Rule of law and human rights further deteriorated in 2014. The ruling party won another term in April with a two-thirds majority in Hungary’s single chamber parliament. In a speech to ethnic Hungarians in Romania in late July, Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared his desire to end liberal democracy in Hungary. There was fresh pressure on media and …

 

World Report 2015 – European Union – Hungary, by Human Rights Watch

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel must call upon the Hungarian authorities to stop their unprecedented crackdown on NGOs!
– said Amnesty International

 

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Romania judge sentenced for accepting bribes http://bit.ly/1LFnx13

Amnesty urges Hungary to end crackdown against NGOs http://bit.ly/1D6NjYf 

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4. Europäische Theatertag der Toleranz 2015 – Memorandum

https://www.facebook.com/notes/medien-und-meinungsfreiheit-f%C3%BCr-ungarn/4-europ%C3%A4ische-theatertag-der-toleranz-2015-memorandum/868756386508216?pnref=story

#Orban has metamorphosed from dissident to anti-Russian to Putin-friendly, writes @Judy_Dempsey: http://ceip.org/1K2I0ez

Medien- und Meinungsfreiheit für Ungarn
Medien- und Meinungsfreiheit für Ungarn

Thousands of protesters in Budapest are demanding the ouster of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government a day before a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Merkel morgen in Ungarn – um „bilaterale und europapolitische Themen, aktuelle Entwicklungen in Ungarn sowie die Lage in der Ukraine zu erörtern“

Viktor Orbán preist Putins Russland als Vorbild, sein Regime steht in der Kritik. Kaum ein EU-Regierungschef will sich noch mit ihm blicken lassen. Jetzt…

Hungary anti-Orbán pro-EU demo at Budapest parlt on eve of Angela Merkel visit, small counter demo on perimeter pic.twitter.com/wDMswAT1nN

Peter Murphy på Twitter

Unter dem Motto „Der Frühling kommt – Orbán geht!“ findet heute, am Vorabend des offiziellen Ungarn-Besuches der deutschen Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel eine Großdemonstration in Budapest statt – Zehntausende Demonstrant_innen werden erwartet.

History:
Raoul Wallenberg, the young swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of hungarian jews from the nazis during WWII.

Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews in World War Two – but in 1945 he was taken by Soviet forces and was never seen again.

Can liberal societies come to terms with religious illiberalism? @shadihamid in @TheAtlantic: http://brook.gs/1Hmh3ED