Hungary for pro -democracy groups, media that receives American aid Human Rights News

During the era of Urban, Hungary has been launched for years a campaign against NGOs and independent media in the country.

Hungary leads a campaign against NGOs and the media operating in the country that receive funding from the United States and other international sources.

US President Donald Trump’s ally, Hungary Prime Minister Victor Urban, said his government was “on a line” through organizations that have received financial assistance from the United States.

During the era of Urban, Hungary has for years of conjunction with NGOs and independent media in the country, passing the laws that argue critics that seek to stigmatize groups that provide protection for women and minorities, provide legal assistance and human rights, and expose official corruption.

“Now is the moment when these international networks should be dropped, they must be invaded,” Urban said. “It is necessary to make their presence legally impossible.”

Trump’s decision to dismantle The USAID Agency (USAID), The agency, accused of providing humanitarian assistance abroad, encouraged only the Hungarian president. He praised the Trump financing clip, claiming that such aid was used to finance the organizations that sought to “overthrow” his government.

Urban said that the people who work for the organizations that received Finance of the United States Agency for International Development “Agents” can be considered.

Urban said: “All money coming from America must be announced, and those who receive sanctions have been enacted against them,” Urban said.

In 2023, the right -wing Urban government launched the Sovereignty Protection Office, a authority charged with investigating media organizations that it considers to advance in foreign influence.

During the Urban era, Hungary was accused by many local and foreign bodies of the dangerous democratic decline, as the European Union blocks billions of financing the country as a result.