Hungary's sovereignty law threatens free debate, says rights watchdog


  • World
  • Tuesday, 19 Mar 2024

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech during the Fidesz party congress in Budapest, Hungary, November 18, 2023. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's new sovereignty law could have "a chilling effect" on free and democratic debate in the country, a panel of constitutional law experts from the Council of Europe, a human rights watchdog, said on Tuesday.

Hungary's parliament passed a law in December which the ruling right-wing Fidesz party said would prevent undue interference in national politics by foreign persons or groups.

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