Hungarian Roma feel vindicated by school segregation ruling

David Berki, 22-year-old and his wife Nikolett Csemer, 20-year-old, who will receive damages compensation for the unlawful school segregation after Hungary's top court ruled in their favour, walk in Gyongyospata, Hungary, May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

GYONGYOSPATA, Hungary (Reuters) - Hungarian minority Roma said on Wednesday they felt vindicated by a court ruling that a school had unlawfully segregated Roma children for years and the award of $310,000 in compensation, but they feared renewed tension.

Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, at odds with the European Union for his perceived erosion of the rule of law, sparked protests when he hinted in January that the state should disobey any court order to pay restitution to the Roma and provide training instead.