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(MTI) - All sorts of lobby groups and government organisations have pitched tents at Europe's biggest outdoor festival to take advantage of the presence of its mainly young and diverse goers in their thousands, and they are competing to be the most eye-catching.
The Council of Europe's Budapest European Youth Centre has added a striking twist, giving you access to a "live library" -- a collection of people who face discrimination and the pressures associated with being stereotyped.
Go along and talk to them for an hour and look at human rights issues from their perspective, Erzsebet Banki told MTI.
The set-up works just like a library: there's a front desk, you get a reader's card and there are librarians. The only difference is that instead of going to a shelf, you select a person from a catalogue, said Banki.
On offer are a policeman and a ticket inspector for Budapest's public transport company. You can also chat to a one-time bank robber, a recovering alcoholic and a Catholic priest. But the "usual suspects" are also on hand to share their experiences as well as getting feedback from their readers, those who face intimidation in a Hungarian context -- notably members of the Roma community, gays and the physically handicapped.
