CATEGORY: Hungary

Israel: Free expression hangs in the balance

The attack on the Supreme Court is just one way in which due process and dissent are coming under fire

Academic freedom under threat for more than 50% of world’s population

The ability to express and discuss ideas openly is being curtailed in univerisites, new data published by the Academic Freedom Index reveals

Contents – The battle for Ukraine: Artists, journalists and dissidents respond

by Index on Censorship | 22 Jun 22

The summer issue of Index magazine concentrated its efforts on the developing situation between Russia and Ukraine and consequential effects around...

Democracies are losing their moral authority to intervene

by Ruth Anderson | 06 May 22

When our leaders opt in and out of laws and norms they don’t like then repressive regimes thrive and their citizens are the ones that suffer

Hungary elections 2022: What does another Orban term mean for freedoms?

by Jemimah Steinfeld | 01 Apr 22

The godfather of “illiberal democracy” – Viktor Orban – is fighting his fiercest election battle to date. What exactly is on the line when Hungarians head to the polls on Sunday?

Contents – Whistleblowers: the lifeblood of democracy

by Index on Censorship | 26 Jul 21

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Index's new issue of the magazine looks at the importance of whistleblowers in upholding our democracies....

The free speech Euros: Group F

by Bridget Byrne | 25 Jun 21

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In celebration of one of football’s biggest international tournaments, here is Index’s guide to the free speech...

Viktor Orbán’s power grab leaves Hungary without true democracy

by Orna Herr | 08 Apr 20

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has pushed through emergency laws that have no time limit and enormous potential to limit media freedom

Doing their masters’ bidding: Media smear campaigns in central and eastern Europe

by Paula Kennedy | 21 Dec 18

Unpatriotic behaviour. Sedition. Being in the pay of shadowy external forces. Faking a neo-Nazi event. These are just a few of the charges that have recently been levelled against independent journalists by pro-government media outlets in several central and eastern European countries.