Hungary: Bill Threatens To Eviscerate Democracy
A bill introduced by a member of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is designed to gut civil society and strangle freedom of expression and democratic governance, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed law, which should be rejected, gives sweeping powers to a government-appointed body to label foreign-funded civil society and media organizations as threats to national sovereignty and subject them to draconian, punitive measures.
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