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Budapest. Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch accused Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz party of having politicised the courts, decimated independent media, destroyed academic freedom, hobbled civil society, and promoted xenophobia (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Orban government responds to Human Rights Watch

Dear Editor,

With his opinion article, "Stopping the authoritarian rot in Europe," Kenneth Roth joins what are now dozens of critics who have turned to accommodating international media outlets to criticize the Orbán government and insult the Hungarian people with the charge that Hungary's extraordinary measures to fight Covid-19 amount to "dictatorship."

What these critics will not tell you is that Hungary's measures – thus far ...

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Zoltan Kovacs is the Hungarian government's secretary of state for international communication and relations.

Budapest. Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch accused Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz party of having politicised the courts, decimated independent media, destroyed academic freedom, hobbled civil society, and promoted xenophobia (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Zoltan Kovacs is the Hungarian government's secretary of state for international communication and relations.

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