Romania: The case of Emil and Virgil Macau

Index Number: EUR 39/002/1994
Date Published: 25 May 1994
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Romania

AI is concerned that the detention of Emil and Virgil Macau, two Rom (Gypsy) brothers from Victoria, Brasov County, may have been arbitrary and motivated by the defendants' ethnic background. This report describes the circumstances leading to their arrest. AI is concerned that they may be possible prisoners of conscience.