The 2008 Amnesty International report, published on Wednesday, highlights a number of human rights deficiencies in Hungary, reports origo.hu . The report is especially concerned with the excessive use of police force, the violence against women, discrimination against Roma, the pre-trial detention of asylum seekers and non-citizens, and the failure to protect peaceful LGBT demonstrators. The report, available in full here , welcomes the fact that, although there allegations of abuse and ill-treatment by police continue to be made, the authorities measures have been initiated to investigate human rights violations by law enforcement officers and to prevent further ill-treatment. It also expresses concerns about the length of the initial pre-trial detention, which is up to 72 hours, and the high risk of ill-treatment, especially against people belonging to minority groups. The detention of asylum seekers and non-citizens, up to 12 months, is applied unlawfully in many cases, and the right of non-citizens to claim asylum was not fully guaranteed at the border. The report mentions the assault of a Peruvian citizen and his friend who were detained in a police station where a group of policemen attacked them. ...
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The 2008 Amnesty International report, published on Wednesday, highlights a number of human rights deficiencies in Hungary, reports origo.hu . The report is especially concerned with the excessive use of police force, the violence against women, discrimination against Roma, the pre-trial detention of asylum seekers and non-citizens, and the failure to protect peaceful LGBT demonstrators. The report, available in full here , welcomes the fact that, although there allegations of abuse and ill-treatment by police continue to be made, the authorities measures have been initiated to investigate human rights violations by law enforcement officers and to prevent further ill-treatment. It also expresses concerns about the length of the initial pre-trial detention, which is up to 72 hours, and the high risk of ill-treatment, especially against people belonging to minority groups. The detention of asylum seekers and non-citizens, up to 12 months, is applied unlawfully in many cases, and the right of non-citizens to claim asylum was not fully guaranteed at the border. The report mentions the assault of a Peruvian citizen and his friend who were detained in a police station where a group of policemen attacked them. ...