The ink was hardly dry on hard-hitting investigative nonprofit Atlatszo's major journalism prize when an attack by a pro-Orban group showed how the new Sovereignty Protection Act endangers a free press.
The 29-page report, “‘I Can’t Do My Job as a Journalist’: The Systematic Undermining of Media Freedom in Hungary”, documents the increased obstacles and constraints independent journalists and media face under the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.