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Inside Europe: Former Romanian president to stand trial

Kit Gillet
April 12, 2019

On April 8, Romania's former president Ion Iliescu and two other officials were charged with crimes against humanity. The trio stand accused of fomenting an atmosphere of chaos and confusion during the 1989 revolution that overthrew the communist regime of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. From Bucharest, Kit Gillet reports.

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