Hungary

According to reports on December 27 by officials from the state Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund, two employees who had been fasting in response to political manipulation within Hungarian state-financed media were fired. Following on from an unpopular media law introduced at the start of 2011 which many in Hungary protested against and argued was a barrier to free speech, this recent development once again raises questions over the state's meddling with the press in Hungary, and could result in further protests against the current

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