Florian Russu was sentenced to prison for "parasitism"-that is the crime of not having a joband remains under tight police supervision. He now suffers from ailments caused by beatings and by prison conditions. Mihai Botez. a recognized mathematician and the principal dissident in Romania. is under threat of internal exile from where he will never be permitted to emigrate if his appeal is turned down. A group of young workingclass Romanians. affiliated with the National Peasant Party. have been subjected to police and judicial reprisals after having formed a Romanian Association for the Defense of Human Rights. The associations purpose is simply to gather information on human rights violations in Romania and is dedicated to "exclusively peaceful. nonnviolent. and civilized means" of dissent.
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