How CNSAS fabricated a "Sorin Antohi case". The moral harassment of the intellectual from Iasi Cover Image

Cum a creat CNSAS un „caz Sorin Antohi”. Hărțuirea morală a intelectualului ieșean
How CNSAS fabricated a "Sorin Antohi case". The moral harassment of the intellectual from Iasi

Author(s): Gabriel Andreescu
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Law and Transitional Justice, Court case
Published by: Centrul de Studii Internationale
Keywords: Sorin Antohi; The Group from Iași; Securitate; communism; CNSAS; right to a fair trial; right to honor; moral harassment;

Summary/Abstract: The study analyzes the impact of the practices of the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives on people’s reputation, with reference to Sorin Antohi, an intellectual, former member of the Group from Iasi, a community representative for the “resistance through culture” movement. I analyze, one by one, the consistent and costly history of the young intellectual’s adversity towards the communist regime, the requests for disclosure addressed to CNSAS, the initiation of investigations, Sorin Antohi’s self-moral lustration, the role of the Investigations Department, the Legal Department and the CNSAS College in misrepresenting the “Sorin Antohi case”, the battle in the courts. The study shows that Sorin Antohi’s right to a fair trial and his right to honor were violated and, therefore, there was an infringement of his right to private and family life. The most obvious and serious misbehavior is the moral harassment of the intellectual from Iasi. The analysis demonstrates the need for legislative amendments that would curb CNSAS’s deviations, by: ensuring that the CNSAS can fix older decisions with obvious mistakes; to introduce a methodology sensitive to the violation of the right to dignity of persons investigated by CNSAS.

  • Issue Year: 20/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 67-88
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Romanian