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Orbán regime launches all-out attack against NGOs linked to Norwegian Fund
A dozen police officers were sent out to search the offices of Budapest’s Ökotárs Alapítvány Monday morning and then at noon, investigators arrived at the offices of another NGO called the Foundation...
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Europe cannot remain silent after police raids against NGOs, says Civil...
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) condemned Monday’s police raids against Hungarian NGOs as politically motivated actions that elevate the illiberal Orban government’s attack against civil...
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Regime officials, supporters coordinate messaging on troubling police raids
There seems to be broad agreement among supporters and officials of the Orbán regime on how to communicate Monday’s politically-motivated police raids against a handful of NGOs, including Ökotárs....
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Remembering the dead in Hungary: An example of civic engagement
It’s impossible to detach public history and collective memory from contemporary politics. How a society portrays the past is determined by current realities, contemporary values or interests, as well...
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Hungary’s NGOs call for more humane treatment of refugees
A few of my friends and colleagues – some of whom are non-Hungarian, but have lived in Hungary – have complained that the coverage of the refugee crisis paints this relatively small Central European...
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Fidesz cannot order intelligence agencies to spy on liberal NGOs
Hungary’s governing party got a rare slap on the wrist on Friday, after the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH) indicated in a statement that the country’s...
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Viktor Orbán defends his regime in the European Parliament
“This situation is like when someone is accused of murder, he is convicted, yet the murder victim is alive and is pointing his finger at the accused all along,” said a belligerent Prime Minister Viktor...
View ArticleHungarian Rhapsody 2020 – Open Letter Campaign
In early April 2020, three civil societies released an Open Letter to the European Commission in response to Hungary’s so called Authorisation Laws adopted under the disguise of the government’s...
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