Spouse Antonia Szenthe | Role Writer Name Miklos Haraszti Succeeded by Dunja Mijatovic | |
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Occupation writer, journalist, human rights advocate, university professor Books The velvet prison, A Worker in a Worker\'s State | ||
Education Eotvos Lorand University | ||
Hungary is full fledged il liberal democracy says miklos haraszti in eux tv interview
Miklós Haraszti (born 2 January 1945, Jerusalem) is a Hungarian writer, journalist, human rights advocate and university professor. He served the maximum of two terms as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media from 2004 to 2010. Currently he is Adjunct Professor at the School of International & Public Affairs of Columbia Law School, New York and visiting professor at the Central European University (CEU), Department of Public Policy.
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Haraszti studied philosophy and literature at Budapest University. In 1976 he co-founded the Hungarian Democratic Opposition Movement and in 1980 he became editor of the samizdat periodical Beszélő.
In 1989, Haraszti participated in the "roundtable" negotiations on transition to free elections. A member of the Hungarian Parliament from 1990–1994, he then moved on to lecture on democratization and media politics at numerous universities.
Haraszti's books include A Worker in a Worker's State and The Velvet Prison, both of which have been translated into several languages.
In 2012, Haraszti was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus.
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