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Dispatches: Hungary’s New, Bigger Migrant Lockout

The Hungarian government today dealt yet another blow to asylum seekers and migrants by declaring a state of emergency throughout the entire country due to “mass migration.” The decision follows a similar declaration on September 16, 2015, imposing a…
Migrants walk along Hungary's border fence on the Serbian side of the border near Morahalom, Hungary, February 22, 2016
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Balkans: Rights Key to European Future

Protect Asylum Seekers, Roma; Ensure Media Freedom; Prosecute War Crimes

(Beirut) – Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and migrants faced substantial difficulties during 2015, as they followed a key transit route in the Western Balkans, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2016. Problems along the route…
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Slovenia: Marriage Equality Under Threat

Referendum to Decide LGBT People’s Rights

(Berlin) – Voters in Slovenia, a European Union member state, began voting on December 15, 2015, on whether to uphold a March law legalizing same-sex marriage, Human Rights Watch said today. The preliminary results are to be announced on December 20. …
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EU: Human Toll of Border Closures

Stranded in Misery by Delay, Lack of Coordination, Indifference

(Budapest) –The European Union and Western Balkans countries meeting on October 25, 2015, should focus on alleviating the suffering of migrants and asylum seekers stranded at various European borders, Human Rights Watch said today. Cascading border…
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Dispatches: EU Border Closures Leave Asylum Seekers Stranded

“We are stuck between two borders. We can’t enter Slovenia and we are not allowed to go back into Croatia. Everyone says we are someone else’s responsibility.”   25-year-old Hadi from Syria was shivering as we spoke. He…
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Slovenia: Extend Civil Marriage to Same-Sex Couples

Ensure Lesbian and Gay Couples Adoption Rights

(New York) - The Slovenian Parliament should adopt the new Family Code proposed by the Slovenian Government, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to parliament members. The law would extend civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples and put…
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Slovenia: Letter to Slovenian Members of Parliament

Advocating support for legislation extending civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples and the right of same-sex partners to adopt.

Dear Member of the Slovenian Parliament, On behalf of Human Rights Watch I urge you to approve the proposal of the government 542-08/09-0008/ EPA: 0817-V, "Družinski zakonik" (Family Code), which extends civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples and…
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U.S. Pressure on Croatia and Slovenia Undermines Justice

Former Yugoslav States Should Reject ICC Side Agreements

The Bush administration's pressure on Croatia and Slovenia in pursuit of a special exemption from the International Criminal Court (ICC) while rightly insisting on cooperation with the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal is blatant hypocrisy.    In recent days,…