{"id":"CR-HUN-006","notes":"Researched and added Sep 24 2026.","source":"https://budapestbeacon.com/scandal-court-rules-raid-on-okotars-foundation-was-illegal/; https://budapestbeacon.com/public-prosecutors-clear-five-norwegian-ngo-fund-beneficiaries-of-wrongdoing/; https://english.atlatszo.hu/2014/09/09/hungary-continues-campaign-against-ngos-with-massive-police-raid/","country":"Hungary","outcome":"Court win; charges dropped","summary":"The Central Buda District Court ruled on 23 January 2015 that the September 2014 police raid on Ökotárs and DemNet was unlawful, as no reasonable suspicion of a crime had been established. More than a year after the raids, prosecutors found that the five investigated organisations had committed no crime.","date_text":"23/01/2015","responders":"Ökotárs Foundation and the Norwegian NGO Fund consortium","campaign_id":"HUN-CAMP-004","incident_id":"HUN-020","civic_actions":"Legal challenge to the search and seizure; refusal to accept KEHI's findings."}