HHRF and EP MEP Loránt Vincze Lead Meetings in Washington, DC

On Monday, May 23, Emese Latkóczy and Petra Kovács of the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation met with EP MEP Loránt Vincze of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania in Washington D.C., where they led meetings with Congressional and State Department staff, focusing on the failure to restitute religious properties to the Hungarian community in […]

Székely Identity Now Considered Subcategory of Hungarian Nationality in the Romanian Census

On January 31, 2022, the Romanian government finalized the questionnaire for the census beginning mid-March, which 一 according to a draft published prior to a cabinet meeting 一 included Székely identity as a subcategory of Hungarian nationality.  Székely is a sub-group of ethnic Hungarians living in a distinct geographical area of Transylvania numbering half of […]

Kártérítési pert kezdeményeznek (A nemzeti kisebbségek ügye európai ügy)

A terrorizmus vádjával elítélt Beke István és Szőcs Zoltán a velük történt eseményeket idézték fel a Kisebbségi Jogvédő Intézet (KJI) november 4–6-a között tartott Magyarok Jogvédelme a Kárpát-medencében 2021 című online konferencia nyitónapján. Korom Ágoston, a KJI jogásza jelezte: uniós jogra alapozott kártérítési pert indítanak az ügyben az elkövetkező hetekben. Ugyanakkor Szili Katalin miniszterelnöki megbízott […]

Beke and Szőcs to File Damages Lawsuit Against Romania in Coming Weeks

Wrongfully imprisoned ethnic Hungarians István Beke and Zoltán Szőcs will file for damages against the Romanian state in the Council of Europe in the upcoming weeks. The two men announced their intention in the beginning of November at an online conference on minority rights. Beke and Szőcs had been in prison since 2015 and ultimately […]