{"id":44305,"date":"2026-01-31T19:51:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/hungarys-roma-community-protests-against-statements-by-orbans-ally\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T19:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:51:35","slug":"hungarys-roma-community-protests-against-statements-by-orbans-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/hungarys-roma-community-protests-against-statements-by-orbans-ally\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary&apos;s Roma community protests against statements by Orb\u00e1n&apos;s ally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Budapest, the Roma community protested against Minister J\u00e1nos L\u00e1z\u00e1r&#039;s statements regarding the segregated education of Roma children. Activists demand an apology and condemnation of segregation from the government.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.unn.ua%2Fimg%2F2026%2F01%2F31%2F1769887414-2576-large.webp&amp;w=720&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Hungary&#039;s Roma community protests against statements by Orb\u00e1n&#039;s ally\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A large demonstration of representatives of the Roma community took place in Budapest, provoked by controversial statements by Minister of Construction and Transport J\u00e1nos L\u00e1z\u00e1r. Protesters accused the official of inciting hatred and called on Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n to respond to his subordinate&#039;s actions. This was reported by AP, writes UNN.<\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p>The reason for the protest was L\u00e1z\u00e1r&#039;s comments on the situation in the city of H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely, where he was previously mayor. The minister spoke in favor of the idea of separate education for children of Roma origin, stating that integration &quot;is not always effective.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/img\/2026\/01\/31\/1769887369-3595-large.webp\"\/>                  <\/p>\n<p>Such statements provoked an immediate reaction from human rights activists and leaders of Roma organizations, who regarded these words as legitimizing segregation and discrimination at the state level.<\/p>\n<h2>Demonstrators&#039; demands to the government<\/h2>\n<p>Participants of the rally, who gathered near the parliament building, held posters with slogans against racism and for equal rights in education. Community leaders emphasized that such rhetoric from a high-ranking official only deepens the split in society and undermines efforts to socially adapt Roma.<\/p>\n<p>         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/img\/2026\/01\/31\/1769887386-3019-large.webp\"\/>                  <\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators demand a public apology from L\u00e1z\u00e1r and a clear government position on the unacceptability of separating children in schools based on ethnicity.<\/p>\n<p>Danish veterans marched in silent protest against Donald Trump&#039;s statements31.01.26, 18:33 \u2022 2532 views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Budapest, the Roma community protested against Minister J\u00e1nos L\u00e1z\u00e1r&#039;s statements regarding the segregated education of Roma children. Activists demand an apology and condemnation of segregation from the government. A large demonstration of representatives of the Roma community took place in Budapest, provoked by controversial statements by Minister of Construction and Transport J\u00e1nos L\u00e1z\u00e1r. Protesters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}