HHRF president Zsolt Szekeres submitted the following, as of yet unpublished letter to the editor of the New York Times in response to the June 16, 2022 article entitled “In Ukraine, a Minority Group Feels Ambivalence About the War”:Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/world/europe/ethnic-hungarians-ukraine-war.html   June 18, … Read More

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 … Read More

The Hungarian Human Rights Foundation is hosting a no-cost Human Rights Workshop in Washington, DC from November 30 – December 1st. Here you’ll get hands-on training and participate in lively discussions about advocating for ethnic Hungarian minority rights. Limited space available; registration deadline is November 15. Travel allowance … Read More

Following in the steps of Lianna Hedrick, Sarah Agronow and Sarah Carroll, Marcus Kinney is our 4th Reconnect Transylvania+ Scholarship recipient. Having arrived to Kolozsvár/Cluj, Romania at the beginning of September, Marcus will stay in the unofficial capital of Erdély … Read More

In ten years, Reconnect Hungary has given 185 young Hungarian–Americans the opportunity to strengthen their Hungarian identities – guests heard on August 11th, 2022 at the milestone celebration of the birthright program.  Founded by the New York-based Hungarian Human Rights … Read More

The Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF) has partnered with Hungarian American Coalition (HAC) and Carpathian Foundation to purchase and deliver a mobile medical pediatric unit to Odessa Memorial Hospital, which arrived there on August 3rd. The mobile medical pediatric unit … Read More

The Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF) in cooperation with the National University of Public Service held the Human Rights Workshop for this year’s Reconnect Hungary – Hungarian Birthright Program participants on August 4, 2022 in the Conference Hall of the … Read More

In January, HHRF reported on the published data of the Slovak 2021 Census, in which two separate survey questions had been posed as regards ethnic affiliation. Now, the Slovak government has decided to add answers from the second survey question … Read More

“The problems of minorities affect the lives of all of us,” said President Zuzana Čaputová after a meeting with representatives of ethnic minorities living in Slovakia. “As we progress towards equality in this country we need to make sure that … Read More

The statue of the famed Hungarian poet, Sándor Petőfi, erected in Hrastin/Haraszti, Croatia suffered damage early this month for a second time this year.  This statue serves as a memorial honoring the 1848 Hungarian War of Independence from Austrian rule … Read More