Three out of the six cases were initiated by members of the Hungarian Workers’ Party, whom the Hungarian courts had ruled against for wearing Communist symbols, which was then seen in Strasbourg as a violation of the freedom of expression.

In two other cases, filed by former state employees who had been obliged to pay a 98% super-tax on their severance payments, the European court said that Hungary had violated the protection of private property.

In the last case, the Strasbourg court ruled in favour of a former psychiatric patient, who had been kept in a mental asylum against his own will.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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