Fraternity-Testvériség, 2006 (84. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
2006-10-01 / 4. szám
Events of Concern about Hungary Declaration on Police Brutality in Hungary The European People's Party (EPP) voted on November 6, 2006 for the following Declaration on Hungary: The EPP Political Bureau meeting in Brussels on 9th November 2006: • condemns the unprecedented degree of police brutality on 23 rd October 2006 in Budapest against peaceful citizens who wished to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution; underlines that the police intervened in Budapest in a disproportionate and violent manner, provoking peaceful people, using illegal weapons, harassing demonstrators, attacking and beating up people - often the elderly and women with children; • condemns the breach by the police of basic civil rights like the freedom of assembly and the freedom of speech; • stresses that one of the foundations of any democracy must be the rule and respect of law, including the respect of law by the police; • stresses that the police provocations and brutality in Budapest were contrary to European standards, and unprecedented in Hungary since the establishment of democracy in 1989-1990; • condemns any compromise of democratic rights and freedoms. For further information: Javier Jiménez EPP Press Officer Rue du Commerce, 10 B-1000 Brussels Phone: +32.2.2854.140 / +32.475.480.446 Email: jjimenez@epp.eu OBITUARY Mr. William Szuch, past HRFA Director - We are deeply saddened by the death of one of our own, Mr. William Szuch, and we would like to inform you that we will remembering him in the upcoming issue of the Fraternity. Mrs. Martha Hudak - It is with great sadness that we inform you about a loss in our HRFA family. Mrs. Martha Hudak, mother of Mrs. Margaret Pauli and mother-in-law of one of our directors’ Mr. Michael Pauli, Jr., who died on October 19, 2006 just one week after her 95th birthday. Mrs. Hudak was bom and baptized in Timar, Szabolcs Megye, in Hungary. She immigrated to America, with her family, in 1921 and became a member of Saint Michael's Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church in Perth Amboy, NJ, where she was a wonderful parishioner until the time of her demise. Mrs. Hudak was Margaret's precious genealogical link to the past with her memories of the years in Hungary during World War I, prior to coming to America. It was this deep reverence for their heritage which helped both with the program FIND YOUR ANCESTORS, available to others on the HRFA website.. Page 20 Fraternity - Testvériség
