HCLU FILM 2014ANNUAL REPORT

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CONTENT

OverviewDrug Policy

Roma RightsProtecting Democracy

Political FreedomsHomelessnessData Protection

Freedom of InformationFreedom of Speech

Political Participatory RightsRights of People Living With Disabilities

Fundraising and CommunicationTrainings

The HCLU StaffEquipment

Donors and Contributors

Written by Istvaacuten Gaacutebor Takaacutecs Video Advocacy Program Director using the written text by the HCLU program directors English language proof-reading by Joseph Foss The report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 30 Unported License 2015 Budapest Hungarian Civil Liberties Union Drugreporter

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OVERVIEW

In 2014 the HCLUrsquos Video Advocacy Program produced 163 movies out of which 98 are in English and 65 are in

Hungarian In 2014 the HCLU became 20 years old On this occasion we had several online and offline events and we produced many movies We had an online video contest for young people filmed our events and produced videos with pupils who spoke about issues related to personal freedom Our most successful video this year was made for the ldquoRoom in the 8th Districtrdquo campaign The 20 minute long documentary has been viewed more than a hundred thousand times online and several television and written magazine reports were made based on it The film introduces us to the ldquolegal highsrdquo injecting program in the 8th District of Budapest at a time when the mayor made the needle exchange public enemy number one and closed it down We call attention to the dangers of an HIV epidemic and suggest drug consumption rooms as alternative to more prohibition The Drugreporter

video team was invited to New Zealand to report about the innovative approach to legal highs We filmed at the AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne which was overshadowed by the tragedy of flight MH17 We campaigned for funding of harm reduction in Serbia with our partner ReGeneracia In Hungary we ran a unique anti-stigma campaign on Facebook On the Facebook page ldquoRoller-coaster - diary of a little bit schizo guyrdquo we got to know Baacutelint who lives with mental disabilities He was a fictional character played by the actor Beacutela Meacuteszaacuteros but his story was based on real life events This year we held four trainings in video advocacy the largest one for 15 drug user activists who are members of the International Network of People Who Use Drugs This year we won second prize at the Annual Kreatiacutev Web Video Award for our movie on the harm reduction crisis in Romania We won third prize at the Romani film fest for our movie on the radical right wing militia ldquoBetter future associationrdquo

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2

CONTENT

OverviewDrug Policy

Roma RightsProtecting Democracy

Political FreedomsHomelessnessData Protection

Freedom of InformationFreedom of Speech

Political Participatory RightsRights of People Living With Disabilities

Fundraising and CommunicationTrainings

The HCLU StaffEquipment

Donors and Contributors

Written by Istvaacuten Gaacutebor Takaacutecs Video Advocacy Program Director using the written text by the HCLU program directors English language proof-reading by Joseph Foss The report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 30 Unported License 2015 Budapest Hungarian Civil Liberties Union Drugreporter

2

OVERVIEW

In 2014 the HCLUrsquos Video Advocacy Program produced 163 movies out of which 98 are in English and 65 are in

Hungarian In 2014 the HCLU became 20 years old On this occasion we had several online and offline events and we produced many movies We had an online video contest for young people filmed our events and produced videos with pupils who spoke about issues related to personal freedom Our most successful video this year was made for the ldquoRoom in the 8th Districtrdquo campaign The 20 minute long documentary has been viewed more than a hundred thousand times online and several television and written magazine reports were made based on it The film introduces us to the ldquolegal highsrdquo injecting program in the 8th District of Budapest at a time when the mayor made the needle exchange public enemy number one and closed it down We call attention to the dangers of an HIV epidemic and suggest drug consumption rooms as alternative to more prohibition The Drugreporter

video team was invited to New Zealand to report about the innovative approach to legal highs We filmed at the AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne which was overshadowed by the tragedy of flight MH17 We campaigned for funding of harm reduction in Serbia with our partner ReGeneracia In Hungary we ran a unique anti-stigma campaign on Facebook On the Facebook page ldquoRoller-coaster - diary of a little bit schizo guyrdquo we got to know Baacutelint who lives with mental disabilities He was a fictional character played by the actor Beacutela Meacuteszaacuteros but his story was based on real life events This year we held four trainings in video advocacy the largest one for 15 drug user activists who are members of the International Network of People Who Use Drugs This year we won second prize at the Annual Kreatiacutev Web Video Award for our movie on the harm reduction crisis in Romania We won third prize at the Romani film fest for our movie on the radical right wing militia ldquoBetter future associationrdquo

