As a new law passed by Hungarian government threatens the existence of Central European University in Budapest, 70,000 people marched in protest
International community rallies in support of Hungary’s Central European University
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CATEGORY: Hungary
Mapping Media Freedom: Recent roundup
Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the Europe. Here are five recent reports that give us cause for concern.
Illiberal democracy: Europe’s worrying trend on freedom and liberty
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?
Dunja Mijatović: Why quality public service media has not caught on in transition societies
The battle to establish credible public service broadcasters in transitional democracies has been difficult.
Hungary: Journalists resign from news website over central bank funding
In early April 2016, Hungarian news site vs.hu began publishing less than normal. On 25 April a dozen journalists, including editor-in-chief
15 June: Illiberal democracy: the future of freedom
Europe was a bastion of hope for more than a million refugees last year. What brought them? A hunger for safety and security? Dreams of freedom?
Hungary: Independent media facing soft censorship
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
Mapping Media Freedom: 2015 was “tumultuous” for media workers
To highlight the most pressing concerns for press freedom in Europe, Index’s Mapping Media Freedom correspondents discuss the violations the stood out most
Hungary: A dispute between a media mogul and the government put journalists in a difficult situation
In February, journalists working at HĂr TV, a Hungarian television news channel, and the daily Magyar Nemzet faced
Index Awards: Tamas Bodoky on the refugee crisis, freedom of information and crowdfunding
The population of Hungary is very much polarised on the migrant issue. Hardliners support the government’s approach in
Journalists covering refugee crisis attacked by Hungarian police
At least eight journalists were beaten and three detained as they covered a clash between refugees and the Hungarian police at the border with
Hungary: Government cracks down on freedom of information
Bill granting Hungarian authorities new powers to withhold information believed to be a response to recent use of freedom of information requests to expose wasteful government spending
