# Claim 531

Scale of the newsroom departure.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Scale of the newsroom departure.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: More than 70 staff resign
- About: [incident 2020-hungary-index-hu-editor-fired](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-hungary-index-hu-editor-fired)
- Source: Nations in Transit 2021: Hungary. https://freedomhouse.org/country/hungary/nations-transit/2021
- Publisher: Freedom House
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2021-05-01

## Quotation from the source

> Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members resign

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/531. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.