Introduction - Juridical Background
Both during the communist regime and nowadays Gregorian Bivolaru has been subject to abusive and discriminating actions which culminated with the events started on 18 March 2004 , when his apartment was devastated during a search taking place simultaneously with other 16 private locations, residences of some yoga students.
On 28 March 2004 , Mr. Bivolaru was illegally detained at Nadlac border point, charged with an alleged attempt to illegally cross the border, attempt denounced by eyewitnesses as a set-up. The political order is clearly proved by the transcripts of Social Democratic Party (PSD) meeting on 27 March, the very day before the set-up.
In spite of these very soft evidences, Mr. Bivolaru is arrested on 30 March 2004 with extreme swiftness, a court of judges being formed at night and the trial taking place within doors. The right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence are not observed.
On 31 May 2004 a new arrest warrant is issued, for sexual act with a minor, despite the fact that the “victim” denied this capacity.
After Mr. Bivolaru's request for political asylum in Sweden , the Romanian authorities realized the first warrant - on which the extradition request was based - was very inconsistent, and came up with a new warrant in April 2005, assimilating a fundamental branch of yoga – Karma Yoga – with persons trafficking.
The Romanian authorities set-up two files on the name of Mr. Gregorian Bivolaru, one of them was on trial at Sibiu Law Court, see the article SIBIU COURT HAS RULED: GREGORIAN BIVOLARU IS INNOCENT, and at present the other one is on trial at the Law Court from Cluj, see the files status.

One day after the political order at the Social Democratic Party (PSD) meeting held on 27 March, Mr. Bivolaru was restrained at the border.
On the 28 th of March, following some ambiguous news about an interdiction to leave the country, Mr. Gregorian Bivolaru went to Nadlac border point to check whether he was confined to the border or not.
On March 18 2004, during a violent house search, Madalina Dumitru was filmed, against her will, barely dressed, treated brutally, threatened, the gun pointed to her head by masked men.
The lawyers of Gregorian Bivolaru filed in September 2004 an application to the European Court for Human Rights.
On 4 October 2004 the lawyers of Gregorian Bivolaru request the reassignment of the case to a court outside Bucharest.
Because of the lack of evidence the Bucharest Tribunal issued on 15 April 2005 a new arrest warrant against Gregorian Bivolaru for the crime of trafficking persons.
Status of the files on trial.