Autocrats roll back rights and rule of law — and cite Trump’s example
President Trump's policies and actions are providing cover for a fresh chill on freedom of expression, democracy, the rule of ...
Some world leaders invoke Trump to justify political crackdowns
Analysts argue that the US president’s upending of political norms has emboldened autocratic leaders around the world.
Hungary's parliament passes law banning LGBTQ+ pride events
A new law pushed through parliament bans pride events, the latest in a series of steps that removes rights for LGBTQ+ people.
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Hungary’s Orban to ban public Pride march, escalating anti-LGBTQ push
Hungary’s government said Thursday ... sexual or gender identity were part of a backsliding of democratic institutions and human rights under Orban, drawing parallels to similar laws in Russia.
Former U.S. ambassador to Hungary discusses democratic decay under Viktor Orbán
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sold his brand of politics as conservatism. But what's really happening there is corruption benefitting oligarchs, says David Pressman, former U.S. ambassador ...
European strongmen under siege
Protests in Serbia, Slovakia, Hungary and Georgia show that the thirst for civic and national dignity is unquenchable ...
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Former U.S. ambassador to Hungary discusses democratic decay under Viktor Orbán
former U.S. ambassador to Hungary. He doesn't describe what happened to that country's political system as "democratic backsliding." "It's not an expression that I like to use because it suggests ...
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‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook
“These first two months have been much more aggressively authoritarian than almost any other comparable case I know of democratic backsliding ... In Hungary, Prime Minister Victor Orban ...