Hindus critical of Hungary for failure to protect its Roma populace
Rajan Zed recently slammed the Romanian government for its inability to give equal rights to the Roma or gypsy population and compared it with an apartheid kind of situation.
HINDUS HAVE strongly criticised Hungarian government for failing to protect its Roma (Gypsy) population. On the other hand it was practically looking the other way when on its own land Roma were being maltreated. There were reports that far-right groups had patrolled some villages/towns in the past intimidating Roma living there. Rajan Zed asked for European Union (EU) intervention in Hungary to protect its Roma minority. Already marginalized, deprived, and discriminated against Roma should not be blamed for all the misfortune of Hungary, he said and added that Hungary and EU should make sure that racism and hatred did not grow in Hungary. Zed further said that in Hungary, despite various government initiatives, Roma reportedly continued to face blatant discrimination, shanty town living, an atmosphere of hostility, huge unemployment rate, lower life expectancy, prejudice, significantly higher school dropout rate, racism, bias and stereotyping, school segregation, social exclusion, mistrust, human rights violations, etc. According to an estimate, less than 1 per cent of Roma obtained higher education degrees. Rajan Zed pointed out that instead of reportedly continuing to marginalise Roma socially, this country of Lake Balaton, romantic Danube River, Franz Liszt and Bela Bartok should be more embracing of Roma brothers and sisters who had been reportedly living with them since 14th century. Zed urged all religious leaders, religions and denominations of Hungary to work for the upliftment of Roma, because religion told us to help the helpless. Roma in Hungary form about ten per cent of total Hungary populace, which makes it largest Roma minority as percentage of total population in the world. Current demographic trends indicate that in 2050, about 21 percentage of Hungary population will be Roma. Zed stressed that it was moral obligation of Europe to take care of its largest minority Roma population and stop human rights violations suffered by them, who numbered around 15 million and lived in apartheid like conditions. There seemed to be no coherent and effective policy to assimilate them into the society. Their alarming condition was a social blight for Europe and the rest of the world.
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