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• Congressman's letter to Slovak Prime Minister - HHRF Press Release • Wanted: Tony Blair for war crimes - The Guardian • The next stop for the Roma: Canada? - The Globe and Mail • The idea of progress - Onwards and upwards - The Economist • Letter to Mr. Shimon Peres - by the World Federation of Hungarians (MVSZ) • Foreign investors in Hungary - THE ECONOMIST • Jobbik's president, Gábor Vona interviewed on Hungarian TV • How Jobbik transformed Hungarian politics • How lies turn into "facts” in the British media • Árpád Stripes misses the mark - The Budapest Times • Jobbik Friends of Hungary (UK), extends gratitude to Metropolitan Police • Growing marginalisation of Hungary's Roma - BBC News • How Gypsy gangs use child thieves - BBC • Roma children perplex local educators - TORONTO STAR • Hungarian national dress now illegal • Hungarian tragedy - the fate that befell Hungarians in Czecho-Slovakia (1944-1949) • A vicious attack by Gypsies - and lies, damn lies... • The far right in eastern Europe (The Economist) • Jobbik Condemns Ukraine's anti-Hungarian Measures • End of Communism Cheered but Now with More Reservations • About the EU.S.S.R - Czech pact - Jobbik's opinion • Foreign nationalists speak, national media silent - about 53rd anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising • Hungary’s Helsinki Committee abandons own founding principles • Roma beggars removed from illegal makeshift camp (Helsingin Sanomat) • Hungarian inventions which made the world happier…

• New Hungarian Guard ensures peaceful passing of commemorative events • Jobbik's votes were crucial in blocking discriminative labelling of Italy • Hungary and the great myth of 1989 (The First Post) • Mistakes, lies and slander found in the article of LOS ANGELES TIMES • On 23rd October: 53rd Anniversary of 1956 - regime-sponsosred violence again? • Letters to the LOS ANGELES TIMES • Jobbik's letter to the LOS ANGELES TIMES • In Hungary, far right is making gains (Los Angeles Times) • Gypsy Perpetrators Kick Middle-aged Man to Death • Slovakia Curtails Free Speesch through Restrictive Language Law • Frustrations Grow Among Slovakia's Hungarian Minority (Jan Puhl - Der Spiegel) • Gipsy Crimes 1993-2009.September • Jobbik statement - On the serial killing of Gypsies in Hungary • The proclamation released by your Embassy supporting... • Re: Icy relations between Hungary and Slovakia turn even frostier • Icy relations between Hungary and Slovakia turn even frostier (The Economist print edition) • Her Excellency, Angela Merkel - open letter • Jobbik's statement: On the newest chapter of the Hungarian-Slovakian conflict • Letter to FUEN-President Hans Heinrich Hansen • The right to ones own native language – by the Federal Union of European Nationalities • Charles Szucsan's letter to the German newpaper DIE ZEIT • Who is the NASTY amongst Hungarians (The Economist print edition + comment) • The dissolution of the Hungarian Guards - Statement of The World Federation of Hungarians • Discrimination of Hungarians in Slovakia • Unlawful actions of the Hungarian police on 4 July 2009 with pictures - by the National Legal Defence Service

Congressman's letter to Slovak Prime Minister - HHRF Press Release

2010.02.02, 10:02                    Tartalomjegyzékhez               Egyszerű

Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF) Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio Calls on Slovak Prime Minister to Reconsider Slovak Language Law In a strongly-worded letter dated January 28, Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio (D-10) called on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to rethink the undemocratic language law that came into effect in Slovakia on September 1, 2009. The law “discriminates directly against Slovakia’s ethnic minorities that comprise fifteen percent of the total population; specifically the Hungarian community that constitutes eleven percent of ethnic minorities in the country,” states the final version (attached) obtained by HHRF. The lawmaker found that “implementation of such a law violates the basic human right of freedom of expression that is a fundamental underpinning of all successful democracies.” Congressman Kucinich objected to fines ranging between “€100 and €5,000 for the unauthorized use of any language other than Slovak in official communications” that the law imposes. Employees of the state have to use the official—Slovak—language “during the performance of their duties, ” thus, “a firefighter responding in the Hungarian language to a call for help could be subject to disciplinary action under the law,” holds the letter. Other provisions of the law “clearly intend to degrade the rich history of ethnic minorities and seek to homogenize the diverse identities of the peoples in the region,” asserted the Congressman; while the inequality, fear and mistrust that law promotes and instills were among the chief concerns the legislator pointed out. In conclusion, Mr. Kucinich’s letter called upon Prime Minister Fico to guarantee equal protection and freedom from discrimination for all in Slovakia regardless of ethnicity or language. HHRF has been closely following and reporting on the restrictive and punitive amendments to the Slovak State Language Law adopted June 30, 2009. For further documentation please visit www.hhrf.org or contact any of our Foundation’s three offices: Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF) has worked since 1976 to mobilize international support for the 3 million Hungarians who live as national minorities in Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Croatia and Slovenia. HHRF regularly collects, translates, analyses and disseminates reports on the human rights condition of these communities. With offices in New York, Budapest and Kolozsvár, Romania, the Foundation serves as a clearinghouse of information for Western governments, human rights organizations, the media and the public.