A Threat to the Core: Why the New Hungarian Transparency Bill is an Attack on the Foundations of the European Union

The Hungarian Democratic Union of Educators on Thursday initiated a joint protest by unions and civil society against the government's “transparency” bill. According to trade unionists, it is not about transparency, but about intimidation. Referring to the 444.hu portal, the TASR rapporteur in Budapest informs about this. “Government law gives authorities the power to stigmatize, harass or terminate organizations at their discretion if they rece…

Draft law in Hungary risks silencing civil society  - Civil Rights Defenders

Civil Rights Defenders is deeply alarmed by a new legislative proposal in Hungary that, if passed, would institutionalise sweeping, opaque, and politically motivated repression of independent civil society, the press, and private organisations that receive foreign support or have any kind of income that the Hungarian government feels would threaten the country’s sovereignty.  The draft law, which is deceptively titled ‘On the Transparency of Pub…

OPERATION STARVE AND STRANGLE - How the Hungarian Government Decided to Put Companies, Independent Media and Civil Society in a Chokehold - Transparency International Hungary

On 13 May, under the guise of transparency and protecting sovereignty, Hungary’s government launched an unprecedented attack against civil society, independent media, and any legal entity, including businesses, that the government decides to target for opposing its authoritarian rule. The Bill comes amidst a wider effort to stigmatise and threaten organisations critical of Hungary’s democratic erosion, and PM Orbán’s threat to carry out a “sprin…

The organization wrote a letter to Minister of Justice Bence Tuzson.

A Threat to the Core: Why the New Hungarian Transparency Bill is an Attack on the Foundations of the European Union