Anti-fascist protest held against Budapest theatre director
Forrás: MTI |
2012. február 02. csütörtök 12:30 |
The Hungarian Federation of Resistance Fighters and Antifascists (MEASZ) held a demonstration on Wednesday in front of the Uj Szinhaz theatre building in Budapest, with about two hundred people attending.
The organisation protested the appointment of Gyorgy Dorner as the theatre's new director as of February 1. Police apprehended several radicals who disrupted the demonstration.
Hungarian conductor Adam Fischer appealed to lawmakers of the European People's Party on Wednesday to draw attention to criticism over Dorner's appointment. Fischer asked the conservative EPP lawmakers to "urge Fidesz to follow a zero tolerance policy towards the radical right."
A memorandum was read out in several European theatres in protest against the appointment.