EP’s LIBE holds hearing on human rights in Hungary
Brussels, January 22 (MTI) – The European Parliament’s committee on civil liberties, justice, and home affairs (LIBE) held a hearing on the human rights situation in Hungary on Thursday.
The hearing was attended by Veronika Mora, head of Hungarian NGO Okotars, who said that the civil sector in Hungary was facing worsening conditions both in legal and in financial terms.
Attila Mong, vice editor of watchdog NGO portal atlatszo.hu, briefed the participants at the hearing about the media in Hungary, and said that journalists in the country are subject to increasing political pressure.
Hungary’s government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs compared the hearing to a soap opera in which “not only the actors but even the script writer has no idea what the piece should be about”. He insisted that the majority of subjects at the hearing had been closed issues, which were now being cited for political reasons.
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I am a 78 year old former Hungarian freedom fighter who did not vote for Fidesz but objects to these bolshevik style attacks on Hungary’ democratically elected government. I realize that it is no use telling you to be ashamed of yourselves because you have shown time and time again that you are incapable of shame or any other decent emotion.