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Hungary: Draft Sovereignty Protection Act poses fresh threat to independent media

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today alerts the European Union about the chilling impact that the Hungarian ruling party’s proposed…

Hungary: Media freedom groups welcome EU court referral over Klubrádió frequency

The partner organisations of the MFRR today welcome the resounding exoneration of four Greek journalists and publishers who faced criminal charges and…

Fidesz Media Council moves to silence independent station Tilos Rádió

The partners of the MFRR express serious concern over the decision by the Fidesz-controlled Media Council to block the frequency license renewal of…

Hungary: MFRR highly alarmed by Pegasus surveillance revelations

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) is highly alarmed by the revelations by a consortium led by French NGO Forbidden Stories about the…

Biden urged to address media freedom in Hungary and Poland during Europe visit

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Dear President Biden,

On the occasion of your visit…

Hungary: Fidesz-captured media regulator blocks latest attempt by Klubrádió to return to airwaves

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The decision on Thursday by the Hungarian media…

MFRR calls for EU action as Hungary’s last independent radio is silenced

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04 February 2021

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Country factsheet: Hungary

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Prepared by Maria Francesca Rita

 

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MFRR calls on EU countries to protect Hungarian Journalists in Europe from state monitoring

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 25 September 2020, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) wrote to the EU countries’ Ministries of Foreign…

ECPMF joins 18 civil society organisations to express full support to Vice-President Jourová after attacks by Hungarian government

ECPMF and partner organisations have written a letter of support for Věra Jourová after she was attacked by Victor Orbán and the Hungarian government

MFRR Open Letter: Dismissal and resignations at Hungary's largest news site after EU Summit create a moment of alarming symbolism

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners are profoundly concerned about the latest media freedom attacks in Hungary, which follow only days after…

Hungary’s two pandemics: COVID-19 and attacks on media freedom

A legal opinion commissioned by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) finds that the Hungarian Government’s response to the COVID-19…