Word: roma
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...rural voters appear to have come at the expense of the MSzP, formerly the champion of the lower class. Many of the party's supporters have been attracted to its extremism. Jobbik's leader, Gabor Vona, is a founder of the Magyar Garda (Hungarian Guard) paramilitary group, whose anti-Roma rhetoric and adoption of nationalist symbols also used by World War II-era fascist groups have triggered alarm across Europe. The Hungarian Supreme Court banned the group last year, but while it was still active, many Jobbik politicians expressed sympathy for it. (See a brief history of WWII movies...
...party goes into the second round of the elections on April 25 within grasp of the two-thirds parliamentary majority required to make constitutional changes - but it is Jobbik's strong showing that has shocked many political analysts and ordinary Hungarians. The party, which espoused nationalist and anti-Roma rhetoric during the campaign, has proved it is now a force in Hungarian politics, though how it will factor into any future government remains unclear...
...Degrading Treatment. Members of this committee regularly visit prisons or places of detention in all member states to check if governments are ill-treating prisoners or detainees. The Council of Europe campaigns to fight other injustices, from violence against women and children to discrimination against minorities such as the Roma. (See pictures from Obama's overseas trips...