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July 7, 2020

Hungary: Man arrested for Facebook post as data protection rights suspended in response to Covid

Olga Cronin Case Study, COVID-19, Hungary, Surveillance & Human Rights

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared a state of emergency on March 11 in response to Covid-19. In doing so, he launched an “anti-coronavirus defence law” which enabled him to rule by decree for an undefined length of time. Under the law, anyone who spreads “falsehoods” about Covid-19 or the measures taken against it, could […]

June 19, 2020

Hungary: Driving protests are cracked down by police

Laura Kauer Case Study, COVID-19, Hungary, Protest & Policing

On March 11, the Hungarian government declared a national “state of danger” to counter the Covid-19 pandemic, and since March 16, it suspended the right to assembly. A subsequent law has extended the government’s emergency powers indefinitely, and deferred elections during that time. The government response to the health crisis has been heavily criticized after […]