Several hundred Hungarians took part in Friday evening In Budapest at a demonstration organized by an opposition movement Momentum, to They protested against the government’s bill against the media and civil organizations receiving funding from abroad. Referring to the telex.hu server informs the TASR newsletter in Budapest.
“Putin’s best pupil and the Russian puppet government led by him launched a new attack on another basic freedom under the guise of the night. After just for the collection they are now attacking on Freedom of the press As part of the preparation to Handling the elections next year, ” They wrote the organizers on Facebook in the invitation to the protest gathering. The street around the sovereignty protection office was closed and na The place of the demonstration was provided by about 20 police officers.
One of the speakers of the Assembly was the chairman of the Momentum Márton Tombos movementthat said that here It is not just a prohibition of the Pride march, the suppression of the freedom of gathering, years o fate of the press or civic associations, of a the future of the country. “Let’s meet on Sunday at Košútovo Square, let’s stop this madness together,” he said at the end of TomPos to participate in another demonstration.
Police have started criminal prosecution against a group of Momentum activists, that caused Friday afternoon Material damage to the Office for the Protection of Sovereignty. The group of protesters has explored a banner on the building with the inscription: “Wishing the freedom of the press”At the same time, the red color and fencing of the office was covered by the red color and blocked the entrance for a short time.
The government bill “on transparency in public life” would allow the government to intervene in media and non -profit organizations, who believes to endanger the sovereignty of the country. Parliament is expected to approve the proposal next week on Tuesday, writes telex.hu. The bill was submitted to Parliament on Tuesday by a deputy of the Hungarian government party Fidesz János Halász. In case of approval would He complicated the work and existence of foreign funding organizations.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in a speech of 15 March strongly built against Civil organizations critical to the government, against journalists of independent press, against judges demonstrating for the independence of the judiciary and against opposition politicianswho, according to Fidesza, are financed from abroad and announced “Spring cleaning”, He reminded Telex.hu.
