811 result(s) for human rights
Hungary’s Largest Reproductive Centre Closes Down Sperm Bank
- 8 Jan 2016 1:00 AM
- health & wellness
Krio, Hungary’ largest stem-cell and reproductive centre, has closed down its sperm bank after the chief medical officer’s office (OTH) launched an investigation and initiated proceedings against the centre last summer on charges of trafficking in human semen, the daily Magyar Idők said. The OTH was alerted in March last year that genetic defects had been found in semen sent to Hungary from ...
Hungary To Pay Compensation To Prisoner Under European Court Ruling
- 6 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Hungary should pay 8,000 euros to a prisoner whose human rights had been repeatedly violated over a 10-year period. Péter Süveges, who was charged with murder, armed robbery and unauthorised possession of weapons in 2005, appealed to the European Court on the grounds that he had been denied permission to visit his sick parents or attend church.
Hungary’s PM: Considerations Of Common Sense Have Been Removed From European Politics
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In an interview with Czech daily Lidové Noviny published on Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “considerations of common sense” have been removed from European politics for some time now. The Prime Minister explained that “the European political elite is sitting in a closed, ideological shell, which means it has hardly any connection to reality”. The migration crisis “demonstrates ...
EP Adopts Resolution On Hungary Without Article 7 Call
- 17 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Hungary, as a follow-up to the EP Resolution of June 2015, but excluded from the final text a motion to prepare the procedure set forth in Article 7 of the EU’s treaty which would eject Hungary from the European Union. The resolution was proposed for adoption by the EP’s Social Democrats, Liberals, Greens and the Radical Leftist ...
Strasbourg Court Rules Hungary Pension Law Violates ECHR
- 16 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that Hungary’s pension law violates the ban against discrimination prescribed by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court ordered the state of Hungary to pay 18,000 euros in compensation and legal fees to the petitioner, Gyula Fabian, a Hungarian pensioner who also has a job in the public sector and has had his pension withheld ...
Hungary's President Áder Wins Libel Suit Against Index
- 9 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court of Appeals has upheld President János Áder’s claim against news website Index over its report that he left his post during his compulsory army service in the 1970s and fired his gun while drunk. The appeals court raised the fine payable by the author of the report, András B. Vágvölgyi, from Ft 50,000 imposed by a lower court to Ft 600,000. Judge Marianne Oszkó Kizman stressed ...
Hungary’s PM: Migrants Should Be Returned To Homelands
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Political actors in the world must work to make sure that whoever leaves their homelands is returned to where they belong, the prime minister said in a radio interview. This is why it is important to settle the situation in Syria so that everyone from there can be returned. “We must start rebuilding that world,” Viktor Orbán said. He insisted that the agreement the EU struck with Turkey was ...
Hungary’s European Commissioner Protested Against Registration Of European Citizens ’ Initiative
- 4 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Tibor Navracsics, Hungary’s European commissioner, has lodged a written protest against the European Commission’s decision to adopt a European Citizens’ Initiative concerning human rights in Hungary which seeks to trigger the so-called nuclear option of Article 7. On November 24 the commission registered the initiative to launch procedures against Hungary for alleged violations of the EU’s ...
Human Rights Watch Criticises Hungary Over Conditions Of Migrants
- 3 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Asylum seekers and immigrants in Hungary are detained for too long and often under unacceptable conditions, the international Human Rights Watch said in a report. In October, HRW visited seven Hungarian migrant facilities, with inmates who had been detained for illegal entry or whose asylum application was pending or had been rejected. According to the report, conditions for those vulnerable ...
Hungary’s Largest Reproductive Centre Closes Down Sperm Bank
- 8 Jan 2016 1:00 AM
- health & wellness
Krio, Hungary’ largest stem-cell and reproductive centre, has closed down its sperm bank after the chief medical officer’s office (OTH) launched an investigation and initiated proceedings against the centre last summer on charges of trafficking in human semen, the daily Magyar Idők said. The OTH was alerted in March last year that genetic defects had been found in semen sent to Hungary from ...
Hungary To Pay Compensation To Prisoner Under European Court Ruling
- 6 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Hungary should pay 8,000 euros to a prisoner whose human rights had been repeatedly violated over a 10-year period. Péter Süveges, who was charged with murder, armed robbery and unauthorised possession of weapons in 2005, appealed to the European Court on the grounds that he had been denied permission to visit his sick parents or attend church.
Hungary’s PM: Considerations Of Common Sense Have Been Removed From European Politics
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In an interview with Czech daily Lidové Noviny published on Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “considerations of common sense” have been removed from European politics for some time now. The Prime Minister explained that “the European political elite is sitting in a closed, ideological shell, which means it has hardly any connection to reality”. The migration crisis “demonstrates ...
EP Adopts Resolution On Hungary Without Article 7 Call
- 17 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Hungary, as a follow-up to the EP Resolution of June 2015, but excluded from the final text a motion to prepare the procedure set forth in Article 7 of the EU’s treaty which would eject Hungary from the European Union. The resolution was proposed for adoption by the EP’s Social Democrats, Liberals, Greens and the Radical Leftist ...
Strasbourg Court Rules Hungary Pension Law Violates ECHR
- 16 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that Hungary’s pension law violates the ban against discrimination prescribed by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court ordered the state of Hungary to pay 18,000 euros in compensation and legal fees to the petitioner, Gyula Fabian, a Hungarian pensioner who also has a job in the public sector and has had his pension withheld ...
Hungary's President Áder Wins Libel Suit Against Index
- 9 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court of Appeals has upheld President János Áder’s claim against news website Index over its report that he left his post during his compulsory army service in the 1970s and fired his gun while drunk. The appeals court raised the fine payable by the author of the report, András B. Vágvölgyi, from Ft 50,000 imposed by a lower court to Ft 600,000. Judge Marianne Oszkó Kizman stressed ...
Hungary’s PM: Migrants Should Be Returned To Homelands
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Political actors in the world must work to make sure that whoever leaves their homelands is returned to where they belong, the prime minister said in a radio interview. This is why it is important to settle the situation in Syria so that everyone from there can be returned. “We must start rebuilding that world,” Viktor Orbán said. He insisted that the agreement the EU struck with Turkey was ...
Hungary’s European Commissioner Protested Against Registration Of European Citizens ’ Initiative
- 4 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Tibor Navracsics, Hungary’s European commissioner, has lodged a written protest against the European Commission’s decision to adopt a European Citizens’ Initiative concerning human rights in Hungary which seeks to trigger the so-called nuclear option of Article 7. On November 24 the commission registered the initiative to launch procedures against Hungary for alleged violations of the EU’s ...
Human Rights Watch Criticises Hungary Over Conditions Of Migrants
- 3 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Asylum seekers and immigrants in Hungary are detained for too long and often under unacceptable conditions, the international Human Rights Watch said in a report. In October, HRW visited seven Hungarian migrant facilities, with inmates who had been detained for illegal entry or whose asylum application was pending or had been rejected. According to the report, conditions for those vulnerable ...