In a report published today, the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) welcomes cooperation of Hungarian authorities during its visit last year to detention centres and police detention facilities for foreigners, but also points out shortcomings.
The committee finds that the majority of detained foreign nationals interviewed stated that they had been treated correctly by police and prison officers or armed guards.
However, it also finds that a “considerable number” of foreign nationals complained of ill treatment by police and discovered wanting conditions in some detention centres.
Given the context of the arrival of an unprecedented number of foreign nationals to Hungary last year – nearly 10,000 foreign nationals arriving every day in the summer months of 2015 alone – the committee acknowledges the “particular circumstances” faced by Hungarian authorities. (more...)