Creator: Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU)
Description: This documentary produced by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, a human rights watchdog NGO in Budapest, introduces the viewer to the most common rights violations that Roma people face in Hungary. Filmed over three years in the North-Eastern part of Hungary by the HCLU, the footage shows how discrimination is present in all aspects of life of Roma people: disadvantages at the labor market, discrimination at municipalities, by the police and by the judicial system. It shows how hate crime against Roma is tolerated, and how the law that was originally introduced to protect minorities is in real life used against them. Finally, the viewer is shown how the segregation of Roma children at the Hungarian school system ensures that Roma people live "Without a Chance."
Creator: Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU)
Description: This new documentary, The Invisible, by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union offers a clear and moving message of why societies should not lock up people with intellectual disabilities. As the film notes, we still have hundreds of institutions in Europe in 2011, because these places are considered very convenient. Convenient, that is, except for the people who are forced to live in the institutions. The HCLU's film shows the situation of people living in these large scale institutions and calls for alternatives that provide humane living conditions.
Creator: Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU)
Description: Hungary is on the verge of an HIV epidemic among drug users. Despite the first HIV transmissions among drug users, the largest Hungarian needle and syringe program in the 8th district has been forced to shut down, because of political attacks. The HCLU’s campaign movie shows the inhumane circumstances of drug use in Budapest, and calls for reform of drug policies, including adding supervised injection rooms in the city. We call on viewers to sign an online petition for a drug litter free 8th district.