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The statue by Hungarian artist Péter Szalay shows solidarity with Black Lives Matter.

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The installation by artist Péter Szalay is a kneeling sculpture of the Statue of Liberty, illuminated in rainbow colors with her left hand raised in a fist. A tablet in her right hand says: “Black Lives Matter.” 

Budapest protest against Internet tax proposal

Hungarians take to the streets to force their government to dump plans for an Internet tax

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