#MediafreedomHungary: a united call to defend journalists’ right to do their job
ECPMF-chair Henrik Kaufholz gave the starting signal for a Europe-wide action day to raise awareness for press freedom violations in Hungary. First thing in the morning he went to the Hungarian embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, to personally deliver a letter addressed to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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The letter in the name of the ECPMF and its supporters calls upon Viktor Orban to investigate a case of press freedom violations: In September 2015, six journalists were physically attacked, detained and hindered from doing their jobs at the Hungarian-Serbian border. Despite an ECPMF-fact finding mission, the case was…