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OVERVIEW

In 2014 the HCLUrsquos Video Advocacy Program produced 163 movies out of which 98 are in English and 65 are in

Hungarian In 2014 the HCLU became 20 years old On this occasion we had several online and offline events and we produced many movies We had an online video contest for young people filmed our events and produced videos with pupils who spoke about issues related to personal freedom Our most successful video this year was made for the ldquoRoom in the 8th Districtrdquo campaign The 20 minute long documentary has been viewed more than a hundred thousand times online and several television and written magazine reports were made based on it The film introduces us to the ldquolegal highsrdquo injecting program in the 8th District of Budapest at a time when the mayor made the needle exchange public enemy number one and closed it down We call attention to the dangers of an HIV epidemic and suggest drug consumption rooms as alternative to more prohibition The Drugreporter

video team was invited to New Zealand to report about the innovative approach to legal highs We filmed at the AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne which was overshadowed by the tragedy of flight MH17 We campaigned for funding of harm reduction in Serbia with our partner ReGeneracia In Hungary we ran a unique anti-stigma campaign on Facebook On the Facebook page ldquoRoller-coaster - diary of a little bit schizo guyrdquo we got to know Baacutelint who lives with mental disabilities He was a fictional character played by the actor Beacutela Meacuteszaacuteros but his story was based on real life events This year we held four trainings in video advocacy the largest one for 15 drug user activists who are members of the International Network of People Who Use Drugs This year we won second prize at the Annual Kreatiacutev Web Video Award for our movie on the harm reduction crisis in Romania We won third prize at the Romani film fest for our movie on the radical right wing militia ldquoBetter future associationrdquo

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We launched a campaign for injection rooms in Budapest especially in

the 8th district 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 The local mayor has blamed the needle exchange for drug problems in the district We approached the issue from the standpoint of local residents and our campaign aimed to convince people that the real solution is not less but more harm reduction We worked with the PR firms Urban Communications and White Rabbit to provide us with technical assistance on graphic design advertising and on-site campaigning We created a campaign website to communicate this message with various multimedia contents We produced a 20 minute long documentary and a teaser We also made 4 thematic movies on the drug problem in Budapest the issue of drug litter on the streets on the dangers of an HIV and Hepatitis C epidemic and the possible solution

We created city light ads and collected around 8 thousand signatures for a sane drug policy online and offline by setting up posts in the district We held a discussion forum for locals The campaign movie has been watched 100 thousand times Several television and hard copy magazine stories were released about the issue We filed a complaint to the ombudsman who condemned the closure of the needle exchange in the district The right wing media attacked the ombudsman and the HCLUrsquos drug Policy program director by leaking out an email in which Peacuteter Saacuterosi asked for the possible publication date of the ombudsman report so he could prepare The right wing media blamed us of manipulating the ombudsmanrsquos office Even a parliamentary committee was set up to investigate the issue (we made a short movie of the event) They did not deal with the real issue closing down the needle exchange that serves the biggest population of legal high injectors in the city will cause disastrous consequences

DRUG POLICY

We launched a campaign for injection rooms in Budapest especially in

the 8th district 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 The local mayor has blamed the needle exchange for drug problems in the district We approached the issue from the standpoint of local residents and our campaign aimed to convince people that the real solution is not less but more harm reduction We worked with the PR firms Urban Communications and White Rabbit to provide us with technical assistance on graphic design advertising and on-site campaigning We created a campaign website to communicate this message with various multimedia contents We produced a 20 minute long documentary and a teaser We also made 4 thematic movies on the drug problem in Budapest the issue of drug litter on the streets on the dangers of an HIV and Hepatitis C epidemic and the possible solution

We created city light ads and collected around 8 thousand signatures for a sane drug policy online and offline by setting up posts in the district We held a discussion forum for locals The campaign movie has been watched 100 thousand times Several television and hard copy magazine stories were released about the issue We filed a complaint to the ombudsman who condemned the closure of the needle exchange in the district The right wing media attacked the ombudsman and the HCLUrsquos drug Policy program director by leaking out an email in which Peacuteter Saacuterosi asked for the possible publication date of the ombudsman report so he could prepare The right wing media blamed us of manipulating the ombudsmanrsquos office Even a parliamentary committee was set up to investigate the issue (we made a short movie of the event) They did not deal with the real issue closing down the needle exchange that serves the biggest population of legal high injectors in the city will cause disastrous consequences

