Original sentence: Cornstein told Hungarian media that he had seen no evidence of an authoritarian shift; according to The Washington Post there was "mounting evidence" of government infringements on human rights in Hungary.The Hungarian government and its defenders repeated Cornstein's remarks
Edited sentence: Cornstein told Hungarian media that he had seen no evidence of this authoritarian shift; according to The Washington Post there was "mounting evidence" of government infringements on human rights in Hungary.The Hungarian government and its defenders gleefully repeated Cornstein's remarks.Under Orbán's premiership, Hungary underwent democratic backsliding and becoming increasingly authoritarian