Activists Arrested As Family Is Evicted
- 16 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
Police handcuffed and arrested activists who were trying to prevent the eviction of a woman afflicted with cancer, along with her family, from an Eighth District flat on Thursday. The family has rented the one-and-a-half room apartment from the district council for more than 30 years. The woman is reportedly unable to pay the bills because she is suffering from a brain tumour. The family’s monthly income is Ft 60,000.
The Hungarian Social Forum had attempted to persuade the local council not to evict the family, to no avail.
Activists from the City Belongs to Everyone formed a chain in protest, but police took them away in handcuffs.
Deputy mayor Botond Sára said in a statement that the district does not want to evict anyone, but proceedings have been going on for two years since the decision to evict was made by a court, not the local council.
He said the family has repeatedly refused to accept assistance from a family aid service.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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