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Thousands of demonstrators turned out in Budapest on Friday evening to demand the ouster of Hungarian President Katalin Novák over how she handled a pardon in connection with a case involving the abuse of children. It recently became known that Novak pardoned a man who had been legally convicted of aiding and abetting the sexual abuse of children and young people. Novák did not give a reason for the controversial pardon. The man she pardoned was the deputy head of a children’s home in Bicske near Budapest. According to the court ruling, he forced children to recant their testimonies as victims…

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