Lydia Gall

Another day, another ban. Budapest police is using “child protection” arguments to justify banning a trans rights demonstration. This is yet another clear attack on freedom of assembly and expression for all Hungarians. hrw.org/news/2026/03/1…

#Hungary: The prosecution of activist Géza Buzás-Hábel for organising the 2025 Pécs Pride marks a new step in the restriction of assembly. Charges should be dropped. The crackdowns on the right to gather peacefully and express dissent should be reversed.👇 coe.int/en/web/commiss…

#Uzbekistan ended state-imposed forced labor in the cotton harvest in 2021, but authorities continue to violate the human & labor rights of cotton & wheat farmers through a coercive state production system. More in a NEW @hrw - @UzbekForum report, here: hrw.org/news/2026/02/1…

Shutting down court cases by decree isn't how a democracy functions. This is government telling the courts what they can address simply because it does not like the legal challenge or those bringing it. Revoke decree, restore access to courts, EU shld act. hrw.org/news/2026/02/1…

I visited #Slovakia and talked to opposition politicians, anti corruption activists and whistleblowers. This is what corruption in Slovakia looks like. 👇🏻

Here in the @ChurchTimes @LydsG and I warn that 🇬🇧 risks failing to learn the lesson from the shooting in Minneapolis. When govts treat civic participation as a threat not an exercise of democratic rights, abuses of power becomes more likely — sometimes at devastating human cost.

As the autocratic Viktor Orban diverts funds to his corrupt cronies, the Hungarian government is failing to ensure older people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living, including access to sufficient food, medicine, and energy. hrw.org/news/2026/01/1…

Peaceful protest is a right - not a threat. Yet the UK now wants to ban demonstrations near pharmaceutical and research sites, risking jail time for nonviolent dissent. This is a dangerous path for democracy. 🔗 hrw.org/news/2026/01/1…

Did you know that 🇭🇺Hungary's government fails to ensure older people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living, including access to sufficient food, medicine, and energy? New report @hrw, out now⤵️ hrw.org/news/2026/01/1…

In Hungary, almost half a million older people receive pensions that leave them living below the poverty line. In a new report, HRW documents how the Hungarian government is failing to ensure older people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living. Read more: bit.ly/4jBH4VG

🚨Heba Muraisi, 31 year old, is now reportedly at IMMINENT RISK OF DEATH in a UK detention facility having been on hunger strike since 2 November 2025 (72 days) @DavidLammy @Keir_Starmer @JamesTCobbler 🧵 theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/j…

This is just mental. Please watch. Today at Parliament.

When protest is criminalized, democracy weakens. My @guardian op-ed on why UK protest laws should worry us all. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

New @hrw report out today on the impact of repressive anti-protest laws in the UK. Freedom of assembly is not a gift governments grant their citizens, it's a right that protects citizens from their governments. hrw.org/news/2026/01/0… Thread by @YasmineAhmed001

@hrw Important new 🇬🇧report by @hrw / @LydsG, with clear recommendations for @Keir_Starmer et al⤵️

Freedom of assembly is not a gift or privilege governments grant their citizens, it's a right that protects citizens from their governments. My @hrw report out today about the impact of the UK's increasingly repressive anti-protest laws. hrw.org/news/2026/01/0…

FIFA’s so-called “peace prize” was awarded to US President Donald Trump against a backdrop of violent detentions of immigrants, national guard deployments in US cities+the obsequious cancellation of @FIFAcom’s own anti-racism and anti-discrimination campaigns ahead of the #WorldCup2026; @HRW: #FIFAPeacePrize hrw.org/news/2025/12/0…

An extremely proud day for Hungarians. I just really hope Orbán’s proxies won’t launch a smear campaign, since Krasznahorkai is an outspoken critic of contemporary fascism, far-right politics, and Viktor Orbán himself.

💥Viktor Orbán announced today that Hungary does not recognize the decision by Bosnia’s top court convicting Milorad Dodik, nor does Hungary accept the European Union’s policy toward Bosnia. Instead, he pledged full support for Republika Srpska’s secessionist leader: "Some of the Serbs today do not live in Serbia but in Bosnia. Their elected leader and president is Mr. Dodik. The fact that external figures—viceroys delegated from the European Union—are trying to remove or convict the president elected by the Bosnian Serbs, not for corruption, but simply for not implementing certain decisions coming from the (European) Union, is unacceptable. We must not accept that. Therefore, Hungary does not recognize the court ruling that convicted President Dodik. For us, such a decision does not exist. President Dodik remains the elected leader of the Serbs living in Bosnia, and we will shape our policy accordingly."