(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Hungarians lift giant cut-out hand and raise their hands in Budapest to protest against a perceived government crackdown on civil society following police raids on two Norway-backed NGOs. The government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, re-elected in April, accused the organisations that help disburse grants from Norway - mostly for human rights, transparency and environmental projects - of political meddling and has launched an investigation in June. Norway and the organisations refute the claim that they have a political agenda.
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