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March 8, 2017 Letter

Civil Society Letter to Heads of State and Government on EU Response to the Refugee Crisis

March 7, 2017 News Release

Hungary: Draft Law Tramples Asylum Seekers’ Rights

EU Should Seek To Halt Plan to Hold Asylum Seekers in Transit Zones

A refugee washes clothes on the Hungary-Serbia border, on the Serbian side of a transit zone set up by Hungarian authorities to filter refugees at Roszke, Hungary, September 2, 2016.

February 27, 2017 Letter

Joint Letter to Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos

February 24, 2017 Commentary

Hungary Should Be Setting Alarm Bells Ringing in Brussels

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during his state-of-the-nation address in Budapest, Hungary, February 10, 2017.

January 6, 2017 Dispatches

Asylum Seekers Left in the Cold

Serbia, Hungary Leave People Without Adequate Shelter as Winter Hits Hard

Asylum seekers and migrants living in appalling conditions in abandoned warehouses behind Belgrade train station, Serbia. November 22, 2016.

November 2, 2016 Dispatches

Human Rights Begin At Home, Hungary

Election Onto UN Human Rights Council Chance To Improve Record

Hungarian police stand guard in front of anti-government protesters near to a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of 1956 anti-Communist uprising in Budapest, Hungary, October 23, 2016.

October 24, 2016 News Release

UN: Russia’s Role in Syria Raises Questions About Bid for Human Rights Council

October 21, 2016 Dispatches

Hungary: Denials Won’t End Abuses Against Migrants

Government Needs to Face Reality, Take Positive Action

Pakistani man who said he was beaten by Hungarian border officials on August 12

October 6, 2016 Commentary

What Does Hungary's Migrant Quotas Referendum Mean for Europe?

Hungarian police patrol the border with Serbia in Röszke, Hungary. The Hungarian government put up the razor-wire fence in an effort to stem the flow of refugees and migrants into Hungary. September 3, 2015.

October 3, 2016 Commentary

Hungary's Treatment of Refugees Is A Disgrace To Its History

Migrants walk along Hungary's border fence on the Serbian side of the border near Morahalom, Hungary, February 22, 2016

September 21, 2016 Statement

Hungary should implement recommendations to end abuses against migrants and combat hate speech

Item 6 UPR Adoption

An exhausted child cries on the railway tracks between Serbia and Hungary as night falls, and her family argues nearby whether to cross into Hungary and face temporary detention.

September 20, 2016 News Release

Hungary: Failing to Protect Vulnerable Refugees

Ensure Prompt Asylum Process; Probe Excessive Force Allegations

Migrants rest as a policeman watches them near Hungary's border fence on the Serbian side of the border near Morahalom, Hungary, February 22, 2016.

September 16, 2016 Commentary

Hungary’s War on Refugees

September 13, 2016 Dispatches

Hungary’s Xenophobic Anti-Migrant Campaign

Government Has Spent €16M Spreading Distorted Facts About Refugees

The Hungarian government's anti-refugee referendum bookklet

August 26, 2016 Commentary

Pigs' heads and propaganda: Hungary's war on refugees

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