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07/02/2017

Almost 90 pc of inmates study or work in Hungarian prisons

Budapest, February 7 (MTI) – More than 10,000 of Hungary’s prison inmates, or 88 percent, spend their sentence studying or working, national prison chief Tamás […]

07/02/2017

20/01/2017

State to compensate inmates for poor prison conditions

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – Prison inmates who have filed petitions against poor prison conditions are set to receive financial compensation from the state, the daily […]

20/01/2017

17/01/2017

Strasbourg court orders compensation to two Roma abuse victims

Strasbourg, January 17 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that the Hungarian state is to pay compensation to two Roma […]

17/01/2017

08/11/2016

Strasbourg court rules Hungary MEP’s rights violated by parliament fines

Strasbourg, November 8 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has approved non-material compensation for Socialist MEP Tibor Szanyi for the violation of his […]

08/11/2016

04/10/2016

Strasbourg court again rules against Hungary on real life sentences

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Strasbourg, October 4 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights has again ruled against Hungary concerning the real life sentences of two Hungarian inmates. The […]

04/10/2016

18/08/2016

European Parliament investigates case of ethnic Hungarian stripped of Slovak citizenship

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Budapest, August 18 (MTI) – The European Parliament has launched a probe in connection with a Slovak decision to strip an elderly woman of her Slovakian […]

18/08/2016

05/07/2016

European Court rules against Hungary for wrongly detaining asylum seeker

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Brussels, July 5 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Hungary regarding the detention of an Iranian asylum seeker, saying that its […]

05/07/2016

02/02/2016

ECtHR: Top court ruling on websites’ liability for user comments breaches freedom of speech

Strasbourg, February 2 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday said a decision by the Constitutional Court stating that web portals are […]

02/02/2016

13/01/2016

Commissioner: Hungary asylum rules do not comply with European human rights standards

Brussels, January 13 (MTI) – Hungary’s current asylum law and practices do not comply with international or European human rights standards and almost no one has […]

13/01/2016

15/12/2015

Strasbourg court rules Hungary pension law violates ECHR

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Strasbourg, December 15 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Hungary’s pension law violates the ban against discrimination prescribed by […]

15/12/2015

12/10/2015

European Court rejects migrants’ appeal against expulsion from Hungary

Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights has thrown out an appeal by two Bangladeshi nationals, represented by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, […]

12/10/2015