A scandal broke out at a festival in Miskolc, Hungary.  Gyula Horváth, the president of a Roma organisation had all the permission to collect donations and distribute balloons at the festival. The city police, however, harassed him and told him to leave.

“They have been harassing me since the morning, since the Festival started. First they wanted to disturb me, then they threatened me, then they wanted to ring out the stand with a cordon. There were about ten people here, they checked my papers, but I have all the official permits,” Horváth told.

The president negotiated with the police for two hours. In the meantime, they took photos of him, and then the police sent the photos to the mayor.

• „Takarodj innen, cigány!” – Botrány tört ki a miskolci kocsonyafesztiválon, állítólag elzavarták a roma civil szervezet elnökét. In: RTL. 05.03.2023. https://rtl.hu/belfold/2023/03/05/roma-civil-szervezet-elnok-miskolc-kocsonya-fesztival

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