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| | Romania. In: Amnesty International Report 2000 |
 | | This was incompatible with international standards, such as the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, which allow the use of firearms only in self-defence, or the defence of those facing imminent threat of death or serious injury. |
 | | * Police officers seeking to arrest a group of suspected cigarette smugglers in Bucharest shot and killed Radu Marian, a 40-year-old Roma, and wounded two of his companions, as they attempted to flee. |
 | | Journalists continued to face imprisonment or heavy fines, on charges of insult, libel, and "offence to authority", for reporting alleged corruption involving public officials. |
| www.amnestyusa.org /countries/romania/document.do?id=C9407FB9383D9FF9802568E400729F31 (1504 words) |
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