# 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](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

> Index.hu was sold to progovernment business circles

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