In a new report released Tuesday, the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatović condemned Hungary’s human rights abuses.
Human rights advocates have again accused Hungary of withholding food from asylum seekers to pressure them to give up their asylum claims.
President Donald Trump addresses Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a meeting in the Oval Office, on May 13. Human rights advocates have again accused Hungary of withholding food from asylum seekers to pressure them to give up their asylum claims. Mark Wilson/Getty Images “The government has stooped to a new inhumane low by refusing food to people in their custody, apparently reveling in breaching human rights law, including its obligations as a European Union member," Lydia Gall, Eastern E.U. and Balkans researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement at the time. “This disregard for people’s wellbeing smacks of a cynical move to force people to give up their asylum claims and leave Hungary.
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