Erika Benkő, Director of the Mikó Imre Minority Rights Legal Services Assistance, talks about the minimum rights and standards that minorities should be guaranteed by law, as well as the importance of the Minority Safepack and answers questions surrounding Szekler autonomy.
Vaccination: Bucharest shuts off Hungarian language information to local authorities
The Mikó Imre Association for the Protection of Minority Rights has turned to the National Council for Combating Discrimination because they find it discriminatory that the coronavirus vaccination campaign is not being carried out in Hungarian as well in areas where Transylvanian-Hungarians live. According to the association, several ethnic Hungarian people reported that only Romanian-language forms are available in the vaccination centers.
Hungarian inscription on town sign smeared with paint
“Vandals have left us Hungarians a message,” reads the caption of a photo posted by Antal Kanyó, the deputy mayor of Nagyborosnyó (Boroșneu Mare, Gross-Weindorf), on his Facebook page. The picture was of the village sign, which, according to the maszol.ro news portal, had had its Hungarian inscription painted over.
Anti-discrimination watchdog fines Romanian journalist for anti-Hungarian speech
Romania’s anti-discrimination council (CNCD) has fined B1 television network journalist Radu Banciu RON 5,000 for anti-Hungarian speech in a talk show discussing the Úz Valley military graveyard. The network had already been fined RON 20,000 for the same show aired on May 19, 2019.
Anti-discrimination council fines Romanian football association for anti-Hungarian slogans
Romania’s anti-discrimination council (CNCD) has fined the country’s football association (FRF) RON 5,000 for anti-Hungarian slogans shouted during the national team’s U21 qualifier against Northern Ireland on October 19, 2019, Székelyhon reports. The council was notified by the Mikó Imre Association for the Protection of Minority Rights.