PHOTOS: commemoration held for victims of violence against women in Budapest

Opposition party Momentum and women’s NGOs held a commemoration in front of the prime minister’s office in Budapest on Saturday marking the international day for the elimination of violence against women.

Opposition MEP Katalin Cseh asked the government to tighten social distancing rules and launch a campaign to draw attention to this serious problem, while noting that on average one woman dies per week in Hungary due to a violent crime, Momentum told MTI in a statement.

Momentum head Ferenc Gelencsér, and MPs Anna Orosz and Éva Sebők also spoke at the commemoration, saying they had submitted two resolution proposals to Parliament for the protection of women. The proposals ask the government to take decisive and effective action against forms of violence that typically or exclusively affect women.

In response to the commemoration, the Government Information Centre (KTK) said violence against women is on the rise due to the pro-immigration policies of Brussels and the parties on the left.

KTK said in a statement that “today those are demonstrating in front of the Carmelite Monastery, who vote for everything in Brussels to flood Europe with migrants,” and added that Cseh herself supported all proposals from Brussels to settle migrants.

KTK said “in Europe, Hungary is the only country where people are asked what they think about Brussels’ pro-immigration policy and the fact that they want to create migrant ghettos in our country as well”. Here are some photos: