Hungary opens Communist-era secret police informant files
Briefing by News4U · First published
Hungary's government under Prime Minister Péter Magyar began publishing Communist-era secret police "agent files" online on Nov. 4, including databases with names and key details of informants. The release fulfills a Tisza Party campaign pledge on the anniversary of the 1956 Soviet crackdown and follows decades of debate after Viktor Orbán's Fidesz repeatedly blocked full disclosure. Officials say information covering up to 60,000 of an estimated 150,000 informants is being opened, though archive leaders caution many files are incomplete or unreliable. [1]
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