1993 Hădăreni riots

1993 Romani pogrom in Romania dms titleThe 1993 Hădăreni riots (ro Ciocnirile de la Hădăreni, hu 1993-as hadrévi pogrom) were a series of riots in the village of Hădăreni, Mureș County, Romania, involving Romanians and Hungarians on the one side against Roma on the other side, ending with threehttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/romanians-vent-old-hatreds-against-gypsies-the-villagers-of-hadareni-are-defiant-about-their-murder-of-vermin-adrian-bridge-reports-1511734.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/romanians-vent-old-hatreds-against-gypsies-the-villagers-of-hadareni-are-defiant-about-their-murder-of-vermin-adrian-bridge-reports-1511734.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Romanians vent old hatreds against Gypsies: The villagers of Hadareni are defiant about their murder of 'vermin' The Independent 18 October 1993 November 20, 2013 ethnic Romas (Lupian Rapa Lăcătuș, Aurel Pardalian Lăcătuș, and Mircea Zoltan) and one ethnic Romanian, Crăciun Chețan,http://www.gandul.info/stiri/cedo-romania-trebuie-sa-despagubeasca-cu-42-000-euro-o-familie-de-romi-victime-in-hadareni-10320301 CEDO: România trebuie să despăgubească cu 42.000 euro o familie de romi, victime în Hădăreni 14 November 2012 Mediafax Romanian November 20, 2013https://www.gandul.ro/stiri/cedo-romania-trebuie-sa-despagubeasca-cu-42000-euro-o-familie-de-romi-victime-in-hadareni-10320301 CEDO: România trebuie să despăgubească cu 42.000 euro o familie de romi, victime în Hădăreni November 14, 2012https://hotnews.ro/hadareni-la-ora-adevarului-808748 Hădăreni, la ora adevarului HotNews August 15, 2005 being murdered. The riots On 20 September 1993, a group of Roma had an argument with an elderly Romanian. When his son arrived to rescue the father, one of the Romas stabbed him to death. The Roma then sought refuge in a house where they locked themselves in. The Romanians demanded they leave the house and render themselves to police. As the Roma refused to come out of the house, the Romanian and Hungarian villagers, including the local police commander and one of his officers,http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/March-April-2006/scene_Merlino_marapr06.msp Roma v. Romania. A judgment for the Gypsies gives them little satisfaction www.legalaffairs.org November 20, 2013 March 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235402/http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/March-April-2006/scene_Merlino_marapr06.msp dead gathered outside, sprayed the house with gasoline and set it on fire. Two Roma were lynched when they tried to flee, one burned to death inside, and one escaped.Hadareni Journal; Death Is a Neighbor, and the Gypsies Are Terrified The New York Times 1993-10-27 https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/27/world/hadareni-journal-death-is-a-neighbor-and-the-gypsies-are-terrified.html 2025-09-29 There had been dozens of complaints from the majority population about thefts committed by Roma in the previous period which were never solved by police.http://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/Social/16435/Bomba-Hadareni.html Bomba Hădăreni www.9am.ro Romanian November 20, 2013 Afterwards, in a "classic case of mob justice", 13 (or 14, according to some sources) Roma houses were burnt down, and an additional four were damaged. The police did nothing to stop the attacks. Most of the 130 Roma inhabitants of the village fled into the nearby woods, returning only after days or even weeks. The government, in its official explanation, expressed understanding for the "anger of the villagers."http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/eastern-europe-s-scapegoats-governments-turn-blind-eye-to-violence-against-roma-a-788868.html Eastern Europe's Scapegoats: Governments Turn Blind Eye to Violence Against Roma Der Spiegel 28 September 2011 November 20, 2013 Verseck Keno The trial After charges were filed in 1997, five men were convicted by a Romanian court of murder, and seven of property destruction and disturbing public order. In 1999, the Romanian Supreme Court acquitted two of the accused murderers and reduced the charges against the other three. The European Court of Human Rights decided that the Romanians have to pay €238,000 compensation to the group of Roma whose houses were burnt down. According to the European Court verdict, representatives of the Romanian Police participated in the arson, and then tried to hide this. The court also decided that the ethnic origin of the people involved was an important factor in its outcome, and that the length of the trial (11 years) infringed on their right to a fair trial.https://www.bbc.co.uk/romanian/news/story/2005/07/050712_echr_hadareni.shtml Decizia Curții Drepturilor Omului în dosarul Hădăreni BBC 12 July 2005 See also Romani people in Romania 2006 Ferentari riot References 2 External links Haller, István: Lynching is not a crime: mob violence against Roma in post-Ceaușescu Romania https://web.archive.org/web/20160125012008/http://www.errc.org/article/lynching-is-not-a-crime-mob-violence-against-roma-in-post-ceau%C5%9Fescu-romania/1824a 2016-01-25 , Roma Rights, Spring/1998 (ISSN 1417-1503), ERRC, Budapest, p. 35-42. Haller, István: Cazul Hădăreni https://web.archive.org/web/20160127061927/http://altera.adatbank.transindex.ro/pdf/28/005.pdf 2016-01-27 , Altera, nr. 7/1998 (ISSN 1224-0338), Editura Pro Europa, Tîrgu-Mureș, p. 106-123. Haller, István: Procesul Hădăreni https://web.archive.org/web/20160127061927/http://altera.adatbank.transindex.ro/pdf/28/005.pdf 2016-01-27 , Altera, nr. 28/2005 (ISSN 1224-0338), Editura Pro Europa, Tîrgu-Mureș, p. 63-92. Category:1993 murders in Romania Category:1993 riots Category:Riots and civil disorder in Romania Category:Anti-Romani sentiment in Romania Category:Ethnic riots Category:History of Mureș County Category:Police misconduct in Europe Category:Romani history in Romania Category:September 1993 in Romania Category:1993 mass murders Category:Mass murders in Romania Category:20th-century mass murders in Europe Category:Pogroms Category:Arson in Europe Category:Arson in 1993 Category:1990s fires in Europe Category:Fires in Romania Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in Romania Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 1993 Category:Lynching deaths in Europe Category:20th century in Transylvania