We kicked off Pride Month in a grand way. Cultural Attaché Shawn Kobb moderated a panel discussion on LGBTQI+ issues and Hungary-Hollywood film connections on June 13 at the CEU Rooftop.
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 24 June, 2022 | Topics: Alumni, Culture, Events, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & Hungary | Tags: Diversity, LGBTQI+
Shawn Kobb, Cultural Attaché of the US Embassy in Budapest, recently gave an interview to Hungary’s only Roma radio station, Radio Dikh.
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 14 June, 2022 | Topics: Art & Culture, Culture, Education, English Language Learning, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & Hungary | Tags: Diversity, International Roma Day
During Pride Month, the United States honors the courage and resilience of LGBTQI+ persons around the world.
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 3 June, 2022 | Topics: Human Rights, News, President of the United States, Public Affairs, Speeches | Tags: LGBTQI+
Join us at the free screening and panel discussion on June 13!
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 3 June, 2022 | Topics: Alumni, Art & Culture, Events, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & Hungary
On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia #IDAHOBIT, we express our full support for members of the LGBTQI+ community.
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 17 May, 2022 | Topics: Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: Diversity, LGBTQI+
The only Holocaust survivor to have served in Congress, Hungarian-born U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos spent his life championing the cause of human rights around the world. Chargé d’Affaires Marc Dillard and other distinguished guests discussed a new Hungarian translation of a book about the Congressman’s life and the importance of his work.
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 8 December, 2021 | Topics: Chargé d’Affaires, Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, Human Rights, News, Public Affairs, Speeches, U.S. & Hungary | Tags: Tom Lantos
May 25, 2021 Today we commemorate the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minnesota. We recognize the United States’ long history of racism and we recommit to the unfinished work of fighting racial injustice at home. The protests that took place last year across the world, including in …
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 25 May, 2021 | Topics: Chargé d’Affaires, Human Rights, News
Statement by Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State April 7, 2021 On behalf of the Government of the United States, I extend my best wishes to Roma everywhere on International Roma Day. On April 8, we celebrate the rich culture, language, and heritage of Roma around the world, including the generations of Romani Americans who …
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 8 April, 2021 | Topics: Culture, Europe & Eurasia, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, News, U.S. & Hungary, U.S. Secretary of State
U.S. Embassy Budapest is deeply concerned about the attack on Friday at the 9th District City Hall in Budapest and the incident on Sunday at the Budapest City Hall.
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 17 August, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News, Press Releases | Tags: Budapest Pride, human rights, LGBTI
August 17, 2020 On the occasion of the 25th Budapest Pride Festival, we, the undersigned embassies and cultural institutes, express our strong support for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) community and their rights to equality, peaceful expression and assembly, and freedom from discrimination. We note the important advocacy of LGBTI …
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By olahk | 17 August, 2020 | Topics: Fundamental Freedoms, Gender Issues, Human Rights, News | Tags: Budapest Pride, LGBTI
On July 16, 2020, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo released the Draft Report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights. Draft Report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights (PDF, 28MB) Unalienable Rights and the Securing of Freedom – Secretary Pompeo’s speech at the release of the Draft Report.
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 20 July, 2020 | Topics: Exclude, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, Key Documents, News, Official Reports, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: human rights, Unalienable Rights
Here in Budapest, we support the rights of those who gathered peacefully in front of our Embassy today to protest against racism, and we stand fully with the message that racism has no place in our world.
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 7 June, 2020 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Human Rights, News
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia Statement by the U.S. Embassy Budapest May 14, 2020 On May 17, we will celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, created to commemorate the WHO’s decision to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder on that day thirty years ago. The United States firmly opposes criminalization, …
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 14 May, 2020 | Topics: Europe & Eurasia, Fundamental Freedoms, Gender Issues, Human Rights, News, U.S. & Hungary
STATEMENT BY MORGAN ORTAGUS, STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON April 8, 2020 International Roma Day International Roma Day is an occasion to celebrate the traditions and history of Roma persons everywhere and to honor their contributions to the culture and society of nations around the world. This includes the United States, which is home to more than …
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 9 April, 2020 | Topics: Culture, Europe & Eurasia, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, News, U.S. & Hungary
April 1, 2020 Leaders around the world are grappling with unprecedented challenges as they tackle the COVID-19 global pandemic. As governments around the world respond, we urge them to avoid restrictions on essential human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the ability of the free press to provide information to the public about the crisis and …
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 1 April, 2020 | Topics: Europe & Eurasia, Fundamental Freedoms, Health Issues, Human Rights, News, U.S. & Hungary
As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions that LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation.
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 3 June, 2019 | Topics: Exclude, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Human Rights, News | Tags: LGBTI
Read the 2017 Human Rights Country Report on Hungary here.
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By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 23 April, 2018 | Topics: Human Rights, News | Tags: Human Rights Reports