FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban talks to the media after casting his ballot during Hungary's local elections in Budapest, Hungary, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has stifled its independent media and imposed a level of control over journalists that is unprecedented in an EU country, according to a joint report from six international press watchdogs that calls on EU leaders to take action.
The report was compiled ahead of a meeting next week at which EU leaders will discuss punishing Hungary for eroding democratic norms under maverick Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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