{"id":228,"date":"2019-02-13T14:56:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T12:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4h4n9.ahang.hu\/en\/?p=228"},"modified":"2019-04-05T15:05:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T13:05:59","slug":"we-have-made-hungarys-national-roma-self-government-reinstall-the-memorial-plaque-commemorating-the-victims-of-the-roma-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4h4n9.ahang.hu\/en\/campaigns\/we-have-made-hungarys-national-roma-self-government-reinstall-the-memorial-plaque-commemorating-the-victims-of-the-roma-murders\/2019\/02\/13\/","title":{"rendered":"We Have Made Hungary\u2019s National Roma Self-Government Reinstall the Memorial Plaque Commemorating the Victims of the Roma Murders"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n
aHang\u2019s activists, together with the citizens who joined them, have achieved a tremendous result: due to their exerting pressure, the National Roma Self-Government has reinstalled the memorial plaque commemorating the victims of a series of homicides against the Roma. This is another huge achievement made possible by the aHang platform, and this time success came in relation to a particularly neglected area in Hungary: the field of Roma advocacy.<\/p>\n
Ten years ago, in November 2009, the National Roma Self-Government led by Orb\u00e1n Kolomp\u00e1r placed a memorial plaque in its headquarters in Doh\u00e1ny Street. The black marble board commemorated the six victims of a series of homicides against the Roma. Then, the plaque disappeared from the wall of the building. Over the years, an increasing number of people noticed that it was missing and inquired about its whereabouts and the reason for its removal, but no one got an explanation. A couple of months ago, one of the staff members of aHang inquired about the plaque at the headquarters in person, and he was promised an answer by the secretariat, but it never arrived.<\/p>\n
There is very little information available on the former plaque, with an article by Attila Balogh Hidv\u00e9ghi, editor-in-chief of Romnet, being the only authentic source. Apart from that, no image or other relevant links can be found on the Internet. Still, it is certain that the inauguration of the plaque has happened and that it was on the wall for some time.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.romnet.hu\/hirek\/2009\/11\/03\/emlektabla_orzi_a_romagyilkossagok_aldozatait<\/a><\/p>\n As the jubilee was approaching, the situation around the unanswered question became increasingly grave, so Lajos \u2018Paci\u2019 Balogh, staff member of aHang, launched a campaign on the issue involving collecting signatures, mass mailing and a street action.<\/p>\n