Tiltakozás a német megszállás emlékműve ellen

Video a civilek és a baloldali összefogás pártjainak tiltakozásáról a Szabadság téri német megszállási emlékmű ellen. Az eseményen kb. 300-an vettek részt. A felszólalók beszéde után a jelenlévők együttesen lebontották a kormány által felállított kordont, mely a szobor talapzatának leendő helyét volt hivatott elkeríteni.

Protest against Controversial WWII Monument in Budapest

A demonstration was held against the controversial monument dedicated to the victims of the German occupation of Hungary during WW II, held by the opposition Democratic Coalition party in Freedom Square Budapest, Hungary. Members of the Jewish community were among the demonstrators and argued that the memorial removes any responsibility from the Hungarian government of that time for the death of Hungarian Jews. The protesters blocked work on a controversial monument.

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Picture 1.     Szabolcs Kerek-Barczy, member of the Democratic Coalition party (DK) 

Picture 4.     Csaba Horvath, member of the opposition Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)

Picture 5.     Klara Dobrev, wife of previous PM of Hungary, Ferenc Gyurcsany

                         

Lajos Bokros MOMA

Lajos Bokros, controversial former Socialist Finance Minister of Hungary, MEP and founder of Movement for a Modern Hungary (Moma), collected signatures to run for the EU Parliamentary Election at Budapest Western Railway Terminal.

The party entered into an agreement with Unity 2014 movement "Összefogás 2014" in February to support the oppositions "from outside" but would not run on the alliance's party list or field individual candidates.

Lajos Bokros is best known for the so-called "Bokros package" a string of austerity measures implemented during his term as Finance Minister.

Parliamentary election was held in Hungary on 6 April 2014 (yesterday). The left conceded defeat.

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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