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Daughter of US congressman among those returning Hungarian award
Source: Associated Press
Daughter of US congressman among those returning Hungarian award
Associated Press in Washington
Sunday 4 September 2016 15.32 BST
The daughter of the late Hungarian-born US congressman Tom Lantos said on Sunday she is returning a distinguished state award to Hungary. Katrina Lantos Swett is protesting against the giving of the same award to journalist and writer Zsolt Bayer, who has made antisemitic and racist references in his articles.
Lantos Swett, who received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit in 2009, joins more than 100 other recipients in returning their awards.
Lantos Swett was honored for her work in setting up the Budapest-based Tom Lantos Institute, which focuses on minority rights. Tom Lantos, a California Democrat who died in 2008, was the only Holocaust survivor in Congress.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington earlier called on Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban and President Janos Ader, who respectively nominated and granted the award to Bayer in August, to “immediately” rescind it.
Ader’s office told news website hvg.hu that based on current laws the award could not be recalled.
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Associated Press in Washington
Sunday 4 September 2016 15.32 BST
The daughter of the late Hungarian-born US congressman Tom Lantos said on Sunday she is returning a distinguished state award to Hungary. Katrina Lantos Swett is protesting against the giving of the same award to journalist and writer Zsolt Bayer, who has made antisemitic and racist references in his articles.
Lantos Swett, who received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit in 2009, joins more than 100 other recipients in returning their awards.
Lantos Swett was honored for her work in setting up the Budapest-based Tom Lantos Institute, which focuses on minority rights. Tom Lantos, a California Democrat who died in 2008, was the only Holocaust survivor in Congress.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington earlier called on Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban and President Janos Ader, who respectively nominated and granted the award to Bayer in August, to “immediately” rescind it.
Ader’s office told news website hvg.hu that based on current laws the award could not be recalled.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/04/katrina-lantos-swett-hungary-award