Hungary Publishes Names of About 60,000 Communist-Era Secret Police Informers

Hungary Publishes Names of About 60,000 Communist-Era Secret Police Informers

Hungary has published online the names and personal data of around 60,000 people recruited as informers by its communist-era secret police. Prime Minister Péter Magyar presented the release on 4 November, anniversary of the 1956 Soviet tank crackdown on Hungary's revolution. Critics say the files are incomplete and risk sowing division and anguish for families.

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