Video of Romanian Police Beating Roma Causes Outrage


Video footage of Romanian policemen shouting at a group of rounded-up Roma men lying on the ground while an officer repeatedly beats one of them has shocked human rights activists in the country. The newspaper Libertatea published the amateur 40-second video on Thursday night.

The short video was recorded in the yard of a private house in the town of Bolintin Vale in Giurgiu province in southern Romania. The man being beaten can be heard screaming in pain as officers shout “Stay at home!” and use language sprinkled with insults and vulgar expressions.


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