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Fidesz Condemns Ukrainian Authorities Harassing Ethnic Hungarians
Fidesz said the actions were clearly aimed at intimidation and were anti-minority and anti-European.
It is shocking that Ukraine, striving for NATO and European Union membership, uses such methods in the 21st century, and treats a peaceful national minority … in such a way.”
The actions of intimidation by the authorities are attempts to severely restrict Transcarpathian Hungarians in acting on their rights guaranteed by Ukraine’s constitution and international treaties, and nurturing their national identity and culture, it added.
Ukraine is using “the darkest methods reminiscent of the Soviet era” to intimidate its citizens, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Facebook on Sunday. The minister reacted to recent press reports that Ukraine’s security service launched criminal proceedings against local councillors of the village of Szürte (Siurte), in western Ukraine’s Transcarpathia region, on s
Actions taken against the Cultural Alliance of Hungarians in Transcarpathia and its institutions and foundations are reason for serious concern, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony said on Tuesday, citing a letter he wrote to Beregszász (Berehove) Mayor Zoltán Babják.
Karácsony said he had expressed his solidarity to members of the ethnic Hungarian community and assured Babják that Beregszász, a sister city of Budapest, could always rely on Budapest’s support and partnership.
Karácsony said a recent house search at the college of Beregszász was especially unsettling, considering that the II Rákóczi Ferenc Hungarian College of Transcarpathia is an important institution of Hungarian education and culture beyond the borders.