{"id":2207,"date":"2006-05-18T15:02:33","date_gmt":"2006-05-18T15:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.yogaesoteric.net\/yoga-en\/yoga-practice-1587-en\/articles-3660-en\/yoga-school-misa-abused-by-the-romanian-authorities-for-two-years\/"},"modified":"2006-05-18T15:02:33","modified_gmt":"2006-05-18T15:02:33","slug":"yoga-school-misa-abused-by-the-romanian-authorities-for-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/yoga-school-misa-abused-by-the-romanian-authorities-for-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga School MISA abused by the Romanian authorities for two years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The events that MISA has underwent since March 2004 till April 2006<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

\n \n <\/p>\n

\u2022 March 18, 2004<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe Romanian Police and Gendarmery started the largest action since 1989\u201d. 300 gendarmes and prosecutors searched 16 locations of the yogis. There have been several procedure breaches committed by the prosecutors and gendarmes during the searching, such as disclosing the professional secret, abuse in service \u2013 damaging, abuse in service by denial of rights (the right to legal assistance, for instance), abusive behaviour, torture, threatening,\u00a0 illegal arrest and abusive searching, larceny against private interest, theft, trespassing, preventing subjects from attending trials, the attempt of determining false statements \u2013 abusive searching and public instigation.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\u2022 March 28, 2004<\/strong>
\nThe N\u0103dlac customs setup. Gregorian Bivolaru was arrested at\u00a0 N\u0103dlac around 9 pm on charges of attempt of illegal crossing of the border. The MISA spiritual leader was put under detention although the offence he was charged with is not provided pre-trial detention. On March 29 Gregorian Bivolaru was taken from Arad to Bucharest Court of Appeal under incredible escort. By midnight the Tribunal of Bucharest decided pre-trial arrest for Gregroian Bivolaru on 29 days term. New accusation is forged of\u00a0 sexual intercourse with minor, based on a false declaration signed under pressure by Madalina Dumitru, one of the 80 persons taken to the Prosecutor\u2019s Office on March 18. The latter soon got 18 after few months was the only underage found in the searched locations. <\/p>\n

\u2022 April 1, 2004<\/strong>
\nGregorian Bivolaru was set free subsequent to the exceptions pleaded by his lawyer.
\nThe\u00a0 prosecutors of the Bucharest Court of Appeal issued a writ to urge Madalina Dumitru to a medical examination to assess whether she had sexual intercourse, on which purpose she was taken under escort to the Forensic Medicine Institute.\u00a0 Although Madalina rejected this control and in such cases the forensic medical examination only occurs under the injured party approval, she was sequestered together with her lawyer Adina Solomonand they have both been aggressed by the gendarmes. The yogis gathered on the spot at the INML Forensic Medicine Institute were beaten by the gendarmes and one of them was taken to the hospital in coma. <\/p>\n

\u2022 May 2004<\/strong>
\nDanish member of the European Parliament Ulla Sandbaek repeatedly\u00a0 points to the Romanian authorities for their persecutions against the MISA mentor. <\/p>\n

\u2022 June 1st\u00a0 2004<\/strong>
\nGregorian Bivolaru was subject to prosecution by the\u00a0 magistrates of the 5th District Court who issued a warrant of arrest on 26 days term to be enforced at the time he is caught. <\/p>\n

\u2022 June 22, 2004
<\/strong>100 days after the March 18, the yogis streched a human chain round the People House in order to protest against the abusive searching aginst the MISA yoga School. Since March 2004 till april 2006 MISA protested in more than 150 manifestations at the General Prosecutor\u2019s Office, at the Minister of Justice, at the Superior Council of Magistrates, at the Romania Governnment, Parliament or President House.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\u2022 July 21, 2004<\/strong>
\n\u00a0MISA mentor is pursued worldwide by the Interpol. <\/p>\n

\u2022 August 16, 2004<\/strong>
\nThe prosecutors at the Prosecutor\u2019s Office near the Bucharest Court of Appeal sent Gregorian Bivolaru to trial on charges of sexual intercourse with a minor and attempt of illegal crossing of the border. <\/p>\n

\u2022 October 1st, 2004<\/strong>
\nThe scandal Simona Lungu is launched. The judge Simona Lungu was accused of starring a pornographic movie. After an aggressive broadside and unbearable pressure she resigned her magistrate office. <\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 October 2nd, 2004<\/strong>
\nThe first appearance in Gregorian Bivolaru trial on charges of alleged sexual intercourse with minor and attempt of illegal crossing of the border. <\/p>\n

\u2022 November 25, 2004<\/strong>
\nThe trial of Gregorian Bivolaru is moved to Sibiu, subsequent to MISA lawyers request. <\/p>\n

\u2022 March 16, 2005<\/strong>
\nGregorian Bivolaru submitted the residence request at the Sweden Immigration Authority by Malmo. The request was motivated by the persecutions he underwent in Romania since the 80s and mostly since March 18, 2004. <\/p>\n

\u2022 April 2005<\/strong>
\nThe International Yoga Federation contacts the Swedish Foreigners Authority in order to express support for Gregorian Bivolaru. Still in April, Ulla Antilla the Finnish spokeman for the Parliament board for the human rights submitted a letter to the Swedish authorities to support Gregorian Bivolaru. <\/p>\n

\u2022 April 4, 2005<\/strong>
\nDuring the second appearance in the procedure of the asylum request, at Malmo, on April 4, 2005, the MISA mentor is arrested by the Interpol due to the international warrant issued by the General Police Department almost a year before. Gregorian Bivolaru remained to custody at the malmo Police since April till October. <\/p>\n

