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Antifascists gather in Hungary to oppose annual far-right event as Italian activist remains jailed
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Hundreds of antifascist activists gather in Hungary's capital on Saturday to oppose an annual commemoration held by far-right groups in Budapest, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. - photo by AP Photo/Denes Erdos
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Antifascist activists gathered in Hungary's capital on Saturday to oppose an annual commemoration held by far-right groups, underscoring diplomatic tensions between Budapest and Rome over the detention of an Italian citizen in a Hungarian jail. Hundreds of activists marched through central Budapest alongside a heavy police presence, and called for “freedom for every antifascist." They said they sought to prevent the far-right from observing the “Day of Honor,” an annual event marking the failed attempt by Nazi and allied Hungarian soldiers to break out of Budapest during the Red Army’s siege of the city in 1945.