Post #851449

2026-03-27 10:11 UTC

Hungary’s crackdown on press freedom escalates: Szabolcs Panyi, one of the country’s most prominent investigative journalists and a former guest on our show, faces criminal espionage charges - a blatant attack by Orbán’s government. The International Press Institute condemned the move, warning that “charging journalists as spies is a tactic straight out of Hungary’s communist past.” We stand in full solidarity with Panyi and all independent journalists in Hungary. https://ipi.media/hungary-ipi-condemns-criminal-charges-filed-against-journalist-szabolcs-panyi/

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@europeanspodcast@mastodon.social 2026-03-27 10:18

This isn't the first time Panyi has been targeted by the government. Listen to this episode from 2022 in which we speak to him about the discovery that his phone had been hacked using Pegasus software. https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/hacked-by-hungary-d7hna?rq=panyi

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