- summary
- A peaceful anti-war and Palestine solidarity march in Budapest on 21 March 2026, organised against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's appearance at the CPAC gathering, was met with a heavy riot-police presence. Six days later police searched the homes of two organisers, confiscated their phones and computers, and questioned them on suspicion of 'hooliganism'.
- country
- Hungary
- date text
- 27/03/2026
- entities
- Hungarian police
- entity type
- Security Forces
- id
- 1173
- name
- Hungarian police
- role
- actor
- Two organisers of the 21 March 2026 anti-war and Palestine solidarity march in Budapest
- entity type
- Individual — Activist
- id
- 1174
- name
- Two organisers of the 21 March 2026 anti-war and Palestine solidarity march in Budapest
- role
- target
- Hungarian police
- sources
- tactics
- Security Apparatus Enforcement
- label
- Security Apparatus Enforcement
- code
- TC-20
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- Mass Criminalization of Protest and Civic Mobilization
- label
- Mass Criminalization of Protest and Civic Mobilization
- code
- TC-39
- needs review
- false
- role
- secondary
- Security Apparatus Enforcement
- campaign ids
- channels
- Home searches and device seizure after a protest
- consequence category
- Operational Suppression
- created at
- 2026-09-25T12:58:51.876529+00:00
- date precision
- day
- escalation
- 3
- harm track
- Track 3 — Operational Suppression
- id
- HUN-025
- institutional consequence
- Criminal investigation; Devices seized; Chilling effect
- notes
- Coded Sep 25 2026 from Civic Space Watch. Seized devices: see the spyware guidance on phones taken by police (GD-05).
- occurred on
- 2026-03-27
- trigger type
- TR-02: Civic Mobilization
- updated at
- 2026-09-25T12:58:51.876529+00:00
- version
- 1
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