Carmen Popescu (1943 - 2004)
Carmen Popescu (1943 - 2004)

Summary/Abstract: Carmen Popescu was a dissident and a fighter for human rights and free trade unions in communist Romania. After several violations of her labor rights, Carmen Popescu joined in March 1979 the newly established Free Trade Union for Human Rights in Romania (S.L.O.M.R.). As a result of her activity, like other S.L.O.M.R. members, she was sentenced to four months in prison for “parasitism,” under Decree no. 153/1970. After her release in March 1980, she continued her oppositional activity, drafting and attempting to send abroad documents concerning human rights violations in Romania. She was arrested again on 15 May 1981 and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for the offense of attempted propaganda against the socialist order. She was released on 10 August 1983, following the presidential decree of pardon no. 211/9 August 1983. She left the country three years later, on 13 April 1986, together with her daughter.

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