Hungary

Lajos "Paci" Balogh (PHOTO: Facebook page of the Roma Press Center)
Leading Romani activist and co-founder of Dikh TV, the musician Lajos "Paci" Balogh, has succumbed to COVID-19 at the age of 28
15.11.2020 7:59 full story
Zeljko Jovanovic: European leaders' silence over Orban's anti-Roma rhetoric shames the EU
19.6.2020 16:52 full story
Hungarian Supreme Court: Romani children deserve financial compensation for school segregation
18.5.2020 7:09 full story
Newsweek: Trump and other Western leaders are legitimizing Hungarian PM's anti-Roma campaign, according to human rights activists
13.3.2020 16:18 full story
Hungarian PM announces "national consultation" about whether to compensate Romani families whose children were educated in segregated settings
23.2.2020 11:41 full story
EU anti-fraud authority Hungarian program for Roma supported by EU funds has never worked and should be investigated
1.7.2019 8:50 full story
Hungary: Radicals protest "Romani crime", Romani people and their allies stand up to them
23.5.2019 16:28 full story
Hungary: Mass demonstrations, protesters say PM endangers the rule of law
17.12.2018 17:30 full storyHungarian Supreme Court says camerawoman who kicked asylum-seekers committed misdemeanor and can no longer be prosecuted
2.11.2018 13:19 full story
Hungarian Scouts claim they did not discriminate against Romani applicants
16.7.2018 13:52 Are disadvantaged Hungarian Roma youth who want to become Scouts now the latest victims of the transformation underway in the Hungarian social climate? A case from Borsod County has captured the attention of international media asking whether the organization, which traditionally espouses Christian values and is open to all, has turned its back on Romani applicants. full story
Hungarian Parliament approves law sanctioning NGOs, amends Constitution to prevent "foreign settlement"
24.6.2018 13:45 The Hungarian Parliament has approved a package of anti-immigration laws introducing, among other things, punishments for supporting illegal migration, Reutersreported on 21 June. The new legislation, called the "Stop Soros" package, has been criticized by the Council of Europe for facilitating the prosecution of NGOs aiding migrants who have no right to asylum in the country. full story
Hungary: Traffickers in human beings sentenced to 25 years for 71 deaths, prosecutor wants life sentences
18.6.2018 8:53 A court in Kecskemét, Hungary has sentenced the four main defendants in the trial of the death by suffocation of 71 migrants in a refrigerator truck three years ago to 25 years in prison. The prosecution sought life sentences for them.full story

Hungary: József "Choli" Daróczi, translator of the New Testament into Romanes, has passed away
17.5.2018 17:25 At the age of 79 the eminent Romani author, poet, journalist and teacher József Daróczi, known to his loved ones by the familiar Romani nickname "Choli", passed away in Hungary on 12 May 2018. Mr Daróczi, an all-around gifted artist and charismatic educator, was one of the most eminent Romani figures in Hungarian public life for decades. full story
Canada grants asylum to former MEP who faced death threats in Hungary due to her Romani origin
16.5.2018 17:53 Viktória Mohácsi, a Romani activist and former MEP from Hungary, has finally been awarded political asylum in Canada. She requested asylum in 2012 after seeking police protection over death threats she received upon returning to Hungary when her EP mandate was over.full story

Hungary: Open Society Foundation closing in Budapest due to Government persecution
15.5.2018 13:34 The Open Society Foundation, established by the American financier of Hungarian origin George Soros, will be relocating to Berlin from Budapest due to the repressive pressure of the Government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. OSF announced the move on its website and assured the public that it will continue to support civic groups in Hungary working in the areas of culture, education, freedom of the press, health care and transparency. full storyBBC Three Documentary Exposes Human Rights Abuses In Hungary’s State-Care Homes
21.4.2018 10:40 In a new special on BBC Three, Stacey Dooley investigates the Roma situation in Hungary, exposing the abuse committed by state-run care homes into which Romani children are being placed. The state repeatedly removes Romani children from their homes because their families are too poor to care for them.full story