A Hungarian human rights watchdog NGO called National Legal Defence Service (NLDS) drew up a human rights monitoring report on the mass human rights violations committed against indigenous Hungarians living in Subcarpathia._x000D_
Subcarpathia, currently the part of Ukraine is officially called as Zakarpattia Oblast. Before 1920 it was part of Hungary._x000D_
A film and a report have been prepared by the NDLS and the online portal PestSrácok using the results of a human rights monitoring survey. These summarise the increasing intensity of human rights violations and atrocities suffered by the Hungarians living in Subcarpathia._x000D_
The joint objective of the NLDS and PestiSrácok is to draw the attention of the international public, to the persecution of the Hungarians living in Ukraine and to help improve their situation._x000D_
The Report describes in detail, supported by evidence, testimonies a number of serious, systemic violations committed by Ukrainian authorities against the indigenous Hungarians in Subcarpathia. The combined effect of these fundamentally jeopardises their survival of the national communities. All of these phenomena seem to be rather close to an attempt to commit genocide. This could ultimately lead to the extinction of the Hungarian population of Subcarpathia. The Report contains recommendations for changing the unbearable situation of the Hungarians, with appropriate guarantees and a proper settlement of their fate, in line with international law and European models to the right of self-determination._x000D_
According to the Report, Ukraine must respect and implement the binding European laws and standards that guarantee the rights of the indigenous national communities living on its territory. These are violated through the oppressive law on education and language, as well as through the systematic and assimilationist repression Hungarians in Subcarpathia, and the mass- and aggressive conscription of Hungarians._x000D_
Dr. Tamás GAUDI-NAGY
National Legal Defence Service
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