Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hhc_helsinki

Hungarian human rights and watchdog NGO. Rule of law, civil society space, asylum, refugees, detention, criminal justice 🇭🇺🇪🇺 helsinki.hu Budapest, Hungary Joined January 2016

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hhc_helsinki

6 months ago

We need your support to continue giving free legal help to refugees from Ukraine🇺🇦 in Hungary 🇭🇺. 🙏 Please consider donating to our campaign: goto.gg/68727 Donations to our project are eligible for US tax deductions, and a 50% match by @GlobalGiving

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hhc_helsinki

10 months ago

The HHC used all #NGO tools to end a 7-year ban on physical contact between #detainees and families during visits. We continue to monitor progress for humane treatment in detention. Read our recent submission to the @coe CM here: helsinki.hu/en/physical-se…

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hhc_helsinki

10 months ago

Remarkable development: 400+ court leaders, judges, judicial staff are openly protesting the bargain deal and call for protecting judicial independence in Hungary🇭🇺. The list of their open letters just keeps getting longer. mabie.hu/berjavaslat/fe…

Tamás Matusik @TamasMatusik

10 months ago

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hhc_helsinki

11 months ago

We are proud to receive the Paul Weis Prize 2024 from @Courage_MzM, recognising our commitment to refugee rights in Hungary and beyond.

Courage2030 - Allianz für Flucht und Vernunft @Courage_2030

11 months ago

We are proud to receive the Paul Weis Prize 2024 from @Courage_MzM, recognising our commitment to refugee rights in Hungary and beyond.

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ECRE @ecre

a year ago

📌The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Hungary in another transit zone case. ECRE member @hhc_helsinki was representing the asylum-seeking mother and her four children that were unlawfully detained under inhuman conditions for 17 months. helsinki.hu/en/family-unla…

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Commissioner for Human Rights @CommissionerHR

a year ago

The Commissioner has just published his observations as third party in the case Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hhc_helsinki v. #Hungary currently pending before the @ECHR_CEDH concerning #FreedomofExpression and association. #ECHR coe.int/en/web/commiss…

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hhc_helsinki

a year ago

3,000 Ukrainian 🇺🇦 refugees, mostly women & kids, are being evicted from state-funded shelters to face homelessness in Hungary 🇭🇺 after the government decided to stop giving shelter to those it deems not to have fled from a zone of active fighting. Our @andraslederer reports ⤵️

Andras Lederer @andraslederer

a year ago

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Andrew Stroehlein @astroehlein

a year ago

Urgent call on the European Commission & EU Member States to take immediate action to protect civic space in #Hungary, where authorities are targeting 2 groups that have exposed corruption & misuse of EU funds. This is retaliation, blunt & crude. hrw.org/news/2024/06/2…

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hhc_helsinki

a year ago

Our joint NGO 2024 Election Report highlights critical flaws in Hungary's electoral process. Key findings: unaddressed OSCE recommendations, biased campaigning, opaque campaign financing, recent legislative changes and systemic voter manipulation issues. helsinki.hu/en/hungarian-c…

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Budapest Pride @budapestpride

a year ago

🌈Historic International Support for the Hungarian LGBTQ Community! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️44 Embassies and Cultural institutions signed the statement supporting the 29th Budapest Pride Festival ✊ We are super proud that for the first time ever, POLAND also joined the statement 🫶

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hhc_helsinki

a year ago

Join us on Monday, 24 June at @CEUDemInst. Our co-chair András Kádár will discuss the latest in #mediafreedom, #civicspace and #ruleoflaw in Hungary. With @davidakaye @FernandaGNicola @ProfKochenov @BGrabowskaMoroz, 🇭🇺 experts, w @b_novak moderating. @Transparency_HU @chr_aba

CEU Democracy Institute @CEUDemInst

a year ago

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hhc_helsinki

a year ago

Groundbreaking EU judgement today: @EUCourtPress ruled that #Hungary is to pay €200M for failure to implement an earlier judgement of the Court. The Govt is also to pay a penalty payment of €1M per day for each day it fails to put an end to #pushbacks. helsinki.hu/en/the-governm…

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hhc_helsinki

a year ago

Thank you, Director @sirpa_rautio for meeting human rights organisations in Budapest 🇭🇺 and the open discussion on our challenges and opportunities to cooperate with the @EURightsAgency.

EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights @EURightsAgency

a year ago

Thank you, Director @sirpa_rautio for meeting human rights organisations in Budapest 🇭🇺 and the open discussion on our challenges and opportunities to cooperate with the @EURightsAgency.

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hhc_helsinki

a year ago

"The EU cannot grow stronger without strong democracy protected by strong rule of law." To defend democratic security in the next EU institutional cycle, the design of the Article 7 process should improve, writes @martapardavi in @VisegradInsight. visegradinsight.eu/article-7-aliv…