The government has not only stoked anti-refugee sentiment but has also linked existing anti-Roma prejudices to this new enemy stereotype.
Tisza was not their first assignment: for years, they have been working against the political opposition using illegal, secret service methods.
Átlátszó obtained photos of Lajos Kósa behind the wheel of a Ferrari owned by Gábor Szilágyi, and other materials connecting the Fidesz politician to the bankrupt Bászna Gabona Zrt.
"By 2022, nearly all independent outlets were exiled or banned. Overnight, we became criminals." Interview with Taisia Bekbulatova.
The government campaign to introduce the foreign agent law shows how 21st-century authoritarianism works.
The opposition TISZA Party claims that the database did not come from their servers, but volunteers on the lists confirmed to Átlátszó that they signed contracts with the party.
The proceedings are not only about the reputation of our newspaper, but also about all independent media and civil society organizations in Hungary, which are threatened to be blacklisted and made impossible with the so-called “transparency” bill.
But he did so legally. In an ethical way? Not so sure.
The Sovereignty Protection Office's latest target is the Göd-ÉRT Association, an enviromental group protesting the government’s push to fill Hungary with battery factories.
Ten years ago, on September 8, 2014, Veronika Móra, the director of the Ökotárs Foundation, was escorted out of her office by police officers.
More than half of these statements turned out to be untrue during the recount, no erroneously invalidated votes were found in the respective voting districts.