DRUG POLICY

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There is a growing debate on how to control new psychoactive substances

(legal highs) in New Zealand We were invited to film at the Pathway to Reform conference hosted by The Star Trust and give an insight into the innovative policy

introduced by the government In 2013 policy makers created a new law which aimed to create a legal regulated market for certain new drugs ndash so long as the distributor could provide clinical evidence that they pose a low risk to public health

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We produced a summary movie ldquoA FOOT IN THE DOOR A New Approach to Drugs in New Zealand ldquo and published all the 19 speeches of the conference Later in Budapest we organized a screening of

our movie on New Zealandrsquos regulations of legal highs As part of his tour in Europe Grant Hall spoke at our event We uploaded his speech and the round table that followed afterwards

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We produced a summary movie ldquoA FOOT IN THE DOOR A New Approach to Drugs in New Zealand ldquo and published all the 19 speeches of the conference Later in Budapest we organized a screening of

our movie on New Zealandrsquos regulations of legal highs As part of his tour in Europe Grant Hall spoke at our event We uploaded his speech and the round table that followed afterwards

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Mephedrone (or as chemists call it 4-methylmethcathinone) is a

stimulant drug first synthetised in 1929 but not known to the wider public until it was rediscovered in 2003 by a man who calls himself Dr Zee Is he the ldquoCrazy Chemistrdquo depicted in government-led anti-drug campaigns using young people as lab rats for testing his substances Why is he experimenting with unknown substances Was it his intention to sell these drugs to millions of young people Does he feel guilty for the harms caused by mephedrone the deaths the suffering The Drugreporter video team met him in New Zealand in March this year and took the opportunity to carry out an exclusive interview with him and ask these questions Our aim was neither to judge nor to justify him - just to show the man behind the discovery of mephedrone

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While we were there in New Zealand we took the opportunity to visit the New

Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC) and interview Annah Pickering and Catherine

Healy two sex worker activists about the unique model of decriminalising sex work in New Zealand

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In New Zealand sex work is legal and there is no special legislation but all the

labor and human rights laws apply to sex work

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The Drugreporter participated as video journalists at the AIDS 2014 conference

in Melbourne Australia The international AIDS conference was overshadowed by the tragedy of flight MH17 Six well-known HIV researchers and activists were on board on their way to Melbourne when separatist forces shot down the plane According to some speculation widely publicised in the media ldquoThe cure for AIDS might have been on the planerdquo But are we really that close to ending the HIV epidemic Does it depend on one ldquosecret formulardquo that might have been travelling in the suitcase of Dr Joep Lange former head of the International AIDS Society Not really The reality is as usual far more complicated But in a sense all these six professionals knew the antidotes for HIV

and worked hard to raise awareness of them We produced a movie about what works to end AIDS for good and all We uploaded two full press conferences from the conference one held by the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the other by the International Aids Society Harm Reduction International the International HIVAIDS Alliance and the International Drug Policy Consortium have launched a ground-breaking study highlighting the funding crisis for harm reduction Drugreporter filmed the presentation of the new report and the speeches of Maria Phelan David Wilson and Tanya Deshko at the AIDS conference in Melbourne We also uploaded the speech of Pye Jacobsson on the Swedish Model of Criminalising the Clients of Sex Workers

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The Drugreporter participated as video journalists at the AIDS 2014 conference

in Melbourne Australia The international AIDS conference was overshadowed by the tragedy of flight MH17 Six well-known HIV researchers and activists were on board on their way to Melbourne when separatist forces shot down the plane According to some speculation widely publicised in the media ldquoThe cure for AIDS might have been on the planerdquo But are we really that close to ending the HIV epidemic Does it depend on one ldquosecret formulardquo that might have been travelling in the suitcase of Dr Joep Lange former head of the International AIDS Society Not really The reality is as usual far more complicated But in a sense all these six professionals knew the antidotes for HIV

and worked hard to raise awareness of them We produced a movie about what works to end AIDS for good and all We uploaded two full press conferences from the conference one held by the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the other by the International Aids Society Harm Reduction International the International HIVAIDS Alliance and the International Drug Policy Consortium have launched a ground-breaking study highlighting the funding crisis for harm reduction Drugreporter filmed the presentation of the new report and the speeches of Maria Phelan David Wilson and Tanya Deshko at the AIDS conference in Melbourne We also uploaded the speech of Pye Jacobsson on the Swedish Model of Criminalising the Clients of Sex Workers

