Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union is a human rights NGO. Since our foundation in 1994, we have been working for everybody being informed about their fundamental human rights and empowered to enforce it against the undue interference by those in position of public power.

our focus areas & news

Discrimination during aid to flood victims

The HCLU has received information from several flooded northeastern settlements of Hungary, that in the Roma-inhabited parts of town, help came too late or not at all. This happened in Sáta as well.

We Don't Want a Russian UN Drug Czar!

Watch our video and take urgent action - tell Ban Ki Moon that a Russian diplomat is a bad choice for UNODC director!

Sajóbábony through the eyes of a Gypsy man

There was a clash in Sajóbábony on November 15, 2009, between Roma people and people wearing the uniform of the disbanded Hungarian Guard. In this video we can learn about the events from the point of view of a local Roma young man.

Liverpool: Back to the Roots of Harm Reduction

Our new movie features the beginnings of harm reduction in Liverpool - filmed at the IHRA conference

Civil society calls for an end to compulsory telecommunications data retention

More than 100 organizations from 23 European countries last week asked EU Commissioners Malmström, Reding and Kroes in a joint letter to “propose the repeal of the EU requirements regarding data retention in favor of a system of expedited preservation and targeted collection of traffic data".

Fear and Loathing in Debrecen

The police fights a war on people who use drugs in Hungary