Another concerning issue in the report
is the rise of paramilitary and extremist groups, which target not only Roma,
but Jews and the LGBT community. And many of these groups conduct weapon
trainings for their members. One of the report authors says the frequency and
regularity of these instructions is unique to this central European country.
“There is some news in Romania about few trainings organized by
some extremist organization, but nothing at the level of Hungary,” said
Margareta Matache, who has worked on Roma and minority issues in Europe for 15
years. She added, “What is interesting here is that each of these
organizations, they organize these sort of training, not only once, they have
regular trainings for their members on how to use weapons.”