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We recorded the protest against Gilead the company which sells hepatitis C drugs for 2000 dollars a day

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On the topic of Overdose we produced a short animation

ldquoBunny and Wolf An Animated Guide to Prevent Overdose Deathsrdquo

Opioid overdose continues to be a top killer of young people all over the world In some countries drug overdose deaths now outnumber those attributable to firearms homicides or HIVAIDS Few people realise that most of these deaths are easily preventable with the right information and an inexpensive antidote Naloxone which can reverse overdoses The movie is available in English and in Russian

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The 1st International Conference on Drug Policies in Portuguese-Speaking

African Countries (PALOP) ndash a pioneering event and the first of a set of meetings ndash was held on the 15th and 16th of January 2014 in Cape Verde The Drugreporterrsquos team was invited to film at the event We created the movie FOCUSING ON THE HUMAN BEING - Drug Policy in Portuguese-Speaking African Countries We also uploaded all the 28 speeches of the conference

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In 1976 the Netherlands separated the cannabis market from the market in

other illicit drugs and allowed coffee shops to sell small amounts of cannabis to adults in a controlled environment Our new movie titled ldquoCoffee Shops and Compromise The Success of the Dutch Modellrdquo tells the story of the Dutch model and highlights its successes as well as the challenges ahead of it This movie is made in a series based on the Lessons for Drug Policy series by the Open Society Foundations

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We produced a campaign movie with our partner Regeneracija for support

of harm reduction in Serbia titled ldquoAT A CROSSROADS Will Serbia Fund Harm Reduction Programs to Save Livesrdquo Serbia is not eligible for any more money from the Global Fund - harm reduction programs are in danger

Our movie and the short teaser give you a glimpse of the desperate situation of Roma injecting drug users in Belgrade and calls for funding harm reduction

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Reporting from the CND The consensus behind global drug prohibition is

fading as you can see in ldquoBreaking Down the Vienna Consensus on Drugsrdquo that we filmed at the high level UN meeting in Vienna On the left you can see a pictire of the Coffee sniffer at the protest in front of the CND

Video Campaign to debunk the INCB The HCLUrsquos Drugreporter has launched a video campaign to debunk the offensive of the International Narcotics Control Board against drug policy reform initiatives 6 short video messages were sent and there are more to come

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Reporting from the CND The consensus behind global drug prohibition is

fading as you can see in ldquoBreaking Down the Vienna Consensus on Drugsrdquo that we filmed at the high level UN meeting in Vienna On the left you can see a pictire of the Coffee sniffer at the protest in front of the CND

Video Campaign to debunk the INCB The HCLUrsquos Drugreporter has launched a video campaign to debunk the offensive of the International Narcotics Control Board against drug policy reform initiatives 6 short video messages were sent and there are more to come

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Reporting from the CND The consensus behind global drug prohibition is

fading as you can see in ldquoBreaking Down the Vienna Consensus on Drugsrdquo that we filmed at the high level UN meeting in Vienna On the left you can see a pictire of the Coffee sniffer at the protest in front of the CND

Video Campaign to debunk the INCB The HCLUrsquos Drugreporter has launched a video campaign to debunk the offensive of the International Narcotics Control Board against drug policy reform initiatives 6 short video messages were sent and there are more to come

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We shot a short movie on the key issues surrounding harm reduction

in Europe at the 2nd European Harm Reduction Conference in Basel Switzerland The movie was screened at the closing ceremonyAt the national harm reduction conference in Budapest

presenters from Greece Romania and Hungary reported that there are similar problems and challenges in relation to injecting drug use in Southern-Central Europe but there are huge differences between government responses Lack of political leadership is leading to growing

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HIV and hepatitis C infections among drug users all over the region We uploaded all 6 speeches As usual we filmed the annual Hungarian drug policy conference and uploaded 8 videos We organized a public hearing at the European Parliament on our study on new psychoactive substances in

