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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11084

22 May 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 33
INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) hungary
Viktor Orban objects to Court of Human Rights ruling

Brussels, 21/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 21 May, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban described a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) as “scandalous”, which requires Budapest to reform its system for reviewing whole life sentences because of respect for human rights.

The ECHR ruled in a judgment published on Tuesday that Hungary had violated several European laws forbidding inhumane or degrading treatment by sentencing a Hungarian citizen to life...

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