Today, the Capital Court of Appeals has reached its verdict in the 2nd degree proceedings of the Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement vs. Viktor Orbán. Read on for the details!
The HCLU represented dr. Viktor Orbán, President of Fidesz in the lawsuit regarding personality rights. With this lawsuit, the goal of the HCLU is to have the court declare, that the protection of public authority institution’s reputation cannot restrict the freedom of political debate.
The President of Fidesz has already won this case in a first instance decision, and today’s ruling reconfirmed it.
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) is joining with a coalition of Hungarian NGOs are calling on domestic companies and Hungarian divisions of multinationals to take a stand against hate speech in Hungary. The NGOS are asking, among others, Vodafone and T-Com, FEDEX, IKEA and Procter and Gamble to reconsider advertising in a Hungarian newspaper which published an article talking about Romani people in unacceptably racist and prejudiced language.
The investigation into the misdemeanor crime against Hungarian rapper Dopeman was closed, after it was found that a misdemeanor crime against a national symbol, namely the Hungarian National Anthem, was not committed.