Washington Post
Feb 1, 2018
Poland’s Senate passes Holocaust complicity bill despite concerns from U.S., Israel
What will be the impact of the law? Once it is signed by the president, anyone convicted under the law could face fines or up to three...
New York Times 1
Jan 26, 2018
Opinion: How the Holocaust Haunts Eastern Europe
By Lev Golinkin One of my big shocks upon arriving in America from Ukraine in the 1980s was learning that the United States had museums...
Washington Post
Nov 12, 2017
"Pray for an Islamic Holocaust’: Tens of thousands from Europe’s far right march in Poland
By Avi Selk The official celebration of Poland’s 99th independence day proceeded innocuously, with ceremonies in the capital. There was...
Human Rights Watch
Jul 12, 2017
Hungarian Government Stoops to New Low with Hate Campaign
Everywhere you turn in Budapest these days, there are posters and billboards portraying a grinning George Soros, the Hungarian-born...
Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
Apr 28, 2017
Sisters of Social Service of Budapest was declared House of Life
On 26 April the Society of Social Sister of Budapest (SSS) was declared “House of Life” by the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. The Sisters...
New York Times 1
Apr 26, 2017
Genocide’s Legacy: Preserving Auschwitz
OSWIECIM, Poland — To visit Auschwitz is to find an unfathomable but strangely familiar place. After so many photographs and movies,...
Oxfam; Belgrade Centre for Human Rights;
Apr 5, 2017
A dangerous 'game': the pushback of migrants, including refugees, at Europe’s borders
People who are trying to access the EU in search of safety and dignity are being routinely abused by law enforcement officials in...
Euronews
Mar 31, 2017
Refugees from Chechnya unsuccessfully seek refuge in Poland
Attorneys refused access to their refugee clients’ interviews with the Border Guard. Photo: Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights On a...
Al Jazeera
Mar 22, 2017
Refugees fear harsher treatment under Hungarian law
A new law states that all asylum seekers are to be kept in camps. Just a year ago, Hungary put up razor-wire fences along the country's...
James Kirchick | Tablet
Mar 14, 2017
Hungary’s Ugly State-Sponsored Holocaust Revisionism
A stone’s throw from Budapest’s majestic Gothic revival parliament building, Freedom Square teems with monuments attesting to Hungary’s...
Al Jazeera
Mar 7, 2017
Hungary passes bill to detain all asylum seekers
UN refugee agency says automatic detention measure violates the country’s obligations under international law. A Hungarian policeman...
Al Jazeera
Mar 2, 2017
Government failing to educate, integrate Roma children
File: Roma children are discriminated at school from an early age, rights groups warn [David W Cerny/Reuters] Slovakia's school system...
