By Jane Whyatt, research by Balazs Nagy Navarro and Ljliljana SmailovićHungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban is under fire, with protest letters from ECPMF being delivered to his embassies and consulates across Europe on 14 April.
Our letter calls on him to investigate press freedom violations and defend journalists’ right to cover the refugee crisis.
Viktor Orbán (Picture: European People's Party, EPP Summit 2015-06 Orbán 4 (cropped), Montage, CC BY 3.0 / Beek100, Berlin, Mitte, Unter den Linden 76, Botschaft von Ungarn 01, Montage, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Examples of restrictions include:
Journalists banned from entering refugee camps
A memo to employees of the Hungary public…
