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On February 25, President Áder János, during a speech marking Victims of Communism Day, reminded his fellow citizens of the criminal nature of the pre-1989 regime.
His declaration came in the wake of the constitutional court’s February 19 decision to strike out certain passages in the penal code, which banned the use of symbols associated with Nazi and communist dictatorships.
The law, adopted 20 years ago, outlawed the wearing of symbols like SS badges, the arrow-cross of the Hungarian Nazi party, the hammer and sickle and the communist red star, along with images including these symbols. The court explained that it had struck out the passages because they were too vague.
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