Nieuwsbrief Juni — Hírlevél Június — Newsletter June 2010

EuR. Comm. HUMAN RIGHTS HUNGARIANS CENTRAL EUROPE

The treasurer of the foundation has placed a poster on a public location in Samorin (Somorja) in South Slovakia, The poster contains the following text, „HUNGARIANS ARE BORN AS FREE PEOPLE , NOT AS SLAVES”. According to the Slovakian language law the use of the English language is strictly forbidden in public. Members of the autonomous Hungarians speaking inhabitants of Slovakia, have already been prosecuted by the Slovakian language police for the public  use of an other language as Slovakian. You can read more about the language law under the following link. http://www.hungarian-human-rights.eu/taalterreur/

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The foundation launched it’s language rights portal. The purpose of this portal is to notify the Hungarian speaking citizens in Slovakia and Romania, that they are entitled to use their mother language. Just like the Welsh can do in England, or the German speaking population of South Tirol is entitled to. These rights are guaranteed in European, bilateral and national treaties and laws. For more information please visit: http://www.language-rights.eu/

 The Slovakian language police sent a summon, to amateur  theatre players, who violated the Slovakian language law. According to the Slovakian language law, any kind of cultural meetings in the Hungarian language  are forbidden. The language law also prohibits the use of spoken English in public. English language inscriptions are also forbidden in public.  It is very remarkable that the Slovakian language police tolerates pop concerts in the English language, however it does not tolerate similar events if they happen in the Hungarian language.  On  the basis of these procedural inequalities regarding the Language law.  Slovakia is the only country in  the European union, that  openly discriminates on the sole basis  of ethnicity.