Roma hold solidarity march preceding right-wing demonstration

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About one hundred ethnic Roma and leaders of Roma civic organizations met in Tatarszentgyorgy, near Budapest, on Sunday to hold a solidarity march and at the same time protest a planned anti-Roma demonstration planned by the far right paramilitary Hungarian Guard. The Roma group marched through the streets of the town, moving from a street largely populated by Gypsies, to the local Catholic church, where they prayed for the souls of the Jews and Roma massacred by the Nazis in World War II. Addressing the gathering, Orban Kolompar, President of the National Gypsy Authority, said: “We have had to come here because the murderous ideals of Nazism exist in Hungary today and are being manifest on the streets of Tatarszentgyorgy. We have to act together for we cannot allow an extremist group to inspire fear in any minority group inside Hungary.”

siehe auch: Roma hold solidarity march preceding right-wing demonstration. About one hundred ethnic Roma and leaders of Roma civic organizations met in Tatarszentgyorgy, near Budapest, on Sunday to hold a solidarity march and at the same time protest a planned anti-Roma demonstration planned by the far right paramilitary Hungarian Guard.