November 2, 2018

2/11/2018 – HUNGARY: STATE AGAINST JOURNALIST

Vienna, 2 November 2018

The South East Europe Media Organisation is alarmed about new steps by Hungarian state against a journalist.

Hungarian authorities should immediately drop criminal charges against investigative reporter András Dezső. Dezső, works for Hungary’s news webportal Index.hu.

The charges against Dezső a connected to his article from 12 March 2018 in which he wrote about the background of a Sweden-based Hungarian woman whose interview was used by the government in the run-up to April 8 elections to support its anti-Muslim campaign. rhetoric.