\u2022 April 11, 2005<\/strong>
\nThe Romanian State submits in Sweden the first extradition request for Gregorian Bivolaru, on account of sexual intercourse with minor.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\u2022 April 15, 2005<\/strong>
\nRuling on the request submitted by the Court of Appeal Prosecution, the Tribunal of Bucharest issued the second warrant of arrest for Gregorian Bivoalaru. For this second file Gregorian Bivoalru is accused of human beings trafficking together with 16 persons. In the case of this second warrant not even his lawyers have been announced, he was not summoned to court, though he was known the location neither examined. <\/p>\n

\u2022 April 26, 2005<\/strong>
\nThe second extradition request was submitted to Sweden on acocunt of the second warrant of arrest.<\/p>\n

\u2022 May 7,\u00a0 2005<\/strong>
\n70 locations belonging to the yogis are granted ensuring sequester \u2013 among which private houses, flats, cellars, family residences, foundation locations. The prosecutors justified the decision as a demand to cover the 8 euros millions damages claimed by the seven false witnesses in the human beings trafficking file. The locations have not been properly assessed according to law. <\/p>\n

\u2022 May 16, 2005<\/strong>
\nElena Sandu, the prosecutor at the Prosecutor Office at the High Court of Justice decides non-prosecution (issues a NUP ordinance) for the prosecutors accused in the yogis complaints concerning the searching on March 18, 2004 on grounds of inexisting deeds. None of the hundreds claimers yogis was examined. <\/p>\n

\u2022 August 16, 2005<\/strong>
\nThe Immigration Office of Malmo declined the residence request due to the political stake of the case concerning the Romania acceeding EU. Gregorian Bivolaru challenged to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n

\u2022 October 11-12 2005<\/strong>
\nThe Supreme Court of Justice in Stockholm, Sweden, ruled on the extradition request submitted by the Romanian authorities for Gregorian Bivolaru<\/p>\n

\u2022 October 20, 2005<\/strong>
\nGregorian Bivolaru was released, after almost seven months detention in the Swedish Police. <\/p>\n

\u2022 October 21, 2005<\/strong>
\nThe Supreme Court of Justice in Stockholm declines the requests submitted by the Romanian authorities stating that Gregroian Bivolaru \u201ccannot have a fair trial in Romania\u201d and \u201cmight be inflicted serious persecutions due to his religious beliefs\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2022 November 11-13 2005<\/strong>
\nThe first Congres of the European Yoga Federation, was organised by MISA at Bucharest, which confirmed the value of the spiritual school founded by Gregorian Bivoalru. The MISA mentor was thereby granted life membership in the International Yoga Federation Board. <\/p>\n

\u2022 November 2005<\/strong>
\nElmar Brok, chairman of the External Affairs Board in the European Parliament mails the Romanian Authority officers in charge with Romania acceeding EU in respect of Gregorian Bivolaru case. Brock is asking details for the way Romania is goingto apply the european standars in justice and the way Gregorian Bivolaru would be granted security in case he comes back home. <\/p>\n

\u2022 November 16, 2005<\/strong>
\nthe Bucharest Court of Appeal rejects in a secret meeting the appeal to the warrant of arrest issued for Gregorian Bivolaru on charges of human beings trafficking at 15.04.2005. the warrant was issued diregarding the legal procedures and attended by a defender appointed by the judge, although the chosen lawyers of Gregorian Bivolaru were quite well known. The trial conclusion on April 15, states one of the reasons for sending Gregorian Bivolaru to jail such as: \u201che claims himself an enlightened being\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2022 December 16, 2005<\/strong>
\nMinister of Justice, Monica Macovei, asked the Superior Council of Magistrates and the Prosecutor\u2019s Office near the High Court of Cassation and Justice to investigate the procedure observance in the file of Gregorian Bivolaru.<\/p>\n

\u2022 December 2005<\/strong>
\nSwedish deputy Carl B. Hamilton inquired the Swedish Home Affairs Ministry and Government, stating that given the Sweden rejection of extraditing the MISA mentor, there issue of the Swedish support for Romania acceeding EU is out of the question. <\/p>\n

\u2022 December 23, 2005<\/strong>
\nThe Foreigners Office of Malmo, Sweden granted Gregorian Bivolaru the right of permanent residence under the refugee status. The decision is final and cannot be challenged by the Romanian State. <\/p>\n

\u2022 February 1st, 2006<\/strong>
\nthe investigation in the matter of the MISA and Gregorian Bivolaru case, requested by the Romanian Minister of Justice is finished, but the conclusions are not stated out. <\/p>\n

\u2022 January-February 2006<\/strong>
\nThe MISA yogis hold dayly protests in front of the Superior Council of Magistrates, asking for the investigation of the abuses they have been denouncing since March 2004. Meanwhile the number of the MISA followers accused of human beings trafficking turns to 40, on account of the same false statemements. Only a small part of the goods abusively confiscated during the searching in March 2004 have been returned. <\/p>\n

\u2022 February 22, 2006<\/strong>
\nThe report of the CSM inspectors was apporved in am open meeting. Away from truth and from any claryfing clue, the report literly is a defiance for the common right. In short the yogis are accused of having framed by themselves the abuses that thay have been denouncing for two years. The Minister of Justice request of checking the procedure observance in the case of Gregorian Bivolaru is taken as a political interference to justice. <\/p>\n

\u2022 March 2006<\/strong>
\nThe yogis keep up their protests, though threatened by assaults and the City Hall council attempts to obstruct them. <\/p>\n

\n \u2022 April 4, 2006<\/strong>
\n
\nThe MISA representatives meet the Board of the Humna Rights in the Deputy Chamber and speak out there the abuses committed against the yogis, asking for a Parliament commission to be set up in order to \u201cminutely\u201d investigate the MISA case. <\/p>\n

MISA PR Office,
\nApril 7, 2004
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