- 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.
- country
- Hungary
- date text
- 23/01/2015
- campaign id
- HUN-CAMP-004
- civic actions
- Legal challenge to the search and seizure; refusal to accept KEHI's findings.
- id
- CR-HUN-006
- incident id
- HUN-020
- notes
- Researched and added Sep 24 2026.
- outcome
- Court win; charges dropped
- responders
- Ökotárs Foundation and the Norwegian NGO Fund consortium
- 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/
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