Three More Far-Right Extremists Pardoned by Hungarian President
- 20 Nov 2023 6:53 AM
- Hungary Matters
The last three convicted prisoners in the so-called Hunnia case have been pardoned by President Katalin Novák, after the intervention of Socialist politician Sándor Csintalan, who pleaded for leniency on their behalf.
The founder of the right-wing extremist Hunnia Movement, György Budaházy, was sentenced to six years in prison on March 9 this year for a terrorist act and other crimes, but Novák pardoned him and all those convicted in the Hunnia trial on April 27.
Csintalan was received by Novák in her office for 30 minutes yesterday.
Though beaten with an iron bar by the three in his own garage on December 11, 2007, Csintalan himself asked that his assailants be pardoned.
After his visit to Novák, Csintalan was met by the wives of two of the three convicted persons, who embraced him and learnt from him that their husbands would soon be released.
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