Beginning March 21, large numbers of citizens in the Hungarian-minority inhabited Subcarpathia region of Ukraine have received “hate texts” on their phones. The Hungarian-language local news portal Karpatalja.ma obtained the vile message targeting ethnic Hungarians: “Ukraine belongs to Ukrainians. Glory to the Nation! … Read More

In coordination with the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation, the George E. Pataki Leadership Center has been fundraising to provide food, housing and healthcare to assist Ukrainian families who struggle to cope with their forced displacement.  Former New York Governor George Pataki was in … Read More

JUST IN: Gov. George Pataki Leads Delegation to Aid the Refugee Crisis at Hungarian-Ukrainian Border, writes the New York Post. Four Charities Receive Aid So Far HHRF is working closely with several organizations and institutions, to help alleviate the pain of the tragedy of the … Read More

Zsolt Szekeres, President of Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF), gave an interview in Bocskai Radio with Zsolt Molnár about the war in Ukraine and the effects on the Hungarian minority community of Ukraine, as well as Hungary. Watch the interview … Read More

April 19, 2022 It’s almost been 2 months now since the war in Ukraine broke out. Since then, Hungary has issued temporary residence permits for 97,139 refugees. The opening of the BOK Sports Hall humanitarian transit point Hungary has made … Read More

Written comments submitted February 17, 2022 by Hungarian Researchers and NGOs in Subcarpathia, Ukraine This report focuses on the problematic and unsolved issues surrounding minority language use in Ukraine despite the ratification of the Framework Convention for the Protection of … Read More

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 … Read More

The Slovak Statistical Office has published the data gathered on answers to the two questions on nationality in the 2021 census. When answering the first question 422,000 inhabitants of the country declared themselves to be of Hungarian ethnicity. However, an … Read More

The mayor’s office of Zilah, where the venerable Hungarian Reformed Church institution is located, appealed the 2019 restitution decision of the Cluj Court of Appeals, forcing the rightful owner to file suit at the Supreme Court. Wesselényi College was confiscated … Read More