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> Poland and Hungary (not to mention Turkey a bit further away) are already leaning dangerously close to the kinds of abuse of power only seen in dictatorships
by zpeti 5y ago
> Poland and Hungary (not to mention Turkey a bit further away) are already leaning dangerously close to the kinds of abuse of power only seen in dictatorships
Please show me examples in Poland or Hungary of opposition voices being silenced or arrested.
The worst that has happened is withdrawing government financing or grants to entities that aren’t pro government. That’s not exactly a dictatorship.
In Hungary almost all the online press is anti government. No one gets arrested. Their are 5 opposition parties now uniting against government, no one is silenced.
Yes the state TV is pro government. But this is not unique to Poland or Hungary. In fact I’d argue the pinnacle of state TV, the BBC is very much leaning to one side of the political isle right now too.
- thih9 5y ago> Please show me examples in Poland or Hungary of opposition voices being silenced or arrested. Some examples for Poland that I'm aware of: - August 2020 mass arrest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2020_LGBT_protests_in_Poland#7_August_mass_arrest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2020_LGBT_protests_in_P... - Poland’s constitutional court not a “tribunal established by law”, rules ECHR: https://notesfrompoland.com/2021/05/07/polands-constitutional-court-not-a-tribunal-established-by-law-rules-echr/ https://notesfrompoland.com/2021/05/07/polands-constitutiona... Sure, the situation seems not as bad as in Belarus, but still it looks bad.
- e3k 5y agoreally? Népszabadság, the biggest printed newspaper was bought and closed by government/its allies. origo.hu and index.hu, the biggest Hungarian online portals was also bought, and converted to progovernment outlets.