Romania Ex-President To Stand Trial For 'Crimes Against Humanity'

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Romania Ex-President To Stand Trial For 'Crimes Against Humanity'

Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu is to stand trial for crimes against humanity for his role in the aftermath of Romania's bloody 1989 revolt that toppled communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's regime.

"It is a particularly important moment for Romania's justice system that is fulfilling a debt of honor to history," chief prosecutor Augustin Lazar said in Bucharest on April 8.

Lazar's announcement caps a decades-long investigation which was often met with official reluctance to revisit the aftermath of Ceausescu fleeing Bucharest on December 22, 1989.

Read more at: https://www.rferl.org/a/romania-ex-president-iliescu-to-stand-trial-for-crimes-against-humanity-/29868653.html