June where we have presented the report titled ldquoThe Not-So-Balanced Approach - Policy Responses to New Psychoactive Substancesrdquo We uploaded all three speeches of the event

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ROMA RIGHTS

The municipality of Miskolc has created a uniquely discriminative regulation

This new regulation is an attempt to push the tenants of low-comfort social housing out of town which is clearly indirectly discriminative against Roma people Therefore we appealed to the ombudsman asking him to request a constitutional revision of the modified regulation We made a short movie about the issue

We won at the appeal court against HiacuterTv We reported earlier how they were lying about the segregation of Roma children in gyoumlngyoumlspata and they sued us According to the Ombudsmanrsquos office and the court there is segregation of Roma children at the primary school of Gyoumlngyoumlspata A journalist from the Guardian wrote an article about it The Hungarian news channel lsquoHiacuterTvrsquo accused the journalist of lying about the issue They produced a report claiming there is no segregation and even showed Roma children with computers which in reality they never used We produced a movie last year and a blog post in which we say it is the news channel that distorts the facts Now we have uploaded the court decision on video

2nd of August is the remembrance day of the Roma Holocaust On the evening of 2nd of August 1944 3000 people were murdered by the Nazis We recorded the speech of Jenő Seteacutet on the occasion of this day

Our colleague Gaacutebor Szőllősi won the Raul Wallenberg prize for his work in Eacuterpatak We filmed the event

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PROTECTING DEMOCRACY

Stefaacutenia Kapronczay head of the HCLU spoke at the ldquoMake yourself freerdquo

protest in Budapest on October 23th 2014 We uploaded her speech Together with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Kaacuteroly Eoumltvoumls Institute the HCLU produced a sample school lesson series on civil liberties The lessons include the HCLUrsquos movies

POLITICAL FREEDOMS

ldquoNo country for civil society - What strategies can human rights

organizations follow under increasingly authoritarian regimesrdquo was the title of the international conference organized by INCLO on 30 May in Budapest We recorded and uploaded all 10 speeches Since its re-election the Hungarian government launched a campaign attacking the credibility of Hungarian NGOs while trying to gain controlling power over any funding distributed independently from the government On June 12th the Hungarian Government met the representatives of Norway Iceland and Lichtenstein to discuss the European Economic Area Norway Grants While talks between the Norwegian and Hungarian officials were under way a number of NGOs from around the world were showing solidarity with Hungarian NGOs by publishing a joint statement in support of the Hungarian civil sectorrsquos independence and calling upon politicians to refrain from pressuring NGOs We produced a short movie for the ldquoSpeak Up for Hungaryldquocampaign

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PROTECTING DEMOCRACY

Stefaacutenia Kapronczay head of the HCLU spoke at the ldquoMake yourself freerdquo

protest in Budapest on October 23th 2014 We uploaded her speech Together with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Kaacuteroly Eoumltvoumls Institute the HCLU produced a sample school lesson series on civil liberties The lessons include the HCLUrsquos movies

POLITICAL FREEDOMS

ldquoNo country for civil society - What strategies can human rights

organizations follow under increasingly authoritarian regimesrdquo was the title of the international conference organized by INCLO on 30 May in Budapest We recorded and uploaded all 10 speeches Since its re-election the Hungarian government launched a campaign attacking the credibility of Hungarian NGOs while trying to gain controlling power over any funding distributed independently from the government On June 12th the Hungarian Government met the representatives of Norway Iceland and Lichtenstein to discuss the European Economic Area Norway Grants While talks between the Norwegian and Hungarian officials were under way a number of NGOs from around the world were showing solidarity with Hungarian NGOs by publishing a joint statement in support of the Hungarian civil sectorrsquos independence and calling upon politicians to refrain from pressuring NGOs We produced a short movie for the ldquoSpeak Up for Hungaryldquocampaign

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PROTECTING DEMOCRACY

Stefaacutenia Kapronczay head of the HCLU spoke at the ldquoMake yourself freerdquo

protest in Budapest on October 23th 2014 We uploaded her speech Together with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Kaacuteroly Eoumltvoumls Institute the HCLU produced a sample school lesson series on civil liberties The lessons include the HCLUrsquos movies

