The War On News

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Claim 406

Hungary's justice minister said critics of the emergency powers should apologize once they ended.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
Hungary's justice minister said critics of the emergency powers should apologize once they ended.
Field
status
Value
Government says decree powers will end June 20, 2020
About
incident 2020-hungary-coronavirus-fake-news-law
Source
Hungary govt says PM's power to rule by decree to end on June 20
Publisher
Al Jazeera
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2020-05-26

Quotation from the source

We expect [our critics] to apologise for waging a smear campaign instead of cooperating