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According to Helsinki Watch, a human-rights group, 60% of male inmates in Hungarian prisons are Gypsies, 12 times the national average.
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When the last of the 75 arrested in 2003 walked free under a deal brokered by the Catholic Church, Amnesty said at the time that there were no more inmates it recognized as prisoners of conscience, though rights monitors complain that authorities have adopted a tactic of more short-term detentions to harass dissidents and impede their activities.
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The fighting, which authorities said occurred during an operation to disarm inmates at the facility, drew sharp criticism from human rights organizations.
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