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hungary

July 25, 2020

Editor of Hungary's largest indpendent news website sacked

Hungary’s media landscape is now largely controlled by Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his government, says Human Rights Watch.
July 1, 2020

Access to asylum further at stake in Hungary, says UNHCR

Under a new law, people arriving at the border of Hungary who wish to seek asylum will be turned away and directed to declare such intent at a designated Hungarian Embassy.
March 29, 2020

Emergency coronavirus law would enable Hungarian government to rule by decree

Proposed law would give Viktor Orban's government powers to rule by decree and bypass parliamentary scrutiny with no clear cut-off date.
September 30, 2019

Syrian unjustly jailed in Hungary finally allowed home to Cyprus

The authorities in Cyprus have finally allowed a Syrian unjustly convicted in Hungary in a blatant misuse of terrorism-related charges, to return to his family.
July 22, 2019

Hungary's declared migrant ‘crisis’ does not correspond to reality, says UN expert

A UN expert has urged the Government of Hungary to immediately stop proclaiming it is confronting a 'crisis situation' due to migration.
May 7, 2019

Migrants in detention centres in Hungary 'deliberately deprived of food'

UN is alarmed by reports that migrants in detention centres in Hungary have been deliberately deprived of food in contravention of international laws and standards.
January 18, 2019

Report reviews human rights in more than 100 countries

Leaders spreading hatred and intolerance in many countries are spawning a resistance, says Human Rights Watch.
December 1, 2018

Budapest authorities faces legal challenge over 'dismal' air quality plan

Environmental organisations have taken legal action against the authorities of Hungary’s capital Budapest over illegal and harmful levels of air pollution in the city.
November 19, 2018

UN human rights experts suspend Hungary visit after access denied

UN experts have been denied access to 'transit zones' at the border with Serbia where migrants and asylum seekers are deprived of their liberty.
September 16, 2018

Conservatives must not give bigotry a free pass in Europe, says Muslim Council

The Muslim Council of Britain has expressed concern that Conservative Party MEPs supported the far-right Hungarian leader Viktor Orban in a crunch vote in the European parliament.