rights

20/09/2016

Hungary keeps many asylum seekers stranded on border – HRW report

  Budapest, September 20 (MTI) – Hungary is keeping many of the most vulnerable asylum seekers stranded on its border in poor conditions while they wait […]
19/09/2016

Council of Europe: Hungary needs to do more to fight discrimination against Roma

Budapest, September 19 (MTI) – Most national minority representatives have reported an overall favourable situation in Hungary but there are several issues that need to be […]
19/09/2016

Jobbik: Here is the government of “election racism”

Budapest, September 19 (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party on Monday called on the government to reconsider plans to spend 91 billion forints (EUR 296m) on Roma […]
18/08/2016

European Parliament investigates case of ethnic Hungarian stripped of Slovak citizenship

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 […]
02/08/2016

Socialists: Allow all Hungarians abroad to vote by mail

Budapest, August 1 (MTI) – The opposition Socialists have called on the government to ensure that every Hungarian living outside the country can participate in the […]
16/07/2016

Ombudsman’s office condemns discrimination of Roma in airport checks

Budapest (MTI) – The check-in process for international flights must not involve discrimination, nor must airport personnel humiliate passengers or harm their dignity, the office of […]
15/07/2016

Hungarian tears at the Romanian courts – VIDEO

MEP Krisztina Morvai released her second documentary on the oppression of ethnic Hungarians in Romania (Hungarian with English subtitles). The documentary video was made during the National […]
13/07/2016

Human Rights Watch accuses Hungary of abusing migrants – UPDATE

Budapest, July 13 (MTI) – Hungary’s authorities “summarily force” migrants back to Serbia at the southern border, “in some cases with cruel and violent treatment”, without […]
12/07/2016

Govt to draft new legislation on right to assembly

Budapest, July 12 (MTI) – The government will draft a new bill on the right to assembly, following through with a ruling issued by the Constitutional […]
12/07/2016

Top court rules to clarify legislation on right to assembly

Budapest, July 12 (MTI) – The Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal in connection with a demonstration in 2014, and ruled for enacting clear legislation on […]
09/07/2016

Human resources minister evaluates national Roma integration programmes

Budapest, July 8 (MTI) – Indicators show that the living conditions of Hungary’s Roma have improved in almost all areas over the past two years, Human […]
08/07/2016

Jobbik presses government to defend rights of ethnic Hungarians in Slovakia

Budapest, July 8 (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party expects the government to “exert pressure” on Slovakia in the interest of settling ethnic problems in that […]
06/07/2016

Human rights orgs voice concern over Hungary’s new border rules

Budapest (MTI) – The UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee have expressed concern over Hungary’s new border […]
05/07/2016

Documentary video – Szekler activists accused with terrorism in Romania

It is important to inform international audiences about the violations of basic human rights of ethnic Hungarians in Romania. We release this video (Hungarian with English […]
03/07/2016

Hungarian, Ukrainian politicians meet in W Ukraine to discuss bilateral issues

Budapest, July 2 (MTI) – Lawmakers and politicians of Hungary and Ukraine met in FelsÅ‘szinevér (Synevyrska Poljana) in western Ukraine on Saturday at an open university […]
29/06/2016

ECtHR rules Hungary to pay compensation to small churches

Brussels, June 28 (MTI) – The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that the Hungarian state is to pay compensation to small Hungarian […]
22/06/2016

Tóbiás vows to build community-based society with involvement of women

Budapest, June 22 (MTI) – Opposition Socialist leader József Tóbiás told a conference on Wednesday that his party’s task ahead is to build a society based […]
21/06/2016

Head of foreign affairs committee: Minsk compliance important for ethnic Hungarians in W Ukraine

Budapest, June 20 (MTI) – Upholding the Minsk agreement is important from the perspective of ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine, Zsolt Németh, the head of the […]
07/06/2016

Strasbourg turns down Hungary appeal in human rights case

Brussels, June 7 (MTI) – The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has turned down an appeal by the Hungarian government and upheld an earlier […]
31/05/2016

Official reports improved Roma poverty indicators

Budapest, May 31 (MTI) – Poverty risk indicators for the Roma population have significantly declined in the past 2-3 years, an official at the human resources […]