opposed the Ceausescu regime in the press, 1 July 1995, ROM21181.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac9260.html [accessed 17 May 2023] |
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Information on the current treatment of those who had publicly opposed the Ceausescu regime in the press could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, for general information on the freedom of the press in Romania, please consult the attached documents.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Agence France Presse. 5 July 1995. "La journaliste ayant accusé le président Iliescu d'avoir été recruté par le KGB empêchée de quitter la Roumanie."
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). March 1995. Attacks on the Press in 1994: A World Wide Survey. New York: Committee to Protect Journalists, p. 157.
Human Rights Watch/Helsinki. June 1994. Vol. 6, No. 10. "Romania: Restrictions on Freedom of the Press in Romania," pp. 1-15.
Index on Censorship [London]. May-June 1995. Vol. 24, No. 3. "Romania," p. 184.
_____. March-April 1995. Vol. 24, No. 2. "Romania," p. 183.
_____. January-February 1995. Vol. 24, No. 1. "Romania," pp. 245-46.
_____. November-December 1994. Vol. 23, No. 6. "Romania," p. 247.
_____. September-October 1994. Vol. 23, No. 4/5. "Romania," p. 247.
La Lettre de reporters sans frontières [Paris]. March 1994. No. 56. "Roumanie: offense au chef de l'Etat," p. 24.
Reporters sans frontières. 12 June 1995. Letter to Ion Ionescu, President of the Republic of Romania.
_____. 12 June 1995. Letter to Ion Ionescu, President of the Republic of Romania.
_____. 1995. Rapport 1995. London : John Libbey, pp. 315-17.
_____. 1994. 1994 Report: Freedom of teh Press Through the World. London : John Libbey, pp. 261-62.
Other Sources Consulted
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. U.S. Department of State. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.
Material from the Indexed Media Review (IMR) or country files containing articles and reports from diverse sources (primarily dailies and periodicals) from the Weekly Media Review.
On-line searches of news articles (NEXIS).
Oral source.
