Gay adoption – letter to the editor
Dear Editor, I am writing regarding the articles “Nineteen embassies jointly support Budapest Pride” and “PM Orbán calls Tavares report unjust”. I am deeply disappointed with the nineteen embassies who[…]
Tagged: mental health
First flood, now pestilence
The latest buzz in and around Budapest
The record Danube flood has created the perfect conditions for mosquito larvae to thrive and survive. According to state news agency MTI, billions of mosquitoes hatch daily in the stagnant[…]
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The right to decide
Some 60,000 Hungarians living with mental disability are denied the chance to make their own decisions about how they live their lives, activists say. Anaïs Lynn Voski speaks to the director of the Budapest-based Mental Disability Advocacy Centre, an NGO that fights for the human rights of people with disabilities and has been working in Hungary and other Central European countries for more than 10 years.
Oliver Lewis, executive director of the centre, said their mission essentially “boils down to equality and inclusion”, as many people are placed into large institutions away from their homes, where[…]
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