Hungarian daily "faces editorial policy censorship"

The South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO) is concerned about political pressure on Novi Sad daily Magyar Szo, a statement from the organization said.

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The South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO) is concerned about political pressure on Novi Sad daily Magyar Szo, a statement from the organization said. Magyar Szo is the only Hungarian language newspaper in Serbia's northern Vojvodina province, which, SEEMO said, in February faced accusations from the Hungarian National Council that it "does not serve the Hungarian community in Serbia properly due to the bad editorial policy". Hungarian daily "faces editorial policy censorship" According to this, the daily "needs to be put back on the right track through regulation of the editorial policy by a special advisory body that would monitor the reporting of the paper". In response to the council's decision, on March 2, 2010, the members of the editorial board of Magyar Szo published a statement presenting their unanimous dissatisfaction with the decision of the Hungarian National Council and considering the proposed regulation of the editorial policy as censorship and a limitation of the freedom of objective public information, SEEMO noted in its statement issued in Vienna on Thursday. SEEMO Secretary Oliver Vujovic was quoted as saying that the organization was "worried about the political pressure on the daily, exerted by the Hungarian National Council". "SEEMO would like to remind the Hungarian National Council that journalists and editors must work independently, and that no additional bodies should have any responsibility over the reporting," said Vujovic, and added: "It is very important to maintain a free and independent editorial policy. Such an advisory body violates the principles of media freedom and introduces clear censorship by a group of persons from the Hungarian National Council in Vojvodina. It must also be clear that the daily Magyar Szo cannot and should not report in the interest of the Hungarian National Council or in the interest of certain Hungarian parties in Vojvodina. The newspaper must be free to represent points of views of all members of the Hungarian minority in Vojvodina. This paper is not a party newspaper; it is clearly a newspaper for members of the Hungarian minority." SEEMO also expressed its support for the newsroom and editors of Magyar Szo, as well as the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS), the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) and the Independent Journalists' Organization of Vojvodina (NDNV) in their statements given in connection with this case.

Hungarian daily "faces editorial policy censorship"

According to this, the daily "needs to be put back on the right track through regulation of the editorial policy by a special advisory body that would monitor the reporting of the paper".

In response to the council's decision, on March 2, 2010, the members of the editorial board of Magyar Szo published a statement presenting their unanimous dissatisfaction with the decision of the Hungarian National Council and considering the proposed regulation of the editorial policy as censorship and a limitation of the freedom of objective public information, SEEMO noted in its statement issued in Vienna on Thursday.

SEEMO Secretary Oliver Vujović was quoted as saying that the organization was "worried about the political pressure on the daily, exerted by the Hungarian National Council".

"SEEMO would like to remind the Hungarian National Council that journalists and editors must work independently, and that no additional bodies should have any responsibility over the reporting," said Vujović, and added:

"It is very important to maintain a free and independent editorial policy. Such an advisory body violates the principles of media freedom and introduces clear censorship by a group of persons from the Hungarian National Council in Vojvodina. It must also be clear that the daily Magyar Szo cannot and should not report in the interest of the Hungarian National Council or in the interest of certain Hungarian parties in Vojvodina. The newspaper must be free to represent points of views of all members of the Hungarian minority in Vojvodina. This paper is not a party newspaper; it is clearly a newspaper for members of the Hungarian minority."

SEEMO also expressed its support for the newsroom and editors of Magyar Szo, as well as the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS), the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) and the Independent Journalists' Organization of Vojvodina (NDNV) in their statements given in connection with this case.

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