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Thousands Of Hungarian Opposition Supporters Rally; PM Orban Vows Crackdown On Media
https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-magyar-orban-protests/33349014.html
Thousands of Hungarians rallied in Budapest to protest Prime Minister Viktor Orban as the leader of the surging opposition Tisza party vowed to end Orban's 15-year rule.
Orban, meanwhile, stepped up his campaign rhetoric in a separate speech on March 15, pledging to crack down on politicians and journalists who receive foreign funding and again ruling out European Union membership for Ukraine
Hungary is scheduled to hold general elections next year, and opinion polls show the Tisza party, which is headed by former Orban ally Peter Magyar, is surging, in part because of the country's sputtering economy.
"Those who cheat on their own nation should end up in the dustbin of history," Magyar told the crowd. "Our time has come."
Earlier in the day, at a rally to mark the country's national day, Orban vowed to eliminate what he called a "shadow army" of non-governmental organizations, journalists, and politicians he said were paid from the United States and Brussels.
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Hungary's Prime Viktor Orban, the darling of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas in 2022, the same Viktor Orban who was an honored guest at Trump at Mar-a-Lago last year, is hated by the majority of the people in his own country. And why, despite Orban having a fanatical fan base, would the majority of Hungarians hate their own Prime Minister? They hate him because he's an authoritarian and detrimental to democratic values, freedom of the press, and civil liberties.
Since 2011, Orban's ruling party, 'Fidesz', has had the power to take away media licenses and ban journalists without providing due cause, which means that independent media often censor their content to not end up on the wrong foot with the party.
Oligarchs allied with Orban's government, and state-owned broadcasters are indirectly controlled by the party. Human rights organizations and human rights defenders are under constant attack in Hungary.
Viktor Orban is entirely and completely in line with whatever Vladimir Putin wants and orders him to do. The US is mimicking Hungary's leadership right now. This is the road the US is enthusiastically going down.
https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-magyar-orban-protests/33349014.html
Thousands of Hungarians rallied in Budapest to protest Prime Minister Viktor Orban as the leader of the surging opposition Tisza party vowed to end Orban's 15-year rule.
Orban, meanwhile, stepped up his campaign rhetoric in a separate speech on March 15, pledging to crack down on politicians and journalists who receive foreign funding and again ruling out European Union membership for Ukraine
Hungary is scheduled to hold general elections next year, and opinion polls show the Tisza party, which is headed by former Orban ally Peter Magyar, is surging, in part because of the country's sputtering economy.
"Those who cheat on their own nation should end up in the dustbin of history," Magyar told the crowd. "Our time has come."
Earlier in the day, at a rally to mark the country's national day, Orban vowed to eliminate what he called a "shadow army" of non-governmental organizations, journalists, and politicians he said were paid from the United States and Brussels.
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Hungary's Prime Viktor Orban, the darling of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas in 2022, the same Viktor Orban who was an honored guest at Trump at Mar-a-Lago last year, is hated by the majority of the people in his own country. And why, despite Orban having a fanatical fan base, would the majority of Hungarians hate their own Prime Minister? They hate him because he's an authoritarian and detrimental to democratic values, freedom of the press, and civil liberties.
Since 2011, Orban's ruling party, 'Fidesz', has had the power to take away media licenses and ban journalists without providing due cause, which means that independent media often censor their content to not end up on the wrong foot with the party.
Oligarchs allied with Orban's government, and state-owned broadcasters are indirectly controlled by the party. Human rights organizations and human rights defenders are under constant attack in Hungary.
Viktor Orban is entirely and completely in line with whatever Vladimir Putin wants and orders him to do. The US is mimicking Hungary's leadership right now. This is the road the US is enthusiastically going down.
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