Hungary Seeks New York Times Correction Over Refugee Article
- 6 Jan 2016 3:04 AM
Hungary’s foreign ministry will press The New York Times to quote its statements in connection with an article which appeared in the US daily, claiming that a Syrian refugee woman was “beaten unconscious in a Hungarian prison”, daily Magyar Idők reported. Attila Samu, press chief at the Hungarian interior ministry, told Magyar Idők that the article contained “false statements”.
The article published on Jan. 2. suggested that a Syrian woman was beaten unconscious by a Hungarian prison guard after refusing his advances.
The National Command of Law Enforcement (BVOP) firmly rejected the accusations concerning Hungary and added that there are only male inmates held on immigration charges in Hungary, hence there could have been no contact between women refugees and prison guards in any of BVOP’s facilities.
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