Detention for Facebook Post Shows 'Clear Dangers' of Hungary's New Emergency Act
May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020
NEW YORK, May 20 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
The detention of a Hungarian man for a Facebook post criticizing his government's response to the coronavirus demonstrates the clear dangers of Hungary's recently-adopted and widely condemned Coronavirus Protection Act. By granting officials the ability to criminally prosecute the spreading of "false statements" about the epidemic, the bill can be used as a tool by government actors to repress dissent, PEN . . .
The detention of a Hungarian man for a Facebook post criticizing his government's response to the coronavirus demonstrates the clear dangers of Hungary's recently-adopted and widely condemned Coronavirus Protection Act. By granting officials the ability to criminally prosecute the spreading of "false statements" about the epidemic, the bill can be used as a tool by government actors to repress dissent, PEN . . .