rights

06/04/2017

Bilingual signs vandalised in Romania

No tolerance for bilingual signs in Romania
05/04/2017

Budapest police chief bans obstruction of bridges – UPDATE

A private individual requested the right to block all Budapest bridges
04/04/2017

Brussels wants to punish Hungary over migrant issue, says government official

British conservative daily The Times which said Germany, France and up to 21 other countries were preparing to give an ultimatum to Hungary and Poland
04/04/2017

Freedom House: Hungary’s democracy ‘semi-consolidated’ – UPDATE

Freedom House: Hungary's democracy as "semi-consolidated" Growing #corruption and government pressure on the media
03/04/2017

Top court rules against police in Roma discrimination case

"Local police in northern Hungary had discriminated against the local Roma community by failing to protect them against harassment by extremist groups"
03/04/2017

Ombudsman submits 2016 report to Hungarian parliament

Many reports involved local council procedures and regulations, the use of local taxes, companies' tax evasion practices...
02/04/2017

Jobbik says higher education bill serves to divert attention

Jobbik: Hungarian universities in Transylvania part-financed by the Hungarian government are not operating under an inter-state agreement either
28/03/2017

Hungarian ruling parties reject allegations of police violence against migrants

Alleged assaults by police against migrants along Hungary's southern borders
28/03/2017

Strasbourg court bans Hungary from confining eight migrant children, pregnant woman – UPDATE

The European Court of Human Rights bans Hungary again...
26/03/2017

Fidesz: Strasbourg court ruling against Hungary unmasks ‘Soros migrant business’

Fidesz: The ruling against Hungary by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for expelling two Bangladeshi migrants "goes against common and legal sense"
23/03/2017

Government: Strasbourg ruling on Hungary’s expelling Bangladeshi migrants ‘unacceptable’

The ruling against Hungary by the European Court of Human Rights because the country expelled two Bangladeshi migrants is "unacceptable"
22/03/2017

Fidesz: Hungary under attack from ‘extreme human rights fundamentalism’

Hungarian-born US financier George Soros expect Brussels to punish Hungary
16/03/2017

Public use of minority symbols continuously banned in Romania

The case of the Szekler flag
16/03/2017

The right to freedom of assembly under menace in Romania

After the Szekler Freedom Day commemoration...
15/03/2017

Hungary’s prisons still overcrowded

Hungary had 17,773 detainees compared to a total prison capacity of 13,736
14/03/2017

Hungarian foreign minister dismisses European criticism of Hungary migrant policy

"Muiznieks "does not like Hungary" and "has been making false claims" about the country for years"
14/03/2017

ECtHR rules against Hungary for wrongly detaining, deporting asylum-seekers

The court ordered Hungary to pay the petitioners 18,705 euros each in compensation and legal fees, details
14/03/2017

Special GPs turn to Hungary top court, European Court

Special GPs turn to Hungary top court, European Court
11/03/2017

Ruling Fidesz party: Hungary won’t tolerate trampling of national minority rights – UPDATE

"Romania has form in illegally harassing the Hungarian community"
09/03/2017

Legislative proposal: imprisonment for pursuing autonomy

Social-Democratic Party (#PSD) proposed imposing prison sanctions on those who promote the idea of #autonomy in #Romania