Police are investigating the death of Roma human rights activist Lasli Bogdin, who was the independent mayor of Cersrd in Baranja county in southern Hungary, the MTI news agency reported. The mayor's office was informed of his death on Tuesday, local government spokeswoman Isizela Pap said. His family requested that no further details be released, she said. Bogdan, 46, has been the village mayor since 2006 and has been deputy mayor and community representative for the past four years. In January this year, he received the Raul Wallenberg Award in recognition of his efforts to promote peaceful coexistence between members of the minority and the majority society. The Mayor of Budapest, Gergely Carksoni, expressed his condolences to Bogdan's family and to the residents of Serdi. Carkson wrote on Facebook that Bogdan "has in common our common burdens: poverty, discrimination, hopelessness and dogma. Loads that we should have got rid of a long time ago ... ".
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