POLITICAL FREEDOMS

ldquoNo country for civil society - What strategies can human rights

organizations follow under increasingly authoritarian regimesrdquo was the title of the international conference organized by INCLO on 30 May in Budapest We recorded and uploaded all 10 speeches Since its re-election the Hungarian government launched a campaign attacking the credibility of Hungarian NGOs while trying to gain controlling power over any funding distributed independently from the government On June 12th the Hungarian Government met the representatives of Norway Iceland and Lichtenstein to discuss the European Economic Area Norway Grants While talks between the Norwegian and Hungarian officials were under way a number of NGOs from around the world were showing solidarity with Hungarian NGOs by publishing a joint statement in support of the Hungarian civil sectorrsquos independence and calling upon politicians to refrain from pressuring NGOs We produced a short movie for the ldquoSpeak Up for Hungaryldquocampaign

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HOMELESSNESS

We recorded and uploaded the introduction to Tessza Eacuteva

Udvarhelyirsquos new book on the history of homelessness and itrsquos management in Hungary We recorded and uploaded another book publication event on judgesrsquo enforcement of fundamental rights in Hungary

We filmed the protest against the governmentrsquos terrible homeless policy Homelessness became a crime and the office to fine people was established in a homeless shelter

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HOMELESSNESS

We recorded and uploaded the introduction to Tessza Eacuteva

Udvarhelyirsquos new book on the history of homelessness and itrsquos management in Hungary We recorded and uploaded another book publication event on judgesrsquo enforcement of fundamental rights in Hungary

We filmed the protest against the governmentrsquos terrible homeless policy Homelessness became a crime and the office to fine people was established in a homeless shelter

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In the 8th district another 65 CCTCs have been added to the existing 115 that

have been renewed With the 300 million forints investment 100 of the district is

covered The cameras are now enabled for face recognition In our movie we ask whether this really is the right direction

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DATA PROTECTION

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In the 8th district another 65 CCTCs have been added to the existing 115 that

have been renewed With the 300 million forints investment 100 of the district is

covered The cameras are now enabled for face recognition In our movie we ask whether this really is the right direction

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DATA PROTECTION

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

We filmed and uploaded two court sentences one on the spending

during the building of metro 4 and one on the chamber of patent attorneys

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

The HCLU provided free legal aid to the journalist Aacuterpaacuted Toacuteta W He criticised

Marcell Zsiga deputy mayor of Miskolc for his quickly gained wealth Zsiga sued him and asked for a prison sentence against the journalist We won the first trial and made a short video

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In a new campaign called ldquoBudapest Kingdomrdquo we were advocating against

the inequality of the vote in the municipal representation of Budapest which resulted from statutory changes in the summer of 2014 We developed a website which called viewers to submit electronically a pre-drafted complaint to the Ombudsperson online asking him to turn to the Constitutional Court (CC) in order to have the new electoral law annulled Users of the campaignrsquos website lodged 168 complaints to the Ombudsperson

We organised a conference at the Open Society Archives about political participatory rights in the new Hungarian environment We uploaded all five key speeches

We produced a short movie to explain how the new regulations governing campaigning before the elections reduces the opportunities forthe opposition to communicate

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POLITICAL PARTICIPATORY RIGHTS

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RIGHTS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES

In 2014 we launched a unique anti-stigma campaign on Facebook On the

Facebook page ldquoRoller-coaster - diary of a little schizo guyrdquo we got to know Baacutelint who lives with mental disabilities The campaign aimed at destigmatisation by showing the everyday life and thoughts of Baacutelint who was a fictional character played by the actor Beacutela Meacuteszaacuteros in our two movies His stories were built upon real life events The campaign was supported by the XKK the Communications Agency for Social Causes

We filmed at the Rehab Critical Mass a unique citizens initiative in which people living with disabilities demanded the protection of their rights from the State They asked for support for live-in within the community labour opportunities or minimal wages proper education for all people living with disabilities better support services real obstacle clearing moral and financial respect of experts and the elaboration of a complex rehabilitation system

The United Nations investigated in 2014 how Hungary implements its commitments under the Rights of the Child Convention On February 4 2014th civil society informed the committee on the Hungarian situation

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FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNICATION

