From Shrinking to Closing Civil Society Space in Hungary Uitz, Renáta Author aut Text xx# 2022 Verfassungsblog 2022-04-10 eng
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 In a classy late Friday dump, on April 8, 2022, the National Election Commission fined over a dozen Hungarian civil society organizations for illegally interfering with the referendum held on election day (April 3, 2022). These NGOs ran a month-long campaign encouraging voters to cast invalid votes in response to the government’s referendum question. Altogether the fines add up to 24.000 EUR: the leaders of the campaign, Háttér Society for LGBTQI rights and Amnesty International Hungary were fined approx. 8.000 EUR each. The NEC found that encouraging voters to cast invalid ballots amounts to an abuse of rights, as it defeats the purpose of exercising popular sovereignty through a popular referendum. CC BY-SA 4.0 Uitz, Renáta 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/from-shrinking-to-closing-civil-society-space-in-hungary/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20220411-011245-0 220410 10.17176/20220411-011245-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)