Supporters of Hungarian Jobbik opposition party protest over crackdown


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  • Saturday, 16 Dec 2017

Supporters of Hungary's main opposition Jobbik party attend a torchlight demonstration in Budapest, Hungary, December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - About a thousand Hungarians protested on Friday against a crackdown on the main opposition party Jobbik which has been threatened by a record political campaign fine that the party leader describes as a "death sentence" for democracy.

Despite the gloomy rhetoric and Jobbik saying it was fighting for survival, support for the demonstration was well down on other similar rallies over the past year.

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