The HCLU became 20 years old in 2014 We made 9 thematic videos with pupils who got together to talk about issues related to freedom We produced 5 teasers

for the TASZ 20 events

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FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNICATION

The HCLU became 20 years old in 2014 We made 9 thematic videos with pupils who got together to talk about issues related to freedom We produced 5 teasers

for the TASZ 20 events

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Every last Thursday of the month starting from September 2014 the program directors of the HCLU hold a lecture at the bar ldquoKolorrdquo to bring our issues aims and actual challenges related to human rights protection for the public Dalma Dojcsaacutek spoke about the role of journalism in a democratic society more specifically how the law supports or hinders this role and how people can protect the rights of journalists Tamaacutes Verdes talked about

the problems with coerced psychiatric treatment Peacuteter Saacuterosi explained our ldquoRoom in the 8th Districtrdquo campaign and the closure of the needle exchange while legal highs injecting is on the rise Attila Mraacutez talked about how the changes to decision making in Budapest affects the lives of all who live there We produced two fundraising movies in 2014 that you can watch here and here

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Among all the events we had a 20 Shades of Freedom night where 15 artists directors singers dancers and celebrities were talking drawing painting dancing and singing about freedom There was only one limitation

It had to be maximum six minutes long The speakers were Peacuteter Halaacutecsi Daacutevid Klein Tamaacutes Vekerdy Korneacutel Mundruczoacute Oliveacuter Cepella Zsoacutefi Kemeacuteny Reacuteka Szaboacute Titanilla Fiaacuteth Emőke Both Lady Doumlmper Viraacuteg Erdős Noeacutemi Mondik

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Balaacutezs Turai Kristoacutef Horvaacuteth AKA Sziacuteneacutesz Bob and the Momentaacuten Taacutersulat For the anniversary we launched a video competition where youtube users could upload 1 minute videos on various topics related to freedom The winner out of

29 nominations was Rozaacutelia Szelecki who won 100 thousand forints and three competitors Tamaacutes Roacutezsa Aacutembedkaacuter Media and Noeacutemi Kondor won tickets to the Sziget festival

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In 2014 we held 4 trainings in video advocacy We organised a training

together with the International Network of People Who Use Drugs for 15 drug user activists The former or current drug users came from Nepal Sweden India Indonesia Australia Georgia Canada Lithuania the Russian Federation the UK Uzbekistan and Ukraine The four-day training held in Russian and English was at the European Youth Centre a residential educational establishment belonging to the Council of Europe On the first day participants learned how video can be used effectively for advocacy purposes The second day was about production how to set up and use the camera they were given to take home Participants learned the basics of composition and framing and how to conduct interviews In the afternoon they broke into groups with a variety of filming missions in the city all related to harm reduction in Budapest

On the morning of the third day Peacuteter Saacuterosi taught the participants how to deal effectively with the media In the afternoon and on the last day the participants learned how to edit on Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 using the footage theyrsquod shot the day before After the AIDS conference in Melbourne the New Zealand Drug Foundation invited us to hold a two-day video advocacy workshop in Auckland New Zealand and to deliver a presentation in Wellington The 14 participants invited by the New Zealand Drug Foundation were activists from various social fields The video advocacy program director held two 3 day long trainings for 14 human rights activists who are members of the European Civil Liberties Platform of the Open Society Foundations We also held several presentations in Budapest and abroad about our drug policy video activism

TRAININGS

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This year our colleague Aacutedaacutem Suraacutenyi left HCLU and Maacutetyaacutes Kaacutelmaacuten took his

place as half time video advocacy officer Istvaacuten Gaacutebor Takaacutecs is head of the Video Advocacy Program and Roacutebert Bordaacutes is working as part time cameraman The drug policy movies are made with Peacuteter Saacuterosi with the help of Tamaacutes Kardos in the Hungarian Drug Policy Program as Mediamonitor Program Officer and Gyoumlrgy

Folk as the European Drug Policy Initiative Coordinator Stefaacutenia Kapronczay is the Executive Director Maacuteteacute Szaboacute is the director of programs of the HCLU Eszter Jovaacutenovics is the Roma Program Director Mihaacutely Simon was a field worker and lawyer for the Roma Program Szabolcs Hegyi is responsible for the Protest Right and Freedom of Conscience program Dalma Dojcsaacutek and Attila Mraacutez work as

