Security removes The Guardian’s Flora Garamvölgyi from US conservative’s annual political event CPAC in Budapest, Hungary.

Barna Bartha, a politician, publicly discussed the hanging of journalist Boróka Parászka saying that it was a shame that Hungarians could not “hang” or “eliminate” the journalist.

Julia Halasz, a correspondent for the news website 444, was convicted of criminal defamation charges on May 6. The appellate court in Budapest upheld the earlier verdict of a lower court issued on November 12, 2020. The journalist alleged that a city district councilor, Laszlo Szabo, violently attacked her in May 2017 during event coverage. The journalist was accused of taking unauthorized pictures of the event.

The national TV broadcaster, Magyar Televízió (MTV), ran an entire segment questioning the professional integrity of journalist Franziska Tschinderle. The channel made private correspondence between Franziska and a government official public during the segment in an attempt to mock Franziska’s journalistic work. The attack received backlash from several media freedom groups.

A letter containing a suspicious powder was sent to Sarolta Gálfi, the editor-in-chief of the city newspaper in Szentendre, Hungary. A threatening letter had also been sent to the journalist by an unidentified individual a week before the incident. The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) is devastated by the death threats the journalist faced. We demand Hungarian authorities to conduct a swift investigation into the vicious attack, identify the perpetrator and ensure Sarolta’s safety.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism congratulates the former Index.hu staff for launching a new, independent website amidst the deteriorating press freedom in Hungary.

More than 70 editorial staff members walked out of the Index headquarters on Friday, July 24 in mass resignation to protest the arbitrary dismissal of their editor-in-chief Szabolcs Dull. The decision was taken by the president of the board of Index.hu, László Bodolai.