Hungarians rally against government push for sweeping anti-terror powers

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Source: Agence France-Presse in Budapest

Protesters say curfews, restrictions on internet and emergency decrees could be used to curtail civil liberties – returning country to a dark past

Monday 25 January 2016 01.13 GMT

Hundreds of people have rallied in Budapest against government plans to bring in anti-terror measures including restrictions on the internet and curfews.

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According to a draft leaked to the media, the government wants to amend the constitution by creating a new category of emergency – “terror threat situation” – that if declared would enable it to issue decrees, suspend certain laws and modify others.

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Critics including several opposition parties and rights groups say a vaguely defined “terror threat” could allow the government to clamp down on civil liberties.

“It’s happened in our history before and we’re afraid it will happen again – that at any given time the government can allow itself to restrict our rights,” said Gyorgy Magyar, a lawyer who spoke at the rally.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/25/hungarians-rally-against-government-push-for-sweeping-anti-terror-powers

[pampango]

1. A RW government curtailing civil liberties to combat terrorism. Sounds familiar.

Who will combat the RW terrorism of a government that tramples on civil liberties? Good that people are taking to the streets. Good luck to them.

[rpannier]

2. And some of those people will turn around and vote

for the reich wing government again because of some other reason