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Published on 6 January 2011 at 14:02

EU - Hungarian presidency criticised "...What? They're curbing press freedoms?" "...So these Hungarians haven't realised that..." "... in Europe all journalists have the right...." "... to say the exact same thing as everyone else..."

The Hungarian law curbing press freedom is under fire from all sides, but also raises questions about press freedom in other countries.

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