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Nieuwsbrief November — Hírlevél November — Newsletter November 2010 |
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EuR. Comm. HUMAN RIGHTS HUNGARIANS CENTRAL EUROPE |
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CONTACT |
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Stichting Eur. Comm. Human Rights Hungarians Centr. Eur. KVK 412.11.689 Amsterdam Postbank : 40 78 571 Postbus 2492 5202 CL ‘s Hertogenbosch Nederland Tel: +31 (0) 87 8724745 Fax: +31 (0) 84 8304217 Info@hungarian-human-rights.eu |
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AFMELDEN VAN DE NIEUWSBRIEF -UNSUBSCRIBE -LEIRATKOZÁS A HIRLEVELRŐL |
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Our foundation sends a yearly mailing in which we ask for donations, the Dutch and Hungarian language versions can be accessed here. The European Committee Human Rights Hungarians Central Europe is an independent foundation that strives for the creation of a Central Europe where discrimination on the bases of race, language and ethnicity are abolished. By this way we would kindly ask you to support our foundation. You can support us anonymously or by bank transfer. Donations to our foundation are tax deductible from Dutch income tax. |
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On paper Romania is a country that does not assimilate it’s autonomous peoples by force. It is even a place where old ethnic controversies have been abolished completely. It is even a country where autonomous people are protected by righteous laws and treaties. In practice these rights are violated on a very great scale. Here you can read about ten cases in which Romania seriously breaches its own domestic, bilateral, European and international legal obligations. The crystal clear law 215 of 2001, which states that the use of the autonomous language is compulsory in administrative regions where the population is higher than 20 % is simply violated on a large scale. We asked the competent authorities to comply with the law, here you can read more.
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For a person grown up in the Netherlands it is the most natural thing to stand up for their rights. A Western European citizen will not hesitate to file a complaint to the public authorities or will not hesitate to use legal means to enforce the use of their rights. The Hungarian speaking autonomous population of Romania and Slovakia shows reflexes, with regards to civil rights, that are hard to understand for a person being grown up in an open and free society. These differences in attitude are at least very remarkable, since we all live in a United Europe, where equal norms and rules apply. You can read more about language rights in Central Europe in the following article. (Dutch) |
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LANGUAGE RIGHTS IN CENTRAL EUROPE |
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The ANWB (Dutch automobile club) yearly publishes very useful maps for its members, however it seems that the ANWB is not consistent regarding the use of bilingual signs in Central Europe. When it comes to Swedes in Finland, German Speaking Italians or Basks bilingual signs are used. However in the case of the new Europe (Romania and Slovakia) these bilingual signs are missing. We wrote a letter to the ANWB to correct this. (Dutch Language version Only) |
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