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Now playing Next Europe News 'There is definitely a clause' to scrap Orban's state of emergency The Hungarian emergency law would enable Prime Minister Viktor Orban to rule by decree. This happens in other countries, but critics say the Hungarian emergency law has no clear limitation in time - therefore a risk for the rule of law. 02/04/2020
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Now playing Next Hungary Euroviews. What happened in the Hungarian media could happen in your country too ǀ View Over the past nine years, public affairs have gradually become the private affairs of people with power, and every relevant law, regulation and practice echoes this shift in perspective. Government officials and politicians treat journalists asking them questions as if we were invading their privacy 21/11/2019
Now playing Next Malta Daphne Caruana Galizia: Detained Maltese businessman released on bail A prominent businessman arrested over the murder of Malta journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was released on bail on Thursday evening. 19/11/2019
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Now playing Next Malta Malta press freedom 'dire' two years on from journalist's murder The climate of press freedom in Malta "remains dire" two years after investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb, Reporters Without Borders has claimed in a comprehensive new report. 16/10/2019
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Now playing Next no comment French activists stage stunt at Saudi consulate over Khashoggi killing Two-dozen Reporters Without Borders (RSF) activists dropped dismembered mannequins outside the Saudi Arabian consulate in France. It was to mark a year since the killing of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Turkey on October 2, 2018. 01/10/2019
Now playing Next Russia Not all journalists in Russia get the same support as Ivan Golunov Unprecedented solidarity helped Russia's journalists to a rare victory over the state when freelancer Ivan Golunov was released earlier this year. But such support is not afforded to all journalists in Russia, who face pressure and fabricated cases, too. 26/07/2019
Now playing Next world news Journalists protest against alleged police violence in Hong Kong 10,000 people also marched in the border town of Sha Tin calling for genuinely democratic voting in the former British colony. A handful called for an independent Hong Kong. 14/07/2019
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