Anti-government demonstrators proceed toward the Hungarian Parliament Building on the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (10/23/2006)

Crowd at radical-nationalist Jobbik party rally on Hungary’s March 15 national holiday (3/15/2009).

The demonstration ladies cheer at the 64 Counties Youth Movement (Hatvvannégy Vármegye Ifjúsági Mozgalom) protest of the 1920 Treaty of Trianon (6/3/2007)

Anti-government protesters relax between boos during the official commemoration of the March 15 national holiday at the National Museum (3/15/2007)

Trade union demonstrator holding sign proclaiming “Let People Count, Not Profit!” (12/15/2007)

Roman Catholic priest leading anti-government demonstration on the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (10/23/2006)

Gentile Bikers assemble on the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (10/23/2006).

Gentile Biker leader preparing to depart on 1956 Hungarian Revolution rally (10/23/2008).

Members of We Ourselves (Mi Magunk) and the 64 Counties Youth Movement at anti-government demonstration on Heroes’ Square (4/21/2007).

Anti-government demonstrators en route to disrupt the official commemoration of the March 15 national holiday at the National Museum (3/15/2007).

Police confront anti-government demonstrator at Hungarian Socialist Party Peace Day rally (5/9/2007).

Anti-gay demonstrators confront riot police during the annual Budapest Pride parade (7/5/2008).

Anti-gay demonstrators confront riot police at annual Budapest Pride parade (7/5/2008).

Masked demonstrators march down Andrássy Avenue on way to protest at Soviet War Memorial (9/20/2008).

Protester silhouetted in blue dye-water being shot from water cannon at anti-government demonstration on the March 15 national holiday (3/15/2007).

Anti-government demonstrators encounter police cordon protecting the Budapest Opera House (10/22/2007).

Anti-government demonstrator faces riot cop on Clark Ádám Square (4/1/2008).

Confrontation between cop and anti-gay demonstrator during the annual Budapest Pride parade (7/7/2007).

Members of the 64 Counties Youth Movement at the organization’s annual protest of the 1920 Treaty of Trianon (6/13/2009).

Cops conduct an identity check on an anti-gay demonstrator during the annual Budapest Pride parade (9/5/2009).

Members of We Ourselves wearing gas masks during anti-government demonstration on Heroes’ Square (4/21/2007).

Cops arrest anti-gay demonstrator at annual Budapest Pride parade (7/7/2007).

Member of the 64 Counties Youth Movement at organization’s annual protest of the 1920 Treaty of Trianon (6/13/2009).

Member of the newly banned Hungarian Guard resisting arrest (7/4/2009).

Member of the 64 Counties Youth Movement at the organization’s annual protest of the 1920 Treaty of Trianon (6/13/2009).

Young paramilitary at demonstration against the banning of the Hungarian Guard (7/4/2010).

Romantic Violence singer Balázs Sziva dons mask for march on the Budapest Opera House (10/22/2007).

Participants in the annual Budapest Pride parade (7/7/2007).

Column of riot cops protecting participants in the annual Budapest Pride parade from anti-gay demonstrators (7/5/2008).

Participants in the annual Budapest Pride parade. The sign reads “We Unite Against Violence” (7/5/2008).

Anti-gay demonstrators attempt to flee police after assaulting the annual Budapest Pride parade (7/5/2008).

Anti-gay demonstrators confront riot police behind dismantled security fence during the annual Budapest Pride parade (7/5/2008).

Chief Commander István Dósa stands at the head of a Hungarian Guard (Magyar Gárda) column at the organization’s inauguration ceremony on Castle Hill. This is one of the first photos ever taken of the Hungarian Guard (8/25/2007).

Column of Hungarian Guard members proceeds through the City Park on its way to Heroes’ Square (3/15/2008).

Column of Hungarian Guard members marches through the City Park on its way to the organization’s commemoration of the March 15 national holiday on Heroes’ Square (3/15/2008)

Hungarian Guard member János Volner marches in organization’s procession honoring interwar Regent Miklós Horthy. Volner has been one of the vice-presidents of the radical-nationalist Jobbik party since 2012 (2/10/2009).

New Hungarian Guard members stand in rank at an organizational initiation ceremony (10/21/2007).

Boys from the Hungarian Guard youth-wing attend the parent organization’s commemoration of the March 15 national holiday (3/15/2009).

Hungarian Guard flag bearer at organizational initiation ceremony (10/21/2007).

The Hungarian Guard commemorates the anniversary of National Army leader Miklós Horthy’s arrival to Budapest in 1919 (10/22/2009).

Hungarian Guard members pay tribute to interwar Regent Miklós Horthy (2/10/2009).

Members of the newly banned Hungarian Guard sit in passive resistance to arrest (7/4/2009).

Members of the newly banned Hungarian Guard sing Hungary’s national anthem (7/4/2009).

Hungarian Guard member at torchlight protest against Gypsy crime (1/18/2008).

Hungarian Guard leaders at torchlight protest of Gypsy crime (1/18/2008).

Members of the Hungarian Guard prepare to erect an Advent cross on a nearby square (12/2/2007).

Members of the National Guard (Nemzeti Őrsereg) march to a rally on Castle Hill (10/25/2007).

Members of the National Guard mark the anniversary of National Army leader Miklós Horthy’s arrival to Budapest in 1919 (7/22/2009).

Hungarists at rally honoring the fascist breakout attempt during the 1945 Siege of Budapest (2/12/2007).

Hungarist at rally honoring the fascist breakout attempt during the 1945 Siege of Budapest (2/12/2007).

Members of the Hungarian chapter of Blood and Honor at Hungarist rally on Heroes’ Square (2/14/2009).

Portrait of fascist Arrow Cross leader Ferenc Szálasi (left) on Heroes’ Square during Hungarist rally (2/9/2008).

Hungarist at rally honoring fascist breakout attempt during the 1945 Siege of Budapest (2/9/2008).

Elderly participants at ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of longtime Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party General Secretary János Kádár (7/7/2007).

Participants at ceremony marking anniversary of the death of longtime Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party General Secretary János Kádár (7/7/2007).

Participants at ceremony marking anniversary of the death of longtime Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party General Secretary János Kádár (7/7/2007).

Participants at ceremony marking anniversary of the death of longtime Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party General Secretary János Kádár (7/7/2007).

Participant at ceremony marking anniversary of the death of longtime Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party General Secretary János Kádár (7/7/2007).

Participant at ceremony marking anniversary of the death of longtime Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party General Secretary János Kádár (7/7/2007).

Participant at ceremony marking anniversary of the death of longtime Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party General Secretary János Kádár (7/7/2007).

Man lights torch at Shoes on the Danube Bank Hungarian Holocaust Memorial (5/9/2008),

Crowd at Hungarian Socialist Party Peace Day rally marking the end of the Second World War (5/9/2008).

Anti-fascist counter-demonstrators at Hungarist rally on Heroes’ Squre (2/9/2008).

Participants in the March of Life Holocaust-remembrance procession (4/15/2007).

Demonstrators at Shoes on the Danube Bank Hungarian Holocaust Memorial (5/9/2008).

Anarchist counter-demonstrators at Hungarist rally on Heroes’ Square (2/9/2008).

Anarchist counter-demonstrator at Hungarist rally on Heroes’ Square (2/9/2008).

Anarchist counter-demonstrator at Hungarist rally on Heroes’ Square (2/9/2008).

Anarchist counter-demonstrator at Hungarist rally on Heroes’ Square (2/9/2008).

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