Hungary

Ukraine: On the Margins

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:00:00 -0800

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Ukraine: On the Margins

Rights Violations against Migrants and Asylum Seekers at the New Eastern Border of the European Union

Executive Summary

Ukraine: On the Margins

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:00:00 -0800

This 77-page report documents the routine detention of migrants and asylum in appalling conditions, including severe overcrowding, frequently inadequate bedding and clothing, and little or no access to fresh air, exercise and medical treatment. The report also documents the physical abuse, verbal harassment, robbery and extortion suffered by those in detention.

Rights Denied: The Roma of Hungary

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 01 Jul 1996 00:00:00 -0700

The major social and structural upheavals in Hungarian society since the collapse of communism, coupled with increasingly open discrimination, have had a disproportionately large and negative impact on Roma, whose low social status, lack of access to education, and isolation make them relatively unable to defend themselves and their interests.

Threats to Press Freedom

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 01 Nov 1993 00:00:00 -0800

The Free Media Seminar of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe is taking place at a critical time. First, because developments throughout the region suggest that protection for media freedoms fall well short of international standards.

The Gypsies of Hungary

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 01 Jul 1993 00:00:00 -0700

(From our " Struggling for Ethnic Identity" series) Since the demise of the Communist regime in Hungary, the country’s Gypsy or Roma population has benefited from the suspension of decades of assimilationist, and at times overtly racist, government policy and from an increased tolerance for the expression of Roma identity.