Electronica. Testari Electronice. Inventii :

Nascut la : Tg. Mures, la 26.12.1955
1974-1979 Facultatea de Electronica si Telecomunicatii, Institutul Politehnic Bucuresti
Fondator si Asociat unic Parrot Invent SRL
Autor a inventilor :

Clema de testare si agatare tip Papagal.
# (U.S.A. Patent 5,457,392, European Patent: 0563234) - Parrot Clip and Test Leads
# Gold Medal - Eureka World Fair of Invention Brusseles - Parrot Clip and Test Leads.
# Sistem de fixare pentru capace de doza
# Automat de scara, Patent: Ro 115.095 B1

Activitati Civice si Politice :

Membru fondator Grupul pentru Dialog Social ( GDS )
Membru fondator APADOR - CH , Civic Aliance
FREEDOM Prise by the Poul Lauritzen Foundation, of Denmark
Got a "High 5 " from president Clinton, during his visit in Romania July 1997
Presedinte al GDS ( 1998-2005)
Presedinte al Asociatiei Revolutionarilor fara Privilegii (ARFP)-2004-2005

Disident in perioada dictaturii Ceausescu:

Decembrie 1982 - Mai 1983 Realizarea si imprastierea a peste 20.000 manifeste chemind la demonstratii impotriva conducerii Ceausescu in Bucuresti.
7 May 1983 arestat si condamnat la 10 inchisoare pentru Propaganda impotriva Societatii Socialiste"
December 1984 - nominalizat "Prizonier al luni " de catre Amnesty International in cadrul unei campanii de eliberare a detinutilor politici din tarile est-europene
18 Aprilie 1986 eliberat datorita eforturilor organizatilor neguvernamentale Amnesty International, Ligue pur Droit de l'Home, posturilor de Radio Europa Libera, Vocea Americii, dupa aproape 3 ani de detentie in inchisorile Rahova, Jilava si Aiud.

Disident against Ceausescu

# December 1982 - May 1983 Distribution of leaflets against the Ceausescu dictatorship
# 7 May 1983 arrested and convicted at 10 years in prison for "Propaganda against the Socialist Society"

# December 1984 - nominated "Prisoner of the month" by Amnesty International

# 18 April 1986 released on due to international pressure made by Amnesty International, Ligue pur Droit de l'Home, Radio Free Europe etc, after detention in Rahova, Jilava and Aiud prisons

# 12 December 1987 - arrested for initiating a Referendum on the leadership of Ceausescu

# 22 December 1987 - released after violent investigation, due to international support Kept under permanent surveillance, followed by 3 cars, 12 persons team and electronic listening devices Gathering and sending information abroad, together with my father and friends, about opposition actions and groups as other political prisoners from the Aiud jail, the "Romania Libera" group (Mihai Bacanu, Anton Uncu, Mihai Creanga) etc. Permanent contacts with other political prisoners: Ilie Ion, Gheorghe Nastasescu, Litoiu Nicolae, Manu Gheorghe, Barabas Feri, Barabas Janos, Barabas Piroska, Borbely Erno, Iancu Marin, Iulius Filip, Draghici Ion, Iuga Dumitru

# May 1988. organising the Trade Union "Libertatea" together with other former political prisoners: Gheorghe Nastasescu, Costica Purcaru, Iancu Marian, Totu Victor, Filip Iulius. An Open Letter was sent by "Libertatea" to the European Conference in Wien demanding Democratic freedom in Romania

# 21 December 1989 - Took part at the demonstrations against Ceausescu

# 22 December 1989 - (when Ceausescu's regime collapsed) arrested in the morning 6.14 and released in the afternoon.

Bibliography:

"Es gibt Dinge, die muss man einfach tun - Der Wiederstand des jungen Radu Filipescu" - by Hema Kenel, book printed in 1995 by Heder Verlag, Germany (ISBN 3-451-04446-3)
Presents Radu Filipescu's story .
" Jogging cu Securitatea " is the romanian edition of the book, printed by Universal Dalsi in 1998

Civic and political activities:

Founding member of Romanian Helsinki Commitee, Civic Aliance, Group for Social Dialogue

# founding Member of the Group for Social Dialogue
# member of the Provisory Parliament - National Council of National Unity (CPUN)
# founding member and co-chairman of the Romanian Helsinki Committee.
# Chairman of the Romanian Helsinki Committee, 1991, 1992
# awarded the FREEDOM Prise by the Poul Lauritzen Foundation, of Denmark.
# Chairman of the Group for Social Dialogue: 1991,1994 - 2000
# Reports on Human rights in Romania and in the Republic of Moldova.
# Got a "High 5 " from president Clinton, during his visit in Romania July 1997