The huge protest in Budapest in April 2017 in support of the Soros-funded Central European University was one of the biggest anti-government protests of the past few years. Image: Xinhua/Sipa USA/PA images.
This article is part of Right to Protest, a partnership project with human rights organisations CELS and INCLO, with support from the ACLU, examining the power of protest and its fundamental role in democratic society.
In April 2017, Hungarian theatre director Arpad Schilling staged a one-man protest against 'Stop Brussels!', a nationwide survey launched by the Hungarian government in advance of the next general election in 2018. The survey consisted of six questions that were all overtly anti-EU and anti-immigration in tone, and bore the signature of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. It was posted to all eligible voters in the country.
