Hungary: Police raided the offices of NGOs, seized documents

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"On Monday, police and about a dozen investigators searched the offices of Hungarian NGOs, Okotars Foundation and Demnet Foundation. These two foundations are in charge of the EEA Norway Grants. The director of Okotars, Veronika Mora was arrested, and the police seized documents from about 13 other NGOs, recipients of Norwegian funds. Among these, there is Asimov Foundation, the NGO behind the investigative journalism outlet, Atlatszo.hu.."

See the full story: Hungary: Police raided the offices of NGOs, seized documents (Xindex, link)

See also: Hungary's Crackdown on the Press (Washington Post, link) and: EU to Ignore Norway’s Call for Measures against Hungary (Wall Street Journal, link)

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