Category Archives: EN

Vodafone reveals existence of secret wires that allow state surveillance

Posted on June 9, 2014 by ellenpolus

Juliette Garside Wires allow agencies to listen to or record live conversations, in what privacy campaigners are calling a ‘nightmare scenario’ Vodafone has revealed the secret wires are widely used in the 29 countries it operates in. Photograph: Carl Court/AFP … Continue reading →

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Transparency International calls for an immediate end to intimidation of civil society in Hungary

Posted on June 7, 2014 by ellenpolus

Transparency International, the global anti-corruption movement, is calling on the government of Hungary to stop its strategy of intimidation aimed at stifling the voice of civil society and democratic oversight. Every government, irrespective of political affiliation, should uphold the rights … Continue reading →

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Dispatches: Harassing Civil Society in Hungary

Posted on June 6, 2014 by ellenpolus

The Hungarian government’s anti-democratic tendencies are on show again. In actions unworthy of an EU member state, the government this week conducted surprise financial inspections on some nongovernmental organizations that administer foreign donor money. This happened after the prime minister’s … Continue reading →

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Activists move to scupper illegal workers crackdown

Posted on June 5, 2014 by ellenpolus

As raids on illegal workers are launched at hundreds of businesses across the country, campaigners are using leaked government documents to warn those being targeted. The Anti-Raids Network, which obtained the documents, says the government is pusuing a political agenda … Continue reading →

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Miriam Pepper: Holocaust tensions are evident in Hungary today

Posted on June 4, 2014 by ellenpolus

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Sixty pairs of shoes line a prominent stretch of the bank of the Danube River, which bisects this European capital. From a distance, they look real. Up close, the cast iron shoes stand as painful replicas of … Continue reading →

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Renewed attack on the Hungarian media: freedom of the press is at stake

Posted on June 4, 2014 by ellenpolus

As I was settling down to write this post, a large demonstration in Budapest was just coming to an end. It was organized by journalists who protested the sudden firing of the editor-in-chief of Origo, one of the best and most widely read internet … Continue reading →

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Young anti far-right protesters urge France to ‘wake up’

Posted on May 31, 2014 by ellenpolus

Thousands of students rallied across France Thursday to protest against the anti-immigration National Front party, whose historic success in EU polls they said threatened democracy. Waving banners that read “No to the National Front”, and “Wake up, France,” demonstrators rallied … Continue reading →

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