Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

The Brejza v Poland case centres on the surveillance of Polish opposition politician Krzysztof Brejza, whose phone was monitored for years using Pegasus spyware, and whose private information was used against him during an election campaign.

“This legislation, reminiscent of the stigmatising 2017 LexNGO and the 2018 Stop Soros laws, is yet another affront to Hungary’s constitutional, international, and EU commitments” – HCLU

In June 2020, the ECJ ruled that Hungary’s restrictions on foreign-funded NGOs broke EU law. In light of Hungary’s failure to comply with the ruling, HCLU and allies offer three recommendations and call on the European Commission to act.

The Hungarian government has reduced press access to COVID-19 information; health workers and professionals fear talking to the media due to the risk of reprisals by the authorities.

Rights groups protest draft legislation that would seriously restrict the work of human rights defenders in Hungary.

Hungary remains part of the European Union, but its actions contradict the fundamental principles of the EU, according to a report by five Hungarian NGOs.

On the heels of Hungary’s recent adoption of a Law on the Transparency of Organisations Supported from Abroad, the European Commission is urged to act to protect NGOs and the rule of law in Hungary.

On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.