Prague / Timisoara, 28 December 2015. In a letter to the President of Romania, the Platform of European Memory and Conscience requests that the records of the Romanian revolution of 1989 be de-classified. Many grave crimes were committed then against unarmed civilians, over 1 100 people were killed and over 3 500 people were wounded.

Ąs a follow-up to the conference “JUSTICE 2.0“ held in Timisoara on 19 December 2015, the Platform of European Memory and Conscience, the Timisoara Society and László Tőkés, Member of the European Parliament sent a letter to Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania today asking for the de-classification of the records of the Communist party, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Interior and other branches of state power pertaining of the Romanian Revolution of 1989.

During the conference the film “JUSTICE 2.0“ was screened and the work of the Platform on international justice for the Communist crimes was presented. The conference participants, many of them initiators of the democractic change in Romania 26 years ago, raised the issue of the classified archival records of the violent events which unfolded on 15-30 December 1989. Many grave crimes were committed then against unarmed civilians, over 1 100 people were killed and over 3 500 people were wounded.

“There is no justification to keep the records of these crimes secret, “ says Platform President Göran Lindblad. “We owe it to the victims and the perpetrators alike that the truth be finally told, that justice can be sought and that we can learn important lessons for a better, democratic future.”