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Article: GYPSY WINS LANDMARK CASE IN HUNGARY.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- August 31, 1997
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Byline: Michael Roddy Reuter
PECS, Hungary -- Gyula Goman had no intention of getting into the fight of his life when he went into the bar. But when the owner refused to serve him, allegedly saying ``no gypsy is allowed to eat, drink or enjoy himself in my pub,'' Goman went to court and won what is seen as a landmark decision for Hungary's downtrodden gypsy minority.
In January a court in this southern Hungarian town fined the owner, Jozsef Berta, 5,000 forints for slander in a complaint brought by Goman, who went to the bar for coffee and a soft drink after dropping off his wife at the hairdresser's.
In a separate civil case, which is on ...