MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In mid-January, media reports emerged suggesting that the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban was planning a proposal to allow Hungary to declare a "state of terrorist threat" in case of a terrorist attack or when a high threat of terrorism in the country was in place.
Under the amendment, the government would be able to introduce border closures, state control of the media, as well as curfews and army deployment.
"If adopted in its current form, the proposal would have profoundly negative consequences for human rights in Hungary, including the freedoms of expression, assembly, association, and movement, and the rights to privacy and security of person," Amnesty International said in the report.
The rights watchdog called the planned amendment "a full frontal assault on human rights and the rule of law" in Hungary.
Hungary's National Assembly is due to debate the amendment later in February.
