BUDAPEST (Reuters) - About 2,000 Hungarians protested at the state television building to demand independent public media and courts on Monday in the latest gathering uniting a fragmented opposition in action against right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Protesters shouted "Dirty Fidesz" referring to Orban's ruling party, and held up banners like "TV has lost its public television character", saying public TV had become a government mouthpiece. They faced hundreds of police.
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