Judit Fridli sociologist, director of HCLU 1994-2004
Gábor Halmai constitutional lawyer, director of INDOK
Ethan Nadelmann drug politician, director of Drug Policy Alliance
Zoltán Simon communication expert
Balázs Szabados journalist
István Szikinger constitutional lawyer
Attila Gábor Tóth constitutional lawyer, HCLU founder
According to an action plan to fight terrorism being drafted by the Hungarian Ministry of Interior, a person using a service providing encrypted communication could be imprisoned for up to two years.
In 2014 the HCLU’s Video Advocacy Program produced 163 movies, out of which 98 are in English and 65 are in Hungarian. Read the Annual report!
In its judgement, the Court of Justice of the European Union has declared the Data Retention Directive invalid. Based on the Directive, service providers were keeping phone records and other personal data for 6 months. We have decided to undertake the lengthy process of actually eliminating this European law in Hungary.