[Wikimedia-l] Situation of fundamental rights in Hungary

Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki at gmail.com
Thu Jul 4 11:29:41 UTC 2013


EU parliament approved a very concerned report about fundamental rights 
in Hungary. Is the Hungarian community concerned?
<http://www.presseurop.eu/de/content/news-brief/3939611-die-regierung-hat-ungarn-blamiert>

For instance this passage hints at a situation similar to the one of the 
"DDL ammazzablog" which worried us in Italy: «BW. Whereas, while 
welcoming the amendments to the media legislation adopted in March 2011, 
the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right 
to freedom of opinion and expression has highlighted the need to address 
remaining concerns pertaining to regulation of media content, 
insufficient guarantees to ensure the independence and impartiality of 
the Media Authority, excessive fines and other administrative sanctions, 
applicability of the media legislation to all types of media, including 
the press and the internet, registration requirements, and lack of 
sufficient protection of journalistic sources;»
<http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+REPORT+A7-2013-0229+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN>

Nemo



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