The undersigned media freedom organisations are writing to draw your attention to the deteriorating situation of press and media freedom in Hungary, in particular the recent case of Hir TV
Since 2004, over 700 journalists have been killed for their reporting. Nine out of 10 of these cases go unpunished.
As Hungary prepares for parliamentary elections, independent journalists have become a target of the pro-government media outlets
As a new law passed by Hungarian government threatens the existence of Central European University in Budapest, 70,000 people marched in protest
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Free Word in partnership with Index on Censorship brought together three major cultural figures from Hungary, Poland and Turkey to compare their stories and ask: is Europe just a place, or a set of values that are rapidly unravelling?
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In early April 2016, Hungarian news site vs.hu began publishing less than normal. On 25 April a dozen journalists, including editor-in-chief
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Hungary’s media outlets are coming under increasing pressure from lawsuits, restrictions on what they can publish and high fees for freedom of information requests