The Hungarian Human Rights Foundation is deeply saddened by the December 30 passing of Dr. Miklós Duray, the twice-imprisoned human rights activist, internationally recognized dissident, and signer of Charta ’77 in Czechoslovakia; towering leader of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia … Read More

On Wednesday, January 4, President Klaus Iohannis spoke with Volodymyr Zelensky, expressing deep concern over the national minority law in Ukraine, which has caused worry and dissatisfaction among the Romanian authorities, and representatives of the Romanian community in Ukraine.  The Romanian presidential office’s … Read More

Last week, we urged supporters to respond to an article that was published December 26, in the Washington Post, entitled “For Ukraine, Hungary’s Orban is another problematic strongman nextdoor.” The article contains numerous inaccuracies, misrepresentations and omissions regarding the Hungarian … Read More

Watch displaced people speak of the support and compassion they have received in a recent clip made by TV21 Ungvár. 

On November 30, the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF) held a Human Rights Advocacy Workshop on Hungarian minorities at the Kossuth House in Washington, DC. In the evening, in coordination with the Kossuth Foundation, we were joined by keynote speaker, Natália Váradi, … Read More

Hungarian Minority Parties Issue Critical Statement Political parties representing the interests of the 150,000-strong Hungarian national minority in Ukraine published the following joint statement, expressing their disappointment with the Ukrainian Parliament’s new law on national minorities. The law “fails to … Read More

Minority-related Public Art and Monuments Will Have Bilingual Inscriptions Henceforth, all commemorative plaques, public art, and installations or monuments connected to the Hungarian community in Romania must have an inscription in Hungarian as well as Romanian. Initiated by the Democratic … Read More

“Alliance brought an unexpected result, compared to the forecasts, we achieved a much better result,” said its president, Krisztián Forró. On October 29, 2022, Slovakia held county and municipal elections in which Alliance (Szövetség, in Hungarian) achieved historic success. The … Read More

Unnecessary Provocation against the Transcarpathian Hungarian Minority  On October 13, the Turul statue was removed suddenly from the obelisk of Mukachevo (Munkács) Castle by the Executive Committee of the Mukachevo City Council.¹ By October 25, the three-pronged harpoon serving as … Read More