Hunger strike for Kishantos

Hungarian Jenő Sölétormos (1st photo, middle), founder of Hare Krishna Valley in Hungary has been on hunger strike at this week to protest against grabbing in front of the Parliament of Hungary.

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Protest continue against controversial WWII Monument in Budapest

Protest continue against the controversial monument dedicated to the victims of the German occupation of Hungary during WW II, in Freedom Square Budapest, Hungary. 

Photo 1. Fruzsina Magyar expresses her feeling against Nazism on construction fence, covered by plastic. 

Photo 2. Fruzsina Magyar and Andrea Zoltai organizers having conversation with a supporter right nearby the construction side. 

Photo 3. Construction workers started to build the fund of the monument

Photo 4. Zoltan Lovas journalist reading the report just a half an hour after he was released from the police department for vandalizing plastic covered construction fence. Being questioned for hours, his fingerprints and pics were taken 

Hungary Recalls 1956 Uprising

Supporters of the Hungarian government gather to commemorate the 1956 uprising against Soviet occupation during a Peace March in Budapest, Hungary. The events is well-known throughout the world. 

National Tobacco Monopoly

Hungarian parliament (Fidesz party's politicians) voted to make tobacco a state monopoly. Newly established National Tobacco Shops could sell only tobacco products. The lucky recipients of these concessions who successfully bid are mostly pro- Fidesz Hungarians. The numbers of licensed vendors reduced aprox to 5500 compared to 45.000 retailers before. The concessions were granted for the next 20 years.

Opposition Protests Constitution In Hungary

Just recognized, the copyright I put into the middle of each photo is dated back to 2011, instead of the appropriate year 2012 :-) All images were taken (January 2, 2012. Budapest, Hungary).

Today I went to photograph the protest at the State Opera. Some of the photos were already published in American Nepszava, the prominent US paper. My photos also hit the front page of Demotix, the London based photo agency. If you are interested to buy my photos, please contact with me or direct Demotix or Penta Press photo agency in Seoul, South Korea.


One of the photo shows a Protester holding a sign with the picture of recent prime minister Viktor Orban, Matyas Rakosi, General Secretary of the Hungaryan Communist Party (1945-July 18,1956), Miklos Horthy,Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary between (1 Mach 1920-15 October 1944).

Other sign (board) calls Victor Orban "Junk" and a Swastika style made with the letters of FIDESZ.

I was fortunate to meet and shake hands of the two journalists who were recently fired over hunger strike (Balazs Nagy Navarro and Aranka Szavuly) from MTVA. The hunger strike is seen as part of a wider protests against the government's media policy, the BBC reported. Balazs and Aranka seen on the 3th photo.

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