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Hungarian police search for Mackenzie Michalski

Irish man suspected of killing US nurse arrested in Hungary

November 10, 2024 World Justice News 0

A 37-year-old Irish man has been arrested in connection with the murder of an American nurse in Hungary, police say. Mackenzie Michalski, 31, from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing after a night out in Hungary’s […]

Nikola Gruevski: Mystery over how Macedonia ex-PM escaped

November 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

Hungary has confirmed that an ex-prime minister of Macedonia has claimed political asylum after fleeing a prison sentence for corruption. Nikola Gruevski arrived in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, this week after failing to surrender last […]

Hungary enforces ‘cruel’ ban on rough sleeping

October 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

Sleeping rough in public areas is now against the law in Hungary. The law was brought in by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, but the United Nations called it “cruel” insisting it goes against human […]

Pakistani hitman wanted for seventy murders arrested in Hungary

October 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A Pakistani citizen wanted by police for killing seventy people was arrested in Hungary on Tuesday through cooperation by Hungarian and Austrian authorities, the Austrian Federal Criminal Police Office (BK) said. The 35 year-old man […]

European Court of Human Rights Rules: Information Denials May Breach Freedom Of Expression

November 17, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Public bodies that deny requests for information can in some cases be held in breach of individuals’ freedom of expression rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. In its recent judgment the ECHR […]

European Court of Human Rights rules Hungary’s Parliament violated MEPs rights

November 9, 2016 zoshinuk 0

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has approved non-material compensation for Socialist MEP Tibor Szanyi for the violation of his freedom of expression rights by Hungarian parliament. 2013, Hungary’s parliament fined then lawmaker Szanyi […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

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Five-year-old detained in Minnesota ICE raid must be freed, judge rules

February 1, 2026 0

A US federal judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father who were detained by ICE officers during a raid in Minnesota. Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo […]