Hungary has the trappings of a 21st-century European democracy, but uses its devices to exert the same kind of control as the autocracies of the Cold War.
Tag: Freedom of the Press
Not Just Khashoggi: Reprisal Killings of Journalists Surged This Year
At least 53 journalists were killed worldwide in 2018, most of them targeted because of their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday.
News Analysis: Australian Gag Order Stokes Global Debate on Secrecy
When a local judge placed a gag order on a high-profile criminal case, it muzzled journalists and publishers around the world from reporting on a subject of international interest.
Time Names Person of the Year for 2018: Jamal Khashoggi and Other Journalists
The honorees, called “the guardians of truth,” included the staff of the Capital Gazette newspapers in Maryland, two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar and a journalist in the Philippines.
Philippine Journalist, a Thorn to Duterte, Turns Herself In to Face Charges
Maria Ressa, a veteran journalist, was charged with five counts of tax fraud in what her news organization, Rappler, said was part of a broader attack on the news media by the government.
Killings of Journalists Show the Bloody Fingerprints of Organized Crime
More than two dozen journalists worldwide have been killed by members of organized crime since the start of 2017, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders.
Orban and His Allies Cement Control of Hungary’s News Media
Hundreds of private outlets were simultaneously donated by their owners to a holding company run by allies of Hungary’s far-right prime minister.
A Journalist Was Killed in Mexico. Then His Colleagues Were Hacked.
Text messages sent to them were infected with a spyware that the Mexican government bought from an Israeli cyber arms dealer, according to a forensic analysis.
The Website That Shows How a Free Press Can Die
Origo was a popular, independent news outlet that made trouble for Hungary’s far-right leader, Viktor Orban. Relentless pressure changed all that.
Geoffrey Rush’s Defamation Trial Becomes a #MeToo Reckoning for Australia
The case between an Oscar-winning actor and a Murdoch-owned tabloid could determine whether more women come forward in a country where the legal system discourages speaking up.