THE HCLU STAFF

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Political Liberties Officers Fanny Hidveacutegi is the FOI and Data Protection Program Director Rita Bence works as Patientrsquos Rights program director Tamaacutes Verdes is responsible for disability rights issues and Ferenc Bagyinszky works as HIVAIDS program director Anna Kerteacutesz is the Chief Communications Officer The Head of Administration is Andrea Jokaacuten Andrea Polgaacuter worked as fundraising

officer later replaced by Reacuteka Veleacutenyi Ilona Lapinskas is responsible for the private donations Our accountant is Noacutera Perlik the financial assistant is Gabi Harmat Kata Soacutes worked as coordinator for the Norwegian Grants Tivadar Huumlttl is the legal aid service director Our lawyers are Levente Baltay Szabolcs Mikloacutes Saacutenta You can read more about our team here

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This year our colleague Aacutedaacutem Suraacutenyi left HCLU and Maacutetyaacutes Kaacutelmaacuten took his

place as half time video advocacy officer Istvaacuten Gaacutebor Takaacutecs is head of the Video Advocacy Program and Roacutebert Bordaacutes is working as part time cameraman The drug policy movies are made with Peacuteter Saacuterosi with the help of Tamaacutes Kardos in the Hungarian Drug Policy Program as Mediamonitor Program Officer and Gyoumlrgy

Folk as the European Drug Policy Initiative Coordinator Stefaacutenia Kapronczay is the Executive Director Maacuteteacute Szaboacute is the director of programs of the HCLU Eszter Jovaacutenovics is the Roma Program Director Mihaacutely Simon was a field worker and lawyer for the Roma Program Szabolcs Hegyi is responsible for the Protest Right and Freedom of Conscience program Dalma Dojcsaacutek and Attila Mraacutez work as

THE HCLU STAFF

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Political Liberties Officers Fanny Hidveacutegi is the FOI and Data Protection Program Director Rita Bence works as Patientrsquos Rights program director Tamaacutes Verdes is responsible for disability rights issues and Ferenc Bagyinszky works as HIVAIDS program director Anna Kerteacutesz is the Chief Communications Officer The Head of Administration is Andrea Jokaacuten Andrea Polgaacuter worked as fundraising

officer later replaced by Reacuteka Veleacutenyi Ilona Lapinskas is responsible for the private donations Our accountant is Noacutera Perlik the financial assistant is Gabi Harmat Kata Soacutes worked as coordinator for the Norwegian Grants Tivadar Huumlttl is the legal aid service director Our lawyers are Levente Baltay Szabolcs Mikloacutes Saacutenta You can read more about our team here

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Political Liberties Officers Fanny Hidveacutegi is the FOI and Data Protection Program Director Rita Bence works as Patientrsquos Rights program director Tamaacutes Verdes is responsible for disability rights issues and Ferenc Bagyinszky works as HIVAIDS program director Anna Kerteacutesz is the Chief Communications Officer The Head of Administration is Andrea Jokaacuten Andrea Polgaacuter worked as fundraising

officer later replaced by Reacuteka Veleacutenyi Ilona Lapinskas is responsible for the private donations Our accountant is Noacutera Perlik the financial assistant is Gabi Harmat Kata Soacutes worked as coordinator for the Norwegian Grants Tivadar Huumlttl is the legal aid service director Our lawyers are Levente Baltay Szabolcs Mikloacutes Saacutenta You can read more about our team here

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EQUIPMENT

During itrsquos seven years the HCLUrsquos video advocacy program has built up a

great set of equipment with which we can produce very good quality movies We have two Canon 5d mark 3 cameras and two Sony NEX VG20s which also use Canon lenses attached with the Metabones Speed Booster adapters We use a Zoom H4 and H2 to record audio and a Rode Stereo VideoMic with the DSLRs

DONORS AND

CONTRIBUTORS

We are grateful for our donors who make it possible to produce our

movies and campaigns Our largest donor is the Open Society Foundations The Common Sense for Drug Policy Foundation supported our drug policy films Private donors contributed to a large extent to our work We are also grateful to our many volunteers who make our work possible We have to thank Jerry Dorey Joseph Foss Daacutevid Fekete Lili Toumlroumlk Balaacutezs Szigeti Sasha Gurinova and Aacutegnes koumlvesi for their kind support

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