Szegedist
05-03-2013, 03:31 PM
The radical nationalist Jobbik party today got the green light to hold a protest ahead of the World Jewish Congress’ plenary meeting in Budapest after a court struck down a police order banning the demonstration.
The protest, entitled “Justice for Hungary! A Commemoration for the Victims of Bolshevism and Zionism,” is set to take place on Vértanúk tere next to Parliament at 10 a.m. on May 4, the day before the WJC event begins.
“We are asking everybody, as we have done before, to join us if they want to commemorate the victims of Bolhevism and Zionism in a manner that is full of piety, full of dignity,” event organizer Enikő Kovács Hegedűs, a Jobbik MP, in a video statement on her party’s website.
The court ruling represents a rebuke for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who had ordered a blanket ban on all demonstrations that might offend conference participants. The prime minister has recently been taking a tougher line on anti-Jewish hate speech after human rights organizations accused his governing Fidesz party of being too tolerant of anti-Semitism and other forms of racism. Orbán is scheduled to deliver the opening address at the WJC assembly on the evening of May 5.
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The protest, entitled “Justice for Hungary! A Commemoration for the Victims of Bolshevism and Zionism,” is set to take place on Vértanúk tere next to Parliament at 10 a.m. on May 4, the day before the WJC event begins.
“We are asking everybody, as we have done before, to join us if they want to commemorate the victims of Bolhevism and Zionism in a manner that is full of piety, full of dignity,” event organizer Enikő Kovács Hegedűs, a Jobbik MP, in a video statement on her party’s website.
The court ruling represents a rebuke for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who had ordered a blanket ban on all demonstrations that might offend conference participants. The prime minister has recently been taking a tougher line on anti-Jewish hate speech after human rights organizations accused his governing Fidesz party of being too tolerant of anti-Semitism and other forms of racism. Orbán is scheduled to deliver the opening address at the WJC assembly on the evening of May 5.
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