Document #1356000
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
For general human rights information on
Hungary, please consult U.S. Department of State, Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1988 (Washington: U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1989), pp. 1083-95; Human Rights Watch
and Lawyers Committee For Human Rights, Critique: Review of the
Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for
1988, p. 81; and Amnesty International, Amnesty
International Report 1988 (London: Amnesty International
Publications ltd., 1988) pp. 204-5.
Also find attached specific articles on
recent liberalizations:
Henry Kamm, "Hungary's extraordinary Change
Draws Critics of Varying Ideologies," The New York Times, 9
October 1989, pp. A1, A18.
"Anything Poles can do," The
Economist, 23 September 1989.
François Camé, "Pour les
Juifs de Budapest," Libération, 26 September
1989.
"Hungary adopts liberal travel laws,"
The Globe and Mail, 27 September 1989, p. A4.
"Hungarians given right to voice own
opinions," The Globe and Mail, 28 September 1989, p.
A12.
"Les Hongrois bientôt libres de
voyager à l'étranger," Libération, 27
September 1989.
Ruth Gruber, "Jewish life blossoming in
Hungary," The Toronto Star, 1 October 1989.
Henry Kamm, "Hungarian Serenade: Wooing
Voters and the West," The New York Times, 26 September
1989.
"Hungary's ruling party to shed communism,"
The Globe and Mail, 5 October 1989, p. A9.