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Harghita County: Roma forced out

By Liz Fekete

1 January 2003

A group of Roma were attacked by over 50 ethnic Hungarians in the village of Betesti in Harghita County in an incident which started over where a tractor should be parked.

The Hungarians armed with pitchforks, axes and baseball bats attempted to expel the Roma from the village and set light to their shacks. Troops arrived to stop the attack and the mayor ruled that the four Romani families should be moved to another village. But the residents of the new village threatened to take the law into their own hands and get rid of the Roma. Ultimately, the Romani families were sent back to Betesti.

Roma Rights Nos 3&4, 2002

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