A Magyar Lobbiba mindenki csak ÖNMAGA iratkozhat fel! A feliratkozás az alábbi cimen történik:
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Az Európai Unió alelnöke Neelie Kroes, kihallgatást tartott melyre meghivtak olyan irókat és egyetemi tanárokat akik elitélik a magyar media törvényt cenzúrának gondolják azt, de Schöpflin György kivételével nem adtak alkalmat senkinek arra, hogy kifejtsék ellenvéleményüket, tehát azt, hogy a gyülülködés, rágalmazás és a társadalom polarizalódsásának megfékezésére, szükség van egy ilyen törvényre.
Másszóval azok akik magukat mint a szólás szabadság védelmezöit állitják be, azok tagadták meg hogy szabadon szólhassanak a velük egyet nem értök. Ezért kérem a Magyar Lobbi résztvevöit, hogy ha egyet értenek az ilyen eljárások elitélésével akkor egyrészt tiltakozzanak a kihallgatást lefolytató EU alelnöknél, másrészt a médiában.
Alább mellékelek két minta levelet. Az elsöt magam küldtem el és annak gondolatait (a saját szavaival) bárki idézheti. A másodikat Dr. Kovalszi Péter amerikai és magyar kettös állampolgárok számára fogalmazta meg. Végül, a két mintalevélt követöen, szintén mellékelem az Amerikai Magyar Szövetség nyilatkozatát a media törvény kérdésében.
Az EU döntése az ügyben az Európai Parlament plenáris ülésén január 18-án és 19-én Strassburgban várható. Kérem, hogy lobbink résztvevöi egyaránt irjanak országuk EU képviselöinek és a médiának. A 736 EU képviselö az alábbi cimen található, s azok közül Ön kiválaszthatja országának képviselöit példáúl ezen a cimen:
Lipták Béla
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BÁRKI ÁLTAL HASZNÁLHATÓ MINTALEVÉL
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To: Cab-Kroes-NK@ec.europa.eu
Subject: 'Freedom of the press in Hungary'
Ms.Neelie Kroes
Vice-President of the European Commission
Dear Madam,
Your denying the opportunity to speak at your hearing for those who's views differ from yours diminish the credibility of your committee's fairness or its claim of concern for the freedom of speech. I am hopeful that you will quickly correct this unfortunate impression and hold another hearing where both sides can express their views.
Please see below a statement of the American Hungarian Federation concerning the Hungarian Media Law.
Respectfully Yours,
AZ ÖN NEVE, ALÁIRÁSA
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AMERIKAI ÉS MAGYAR ÁLLAMPOLGÁRSÁGGAL EGYARÁNT RENDELKEZÖK SZÁMÁRA HASZNÁLHATÓ MINTA LEVÉL
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To: Cab-Kroes-NK@ec.europa.eu
Subject: 'Freedom of the press in Hungary'
Ms.Neelie Kroes
Vice-President of the European Commission
Dear Madam,
Your denying the opportunity to speak at your hearing for those who's views differ from yours diminish the credibility of your committee's fairness or its claim of concern for the freedom of speech.
The whole organization of the hearings ( only MEP György Schöpflin being granted the opportunity to speak, beside the opponents and those conducting the hearings, who did not even fake a modicum of fairness and impartiality), the threatening tone of your declarations during the hearings remind us of the proceedings of a " kangaroo court", where the scenario is ready, the roles are already distributed, the nook is prepared and everybody expects the convicted to behave nicely during his own execution.
We, Hungarian Americans, themselves Europeans in our earlier life or through our ancestors, expect a fair, impartial and judicious evaluation of the Hungarian media law by the EU and the EP ,free of politically motivated accusations and manipulations, conducted in the best legal -and may I say liberal -traditions of our old continent, of which values is Your duty to uphold,and which are dear to us too .
Yours,
AZ ÖN NEVE ÉS ALÁIRÁSA
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AZ AMERIKAI MAGYAR SZÖVETSÉG NYILATKOZATA
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A RUSH TO JUDGMENT:
THE REACTION TO HUNGARY’S MEDIA LAW
As Americans of Hungarian descent steeped in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, it is our unassailable and firm conviction that freedom of the press is a cornerstone of democracy and liberty. Our conviction is reinforced by the fact that many of our members or their parents fought against and fled from tyranny, as in 1956 when the Hungarians rose up against Soviet Communism and occupation or when they fought and fled Nazi occupation and persecution in 1944. At the same time, it is our steadfast conviction that judgments made about a country whose liberty was denied for over four decades by the force of tanks, secret police and their collaborators in all walks of life, including the media, should be objective, fair, balanced and based on facts and not generalizations.
We should certainly be vigilant and attentive to press freedoms and the laws governing them in Hungary and elsewhere in Europe. However, there has been an unprecedented rush to judgment and vitriolic media coverage of the newly enacted media law in Hungary. This judgment seems to have been based, at best, on a partial understanding of the law itself and, in some cases, appears to be motivated by bias or political considerations. The negative coverage is premature, unfair and paints a false picture of Hungary, a nation which emerged from over 40 years of Soviet-imposed Communist repression to successfully re-join the democratic community of nations. Hungary has amply demonstrated its commitment to Western values – now and in the past.
The Hungarian government supports a full review of the media law by the European Union and has stated it would make changes as needed. The Ministry responsible released an English version on January 3rd. Judgment should be reserved until the law has been fully reviewed. Such reservation is especially indicated since the Hungarian government has insisted its new media law is based on elements of already existing media laws in Europe. The English and Hungarian versions of the new media law are available on
As the charge has been made that the media law violates European Union standards, fundamental fairness demands that the law be compared with the laws governing media in other West European countries. All European democracies have varying laws and regulations governing free speech based on their own societal norms – norms Budapest claims to have incorporated in its law – yet none have evoked such hostility as Hungary’s law.
Following the adoption of Britain's Racial and Religious Hatred Act of 2006, Tony Blair was not compared to dictators as has been Hungary’s democratically elected Prime Minister. Furthermore, Hungary successfully emerged from its Communist past and is only 1 of 8 former Soviet-bloc countries with a “free” press according to Freedom House’s 2010 International Press Rankings. Many of the established Western democracies, including Britain, are not in the top 25. Hungary and France, for example, are ranked 40. Italy, however, is ranked 72 and only "partly free.”
The American Hungarian Federation, representing a broad cross section of the Hungarian-American community, believes this complex subject deserves in-depth and objective analysis rather than hyperbole.
(January 11, 2011, cosigned by former Yale Professor Bela Liptak. Special thanks to Freedom House for their work and for permission to use their 2010 rankings information.)
