The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1982 (9. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1982-10-01 / 10. szám

ward the minorities as outlined in the peace treaties as well as in the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Rumania. (See: Congressional Records, June, 1976)

In July 1976, protests against the blatant oppression of minority Churches and ethnic groups in Rumania were entered to the United Nations and the World Council of Churches Assembly in Nairobi, Africa, by Bishop Dr. Zoltán Béky, representing the Transylvanian World Federation and the American Hungarian Federation.

The Committee for Human Rights in Rumania in New York demonstrated repeatedly against the Rumanian Government and demanded the investigation of minority grievances in Rumania.

In October 1976 the United States Government asked the Government of the Socialist Republic of Rumania to grant permission, in accordance with the Helsinki Agreement, to a special investigating committee to enter Rumania and investigate the alleged human rights violations and discriminations against the minorities. The Rumanian government refused to grant the permission.

In January 1977 a new “Five Year Plan” was implented by the Rumanian government, at the end of which, in 1982 “there will be no more Hungarian minority in Rumania..”

Mop «ttowing Imhm from after th< Congrau of Bwlin (lS78) to tho Troaty of Trionen (1920 )

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Foundation of th* Rumanian stat« 18 78. Anoxation of Dabruja 1913-1919 fiam Bulgaria. An—otion of Bouarobio 19)8 fiam U.S.SA

Anoxation of But—rino 1919 from Amtro-Mungory l 1 Anaxotion of Traneytvanio 1920 from Hungary.

An—otion of Banat 1920 fiam Hungary.

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