What an incredibly tragic day for press freedom and freedom of speech in Hungary.
With the resignation of dozens of Index journalists a masterpiece of Hungarian journalism & a huge piece of freedom in the country are gone.
pic: 444hu pic.twitter.com/uSpZdwtAAX
— Balazs Csekö (@balazscseko) July 24, 2020
Demonstration in #Budapest, #Hungary for #pressfreedom after most of Index’s staff had resigned because editor-in-chief Szabolcs Dull was fired. pic.twitter.com/Aq9Mljw0iK
— Index.hu (@indexhu) July 24, 2020
Crowd arriving at PM Orban’s office protesting the decline of #pressfreedom in #Hungary. Earlier today, most of Index’s staff resigned because management fired editor-in-chief Szabolcs Dull.https://t.co/7DyN022asJ pic.twitter.com/NSQR6xSj7l
— Index.hu (@indexhu) July 24, 2020
Devastating pics of journalists at Index – the last major independent news site in Hungary – who resigned en masse today after firing of editor in chief on Weds. More than 70 of around 90 editorial staff have tendered their resignation https://t.co/oIftDG8vw9 pic.twitter.com/oaWIpb9sMh
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) July 24, 2020