Márta Pardavi
Co-chair of Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social, working on strengthening the rule of law and the work of human rights defenders.
Most of the time in Budapest, Hungary.
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- Reposted by Márta PardaviNEW -- Our 8th contribution with our Hungarian NGO partners to the @ec.europa.eu consultation for the annual Rule of Law report. We cover ⚖️ the justice system, 🛑 the anti-corruption framework, 📰 media pluralism and media freedom, and 🏛️ institutional checks and balances. helsinki.hu/en/hungarian...
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- Congratulations to Miklós Haraszti, who is today awarded the 2025 Mark Palmer Prize by Freedom House @freedomhouse.bsky.social freedomhouse.org/article/free...
- In Hungary, where TV, radio and print newspapers are dominated by pro-government messaging, YouTube has become a lifeline for independent journalism, attracting large youth audiences with witty and critical political content. @lilirutai.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/interna...
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- Crazy money spent on political ads on Meta/Facebook in Hungary 🇭🇺. Fidesz, the government and aligned actors have bottomless pockets. New EU rules on political ads should have a huge impact. From Lakmusz, the 🇭🇺 member of @edmo-eu.bsky.social lakmusz.hu/2025/10/06/a...
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- The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
- Was lernen wir aus der Situation in Ungarn? Herausforderungen für die Zivilgesellschaft und ihre Widerstandsfähigkeit Heute bietet Ungarn wichtige Lehren für die europäischen Demokratien. My piece for @wienerforum.bsky.social demokratie.humanrights.at/was-lernen-w...
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- www.ft.com/content/8678... Could Hungary’s faltering economy topple Orbán?
- 🎞️ 3 great independent documentaries to watch on 🇭🇺Hungary's backsliding (w ENG subs) 10 Years of Hate This documentary by Partizán traces how Orbán cemented his power once the refugee crisis had subsided, and how hate became the basic rule of his regime. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzgA...
- 🎞️ 3 great independent documentaries to watch on 🇭🇺Hungary's backsliding (w ENG subs) 10 Years of Hate This documentary by Partizán traces how Orbán cemented his power once the refugee crisis had subsided, and how hate became the basic rule of his regime. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzgA...
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- “Every time I got arrested our crowdfunding revenues would go up and I had to tell my CFO, this is not a sustainable business-model.” Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist @mariaressa.bsky.social @rappler.bsky.social at the World Justice Forum 2025 in Warsaw
- 33 embassies and 9 cultural institutes in Budapest join a statement to support the 30th Budapest Pride festival "As Budapest Pride celebrates [its 30th anniversary] milestone, we stand firm in our commitment to a future where all individuals can live freely, with love and PRIDE."
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- The Hungarian government’s relentless assault to weaken fundamental rights and rule of law protections and sincere cooperation is compelling the EU to transform Article 2 [of the EU Treaties] core values from aspirations into binding legal obligations. @garvanwalshe.org tvpworld.com/87237168/opi...
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- Time is needed to debate and identify the right methods of repression. www.reuters.com/business/med...
- Next week’s final vote on the Starve&Strangle bill needs to be postponed due to internal debates, says Fidesz faction leader 444.hu/2025/06/04/k...
- Next week’s final vote on the Starve&Strangle bill needs to be postponed due to internal debates, says Fidesz faction leader 444.hu/2025/06/04/k...
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- The ECtHR could give prompt and effective protection via interim measures under its Rule39 in response to threats to democracy and the rule of law, such as the persecution of civil society, journalists, protesters, political opponents or judges.
- @fra.europa.eu deep concern about new legislative developments in 🇭🇺 which can restrict the operating environment for civil society orgs … they reflect broader trends of democratic backsliding, shrinking civic space and challenges to fundamental rights across the EU. fra.europa.eu/en/news/2025...
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- The severe breaches of single market freedoms in the proposed HU law (i.e., banning the use of foreign revenues) would lead to some HU entities being banned from interacting with others in the EU, and vice versa. It would effectively lock them out of the free movement of goods, services and capital.
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- 18 EU member states (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden) condemn the 🇭🇺 Pride ban & urge @ec.europa.eu to act. www.government.nl/documents/di...
- The Starve & Strangle bill is advancing in the parliament in Hungary, with menacing and vague rules threatening the media, civil society and the business environment. It could be adopted in two weeks ... ⏳ I talked to ORF 🇦🇹 @orfnewsbot.bsky.social on.orf.at/video/142773...
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- A Threat to the Core: Why the New Hungarian Transparency Bill is an Attack on the Foundations of the European Union The first overview of the proposed law, by Prof Renáta Uitz on @verfassungsblog.de verfassungsblog.de/hungary-tran...
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- Fidesz limited today’s opening plenary debate in parliament to 4 hours. Final vote set for the session on 10-12 June.
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- “So what are you going to do about it?” Journalists ask @ec.europa.eu about the Starve&Strangle bill. @rlndpapp.bsky.social @quentinaries.bsky.social audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-2...
- This morning, in 🇭🇺 Budapest, Pécs and Miskolc - As civil society faces its darkest moment yet, our NGO coalition sends a message to Hungarians: ❤️We are created for you ❤️We are here for you ❤️We are staying here for you
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- In Europe, autocratic governments and far-right political forces have been targeting civil society groups and their donors for years. That strategy has seeped into EU politics. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
- “… it is hard to see how the Hungarian government’s plan to suspend the Hungarian nationality of dual citizens who are insufficiently orgasmic about Orban could possibly be compatible with EU law in light of this new judgment.” @stevepeers.bsky.social on the Maltese golden passports CJEU judgment
- Hungary's government is being accused of handing more than €1,000,000,000 in unlawful subsidies as advertising revenue to pro-Orbán newspapers, television stations and online platforms in 2015-2023, two media outlets claim in a state aid complaint lodged with the European Commission.
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