[E-rundbrief] Info 324 - RB 119 - Obdachlosendemonstrationen in Ungarn

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 324: Rundbrief Nr. 119 - Simó Endre (Hungarian Social 
Forum): Obdachlosendemonstrationen auch in Ungarn. (Deutsch und English)

Bad Ischl, 4.12.2005

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Obdachlosendemonstrationen auch in Ungarn

Am 18. November gingen auch in Budapest, Pecs und Szeged Obdachlose - 
unterstützt von sozialen Bewegungen - auf die Straße um gegen ihre prekären 
Lebensbedingungen zu demonstrieren. Im Winter erfrieren auch in Ungarn 
Dutzende Obdachlose. Viele von ihnen sind Opfer von Delogierungen. Deshalb 
griffen sie die Forderung der International Alliance of Inhabitants (IAI) 
auf, die einen sofortigen Stopp von Delogierungen und weitere begleitende 
Unterstützungen fordert.

(Aus einer Aussendung des Hungarian Social Forum v. 19.11.2005, red.: 
Matthias Reichl)


Aussendung des Hungarian Social Forum v. 19.11.2005

Organized by the "The Man of the Street" association, and with the 
participation of other organisations of the hungarian civil society 
demonstrations of solidarity with homeless people have taken place on 
Friday, 18th November 2005 in Budapest, Pecs and Szeged.

At the Budapest demonstration, held in the underground of the Western 
Railway Station, generally occupied by homeless families in winter time, 
many hundreds and thousands of passers-by as well as the audience of the 
national broadcast Petõfi, could hear directly from the homless peoples, 
how they are living and facing the winter months risking the frost killing. 
(Every winter dozens and dozens of homeless people freeze to death in 
Hungary, because evicted from their homes.)

(The) Position of the Hungarian Social Forum Coordination Working Group has 
been presented by Imre Gajda, the representative of the Source of Life 
Association (Létforrás). We demand the "Zero Eviction": nobody can be 
deprived of his home for any reason without guarantee of another dwelling - 
has told. Right to the home is a Human Right, homeless people of the street 
has to be assisted by the State and the local authorities - he has added. A 
communique of the Hungarian Social Forum's CWG on Zero Eviction has been 
distributed to the press and the public. The communique invites the 
hungarian authorities and the National Assembly to follow the zero eviction 
practice of other countries in Europe, as proposed by the International 
Alliance of Inhabitants (IAI). The hungarian demonstration and the zero 
eviction option of the HSF has been supported also by the coordinator of 
IAI, Cesare Ottolini, who has sent a solidarity message to the HSF cwg on 
Friday.

(simó)

e-mail: drsimoendre at freemail.hu

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