Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) praised Romania's High Court for upholding a previous ruling that fully acquitted Gabiel Popoviciu, ending a lengthy legal saga lasting nearly two decades. HRWF highlighted concerns expressed by Judge Liana Arsenie regarding the prosecution's conduct, which included fictitious roles and manipulated authority. The UK courts previously denied extradition, citing risks of judicial bias in Romania. This case raises alarms about human rights and judicial fairness within the EU, illustrating potential systemic issues in Romania's legal system.
The investigating authority assigned fictitious roles and functions and imagined authority relationships. The prosecution was built on a scenario imagined by the prosecutor.
There is a real risk that the appellant suffered an extreme example of a lack of judicial impartiality, such that there can be no question as to consequences for the fairness of the trial.
This final court decision is to be welcomed, building as it does on the Bucharest Court of Appeal's ruling last July, as well as earlier court decisions in the UK.
For those of us focused on human rights within the European Union, there is concern that such a lengthy injustice even took place in Romania.
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