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Criminalisation and taxation

The summary of legal amendments adopted in the summer of 2018 to intimidate human rights defenders in Hungary.

In the summer of 2018 Hungary passed legislation criminalising otherwise legal activities aimed at assisting asylum-seekers and imposing a 25% tax on donors supporting migration-related activities. This update contains the unofficial translation of the relevant provisions.



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