Hungarian journalist sacked for kicking refugees plans to sue one of them
A camera operator for a Hungarian nationalist television channel who was filmed kicking and tripping refugees has said she plans to sue one of them and Facebook.
Petra László apologised last month, saying “something snapped in me” when she kicked two refugee children and tripped up a man carrying a child at the border area of Röszke.
However, in an interview with the Russian newspaper Izvestia, she has said she plans to take legal action against Facebook for allegedly refusing to remove threatening groups on the site and deleting groups that supported her.
László also said she plans to sue Osama Abdul Mohsen, one of the Syrian refugees she kicked, saying: “He changed his testimony because he initially blamed the police. My husband wants to prove my innocence. For him it is now a matter of honour.”
László was fired by N1TV after footage of the incident was posted on Twitter by Stephan Richter, a reporter for the German television channel RTL.
N1TV said László’s behaviour was unacceptable and her job had been terminated “with immediate effect”.
László also said she wanted to move her family to Russia because she felt unsafe in Hungary. She said: “We consider Russia and we think that we will begin to learn Russian. For us it is important to leave Hungary. We will decide after the trial.”
Meanwhile, Mohsen and his family are beginning a new life in the Spanish city of Getafe, near Madrid, after a Spanish football academy offered to help him rebuild his life and restart his career as a football coach.
The Syrian had been a coach for al-Fotuwa, a first-division football team in Deir Ezzor, before the civil war forced his family to flee their hometown.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/21/hungarian-camera-operator-petra-laszlo-kicking-refugees-legal-action
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Structure of the Lead
Who- Petra László , Osama Abdul Mohsen
When- 21,October,2015
What- a journalist tripping refugees and now suing one of them and Facebook
Where- the border area of Röszke
How- not said
Keywords:
camera operator (n.) 攝影師
tripped up (v.) 絆倒
allegedly (v.) 據稱
testimony (n.) 證詞
innocence (n.) 無辜,清白
footage (n.) 鏡頭 - footage of the incident 這事件的錄像
terminated (v.) 終止,辭退
