Comments on: Hungary: How not to regulate the press

By: Do western democracies protect free speech? | Index on Censorship

Do western democracies protect free speech? | Index on Censorship — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:07:53 +0000

[...] including Ireland have established some kind of “statutory underpinning” of the press. In Hungary, draconian laws severely limiting media ownership and press freedom have been partially withdrawn [...]

By: Leveson, politics and the press | Index on Censorship

Leveson, politics and the press | Index on Censorship — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:08:46 +0000

[...] are thinking China, Azerbaijan, Iran or North Korea. But intrusions into press freedom in Italy and Hungary show the problem is closer to home and within democracies too. Without a free press — both [...]

By: Hungary: Watchdog takes away frequency from opposition radio | Index on Censorship

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:44:13 +0000

[...] Read Mike Harris on Hungary’s alarming new media regulations [...]

By: Hungary: airbrushing row highlights media law failings | Index on Censorship

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:38:01 +0000

[...] PLUS: Read Mike Harris on “Hungary – How Not To Regulate The Press“ [...]

By: Macedonia: media freedom sliding backwards | Index on Censorship

Macedonia: media freedom sliding backwards | Index on Censorship — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:49:04 +0000

[...] impression lingered that the Prime Minister Gruevski feels his country is being singled out. As reported last month, Hungary has a new media law, again passed by a new government with a large majority, which stifles [...]

By: Hungary’s media law ‘undermines press freedom’ | WorldNews2GO

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:43:34 +0000

[...] Sources: Index on Censorship/IPI [...]