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Defend Mario Bango! Warsaw, Poland-About 40 youth demonstrated at the Slovakian Embassy on Sept. 14 to demand justice for Mario Bango. Both he and his brother Edo are Roma and are anti-fascist activists. Edo Bango participated in the Genoa anti-globalization protests. After returning to Slovakia, when Edo was viciously attacked by a fascist, Mario defended his brother, killing the attacker. Although he called the ambulance and the police right away, he is being tried for common murder. There was a concern among the demonstrators that the Sept. 11 bombing of the World Trade Center might get associated with the anti-globalization movement. They extended sympathy to the victims of this barbarism. Another demand at the demonstration was to end homophobia. Recently the Minister of Justice in Slovakia made a statement that homosexuality is a disease, which should be cured. The demonstrators stressed that such a statement could have been made in any of the East European countries and it has to be vigorously opposed. It was heartening to see an anti-racist movement in Poland carried on by a new generation of activists. -Urszula Wislanka |
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