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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Thousands in Hungary protest PM Viktor Orban's 'slave law' Sunday Dec 16,2018

Thousands of people protested in Hungary against a controversial new labour law and the rule of right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Sunday Dec 18,2018's protest, called "Merry Xmas Mr Prime Minister" by organisers, was the fourth and biggest demonstration in a week by leftist opposition parties, student groups, trade unions and ordinary people against the nationalist government. 

Protesters waved Hungarian and European Union  flags in Budapest as they walked from Heroes' Square towards parliament in crisp winter weather. They held up banners and shouted slogans including "Don't steal" and "Independent courts".

Citizens in cities outside the capital such as Gyor, Szeged, Miskolc and Debrecen demonstrated for the first time on Sunday Dec 16,2018

The unrest was sparked after opposition parties blew sirens and whistles inside parliament on Wednesday in an unsuccessful effort to prevent the adoption of two controversial bills.

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