Romanian deputies' human rights committee decided yesterday to summon Justice minister Tudor Chiuariu and Alexandru Serban, head of the National Administration of Prisons, to a meeting on abuses committed in Romanian prisons.
Committee members decided it after Pater don Demidoff, president of the Moral Renaissance League, had complained that detainees in the Codlea prison were tortured, claiming he had statements on abusive treatment from 150 prisoners. According to Demidoff, the detainees in this location share beds and one cell houses 20-30 persons. They get food that not even pigs would eat and no medical assistance. (R.G.)