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Hungarian authorities to criminalise humanitarian assistance to migrants – OMCT’s statement

10 juillet 2018 Malik Berkati 5 min read anti-migration laws, civil society, criminalisation, ECHR, FIDH, Human Rights, humanitarian assistance, Hungary, migration, NGOs, OMCT, Stop Soros package, The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, World Organisation Against Torture

Statement of The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (the Observatory) which was created in 1997 by the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH. The objective of this programme is to intervene to prevent or remedy situations of repression against human rights defenders. OMCT and FIDH are both members of ProtectDefenders.eu , the European Union Human Rights Defenders Mechanism implemented by international civil society.

j:mag regularly supports and relays OMCT’s appeals. This one too.

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