Hungarians Take to the Streets to Support Soros’s University
- Demonstrators protest for academic freedom in Budapest
- Premier Orban has pledged to eradicate liberal democracy
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Hungarians took to the streets to protest for academic freedom and against government legislation that a university funded by George Soros said is aimed at shutting it down.
Thousands of Hungarians participated in the march on Sunday, Index news website reported. The demonstration was going to wind its way through Budapest, passing by the capital’s main universities, including local ones as well as Central European University, which was established and is funded by Soros, a billionaire financier and native of Hungary.