Hungary’s New ‘State of Danger’
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A Hungarian armored personnel carrier on route to the troop deployment at the Hungarian – Ukrainian border, in Vasarosnameny, Hungary, on February 25, 2022
© 2022 AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi
Using the Ukraine war as an excuse, on May 25, Hungary’s ruling party pushed through parliament a constitutional amendment allowing the government to declare a “state of danger” in the event of armed conflict or humanitarian disaster in a neighboring country. Immediately, recently-reelected Prime Minister Viktor Orban used those powers to declare a state of danger, …read more
Source:: Human Rights Watch
