Hungary’s foreign minister expressed dismay over a court decision canceling jail sentences for two right-wing extremists. The court on Nov. 6 overturned the sentences of Lorant Hegedus, a reverend of the Hungarian Reformist Church, and Andras Metes, editor of the newspaper of the far-right Hungarian Justice and Life Party.
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