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Claim 628

Freedom House's description of the buyer.

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

Statement: Freedom House's description of the buyer.
Field: action
Value: Ownership passed to pro-government circles
About: incident 2020-hungary-index-hu-editor-fired
Source: Nations in Transit 2021: Hungary
Publisher: Freedom House
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2021-05-01

Quotation from the source

Index.hu was sold to progovernment business circles