funds from Norway. The 13 include the Hungarian Civil Liberties against civil society Union (HCLU), one of the country’s leading human rights NGOs organizations, while in and a frequent critic of the government. reality, the Government and the relevant public […] authorities only wished to examine the operation organizations targeted are well-known and respected human of a small group of civil “The rights, democracy, and anti-corruption organizations. In addition society organizations to HCLU, they include Transparency International and NANE, a against which a suspicion women’s rights organization.” of mismanagement has risen… we would find it unfortunate if the Rights Watch, June 24, 2014 Dispatches: Hungary’s Contempt for Civil Society operation of and the cooperation with the civil Hungarian government continues to show contempt for civil society organizations “The society. In the latest move, authorities have zeroed in on NGOs would be judged based that receive funding from the Norwegian government. on measures concerning a specific group of demands are linked to an ongoing dispute between the two NGOs.” “The governments, with Budapest accusing Oslo of interfering in Hungarian political affairs through funding Hungarian civil society organizations. June 19, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU), a leading “On human rights organization; NANE, a women’s rights organizations; and Transparency International, K-Monitor, and Atlatszo, all corruption organizations, received letters from the Government Control Office, responsible for financial inspections, requesting data on their activities funded under the Norway Grants. It’s unclear how many other groups have received letters. demands follow the June 2 government financial inspections “The of Hungarian NGOs that distribute funds from the Norway Grants. Prior to the arbitrary inspections, the Hungarian Prime
funds from Norway. The 13 include the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU), one of the country’s leading human rights NGOs and a frequent critic of the government. […] “The organizations targeted are well-known and respected human rights, democracy, and anti-corruption organizations. In addition to HCLU, they include Transparency International and NANE, a women’s rights organization.” Rights Watch, June 24, 2014 Dispatches: Hungary’s Contempt for Civil Society “The Hungarian government continues to show contempt for civil society. In the latest move, authorities have zeroed in on NGOs that receive funding from the Norwegian government. “The demands are linked to an ongoing dispute between the two governments, with Budapest accusing Oslo of interfering in Hungarian political affairs through funding Hungarian civil society organizations. “On June 19, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU), a leading human rights organization; NANE, a women’s rights organizations; and Transparency International, K-Monitor, and Atlatszo, all organizations, received letters from the Government Control Office, responsible for financial inspections, requesting data on their activities funded under the Norway Grants. It’s unclear how many other groups have received letters. “The demands follow the June 2 government financial inspections of Hungarian NGOs that distribute funds from the Norway Grants. Prior to the arbitrary inspections, the Hungarian Prime against civil society organizations, while in reality, the Government and the relevant public authorities only wished to examine the operation of a small group of civil society organizations against which a suspicion of mismanagement has risen… we would find it unfortunate if the operation of and the cooperation with the civil society organizations would be judged based on measures concerning a specific group of NGOs.” corruption
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