This weekend in Hungary there was a protest challenging a new law targeting George Soros (Twitchy coverage here), with participants using the hashtag #istandwithCEU on social media. Check it out:
Thousands demonstrate against new Hungarian bill targeting Soros university https://t.co/fVn3DE4v7u pic.twitter.com/EoO1MT79wR
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) April 9, 2017
Quote:
The government is always looking for someone to fight with, and Soros seems like a perfect person for this because he funds NGOs in Hungary and he funds CEU as well,” Klopfstein said.
CEU Rector Michael Ignatieff has said the school would continue operations as normal and demanded that the law be scrapped and additional international guarantees of academic freedoms be added to current legal safeguards.
The U.S. State Department will send diplomats to Budapest next week to address the CEU crisis, said Ignatieff, who spent several days in Washington to lobby the U.S. government, lawmakers and the media.
More photos and video below:
Organizers speak of 80000 at #istandwithCEU protest in #Budapest. Impressive crowd shouts "Europe, Europe". Police beefing up presence. pic.twitter.com/DggPqe8i7G
— Frank R. Hofmann (@FrankRHofmann) April 9, 2017
Great to hear protestors chanting "Europe" in anti gvt demonstration #istandwithCEU pic.twitter.com/D5RQxs1dnL
— Csaba Tóth (@CsabaTothDr) April 9, 2017
once on Heroes Square, the chants turn into "Europa, Europa!", and the Ode to Joy is sung. over and over.#istandwithCEU #nemhagyjuk pic.twitter.com/OafiHCCdpv
— Luka Lisjak ن? (@llisjak) April 9, 2017
Meanwhile in Hungary: 70k protesters marched in Budapest at #istandwithCEU https://t.co/8Gj0DQE5GE pic.twitter.com/2yvQqKhF9v via @ferenczart
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) April 9, 2017
Estimated 80 000 people in support of #CEU in #Budapest today – at this point, not everyone even fit on the square! #Hungary #istandwithCEU pic.twitter.com/Lc7p9OTNGz
— Annastiina Kallius (@Minnastiina) April 9, 2017
#istandwithCEU signatures rolled out over head of protesters in Budapest pic.twitter.com/vG7MylUtE6
— kriszta satori (@fulelo) April 9, 2017
Protesters blocked by police in front of Fidesz HQ. Crowds are yelling Viktátor and It´s the End, Viktor! #IstandwithCEU pic.twitter.com/pciLF2q45v
— Francouzova Katechka (@katechkah) April 9, 2017
#istandwithCEU protesters were dancing and singing, no aggression whatsoever despite being the biggest demo of 2017 so far. pic.twitter.com/i8tFknnKqp
— Fruzsina Katona (@f_katona) April 9, 2017
#istandwithCEU protestors occupy Oktogon pic.twitter.com/bD6314p2Bd
— Benjamin Novak (@b_novak) April 9, 2017
Veto the CEU LEX bill! Thousands form a human chain around the university #istandwithCEU #aCEUvalvagyok pic.twitter.com/ayitoaO01Q
— Jonathan Lee (@jon_j_lee) April 4, 2017
#istandwithCEU protest moves to Ministry of Human Resources pic.twitter.com/uOES0zTIcM
— Benjamin Novak (@b_novak) April 9, 2017
Singing national anthem at the end of the protest in support of #CEU. Thousands of people fighting for freedom #istandwithCEU pic.twitter.com/UINXuchtsP
— Rosario Aguilar (@rosario_ap) April 9, 2017
Solidarity, protest and resistance. 10,000 filled the streets of Budapest for @ceuhungary #iStandWithCEU pic.twitter.com/csH6GWCSeo
— Cleve Arguelles (@CleveArguelles) April 3, 2017
Best sign at the huge protest in Budapest against the Orban regime and in support of Central European University #istandwithCEU pic.twitter.com/bXWYDfRlwv
— Julia Sonnevend (@juliasonnevend) April 9, 2017
.@ceuhungary changed my life. I grew & learned & was challenged the way I was never challenged in academic setting before. #istandwithCEU pic.twitter.com/yu43mq1Hs2
— Emina Ćerimović (@EminaHRW) March 30, 2017
Tweet from 2015:
Academic thinking gets too far removed from reality ….George Soros on CEU's SPP mission https://t.co/ifeQNOOaCY
— Julia Buxton (@BuxtonJulia) December 6, 2015
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