The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1984 (11. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1984-07-01 / 7. szám
the interests of the state” and “distribution of inciting material”, laws which are usually applied against political dissidents. If found guilty, he will be subject to imprisonment of three years and six months, respectively. During the past three months Duray led an unprecedented and successful protest campaign, with petitions signed by some ten thousand citizens, against passage of a law which could have resulted in the elimination of the minority language schools and classes serving Czechoslovakia’s one million Hungarian inhabitants. Since 1978, Miklós Duray, a geologist writer authored a number of studies, smuggled out of the country and published in Paris and New York, documenting official measures which deprive Hungarians of human rights in present day Czechoslovakia. He was imprisoned for his writings on November 10, 1982 and was released on February 24, 1983 only as a result of a vigorous international campaign in Europe and the United States. Among those who publicly demanded that the Czechoslovak government fulfill the provisions of the Helsinki Final Act in its treatment of Duray and the Hungarian minority were several U.S. government and congressional personalities and the writers Irving Howe, Susan Sontag and Kurt Vonnegut. Please, write or send telegram to one or more of these persons asking the release of Béla Pál and investigation of the death of Rev. Géza Pálfi: His Excellency Presidentele RS Romania Nicolae Ceausescu Calea Victoriei 49/53 Bucharest, RS Romania Telegrams to: President Ceausescu, Bucharest, Romania Telex: 10553 mcext Minister of Justice Gheorghe Chivulescu Bulevard Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej 33 Bucharest, RS Romania Telegrams to: Gheorghe Chivulescu, Minister Justice, Bucharest, Romania Telex: 10553 mcext r attention Gheorghe Ghivulescu Minister of the Interior George Homostean Str. Eforiei 3 Bucharest, RS Romania Telegrams to: George Homostean Minister Interior, Bucharest, Romania Telex: 10553 mcext attention George Homostean His Excellency Barbu Popscu Ambassador of Romania 655 Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario KIN 6A3 His Excellency Mircea Malitza Ambassador of Romania 1607 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 2008 Please, write or send telegram to one or more of these persons asking the release of Miklós Duray: His Excellency President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Gustav Husak Ludvika Svobody 12. Prague, Hrad, Czechoslovakia His Excellency Jaroslav Vantovsky Ambassador of Czechoslovakia 3900 Linnean Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008 Minister of the Interior Dr. Jaromir Obzina Interior ministry Prague, Czechoslovakia His Excellency H. E. Stefan Murin Ambassador of Czechoslovakia 50 Rideau Terrace Ottawa/Quebec, Canada KIM 2A1 CARPATHIAN OBSERVER Published by the: Committee of Transylvania, Inc., (A non-profit organization) Editor: Louis L. Lote, P.O. Box 10069, Rochester, New York, 14610 — Tel.: (716) 288-2014
