[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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