Hungary is leading a crackdown on NGOs and media outlets operating in the country that receive funding from the US and other international sources. An ally of US President Donald Trump, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his government was going “line by line” through organisations that have received financial assistance from the US.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his government will take legal action to eliminate non-governmental organizations and media receiving U.S. or international funding, saying they could be considered foreign “agents.

Hungary under Mr Orban has been accused by numerous domestic and international bodies of democratic backsliding and of abusing the rights of protected minorities, and also of maintaining a wide system of public corruption and political patronage.

Hungary will take legal action to eliminate non-governmental organizations and media outlets operating in the country that receive funding f.