{"id":118921,"date":"2023-11-23T09:05:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T07:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/orban-accused-of-trying-to-silence-all-critics-in-hungary-with-new-law\/"},"modified":"2023-11-23T09:05:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T07:05:25","slug":"orban-accused-of-trying-to-silence-all-critics-in-hungary-with-new-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/orban-accused-of-trying-to-silence-all-critics-in-hungary-with-new-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Orb\u00e1n accused of trying to silence all critics in Hungary with new law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118921\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nHungary\u2019s leading civil society groups have accused Viktor Orb\u00e1n of trying to \u201csilence all critical voices\u201d in the country after proposing legislation to create a \u201csovereignty protection office\u201d investigating foreign influence. For years, the Hungarian prime minister has promoted a narrative that external forces are trying to undermine his government and prop up his opponents.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech this month, the longtime leader said \u201cdark forces\u201d would \u201ccontinue to besiege the defensive lines of sovereignty, including those of Hungary\u201d. But Orb\u00e1n\u2019s critics say his rhetoric is designed to undermine opponents and that, ahead of European parliament and municipal elections next year, the government is stepping up efforts to create imaginary enemies and distract voters. On Wednesday seven civil society organisations warned in a statement that the plans for a \u201csovereignty protection office\u201d were part of the government\u2019s broader attempts to quash dissent. \u201cThe bill is part of the government\u2019s attempt to silence all critical voices,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>The groups, which include Transparency International Hungary and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, added that the proposed legislation was not in line with Hungary\u2019s constitutional and EU obligations and would therefore fail. The proposed office would investigate advocacy activities, activities aimed at influencing democratic debate, and organisations that use foreign funding to influence voters. It would also punish banned foreign financing for groups running for election with up to three years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The broad wording has deepened concerns that the office could arbitrarily target journalists, trade unions, churches and companies. The Hungarian Helsinki Committee, a rights group, said the bill was \u201cintentionally vague and riddled with undefined and broadly interpreted concepts\u201d. \u201cThis deliberate ambiguity allows the new authority to arbitrarily consider any activity related to public affairs as serving foreign interests,\u201d it said, adding that \u201cthis is a clear attempt to weaponise the law, create a chilling effect, and further consolidate political power\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary\u2019s opposition also raised concerns. Katalin Cseh, a member of the European parliament from the opposition Momentum party, said the proposal is &#8216;another dark milestone for Hungary\u00b4.<br \/>\n\u201cA straight-up authoritarian tool to crush dissent, intimidate &amp; punish critical voices \u2013 it aims to strangle remaining independent media, NGOs &amp; opposition parties, already facing relentless attacks,\u201d she said. The Hungarian government did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/nov\/23\/orban-accused-of-trying-to-silence-all-critics-in-hungary-with-new-law\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/nov\/23\/orban-accused-of-trying-to-silence-all-critics-in-hungary-with-new-law\">The Guardian<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/121080\/\">Orb\u00e1n accused of trying to silence all critics in Hungary with new law<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[12378,2214,2215,572,9838,7493,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-118921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-critics","tag-hungary","tag-law","tag-new","tag-orban","tag-silence","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}