 Students of the University of Theatre and Film Arts, such as the SCFE in Budapest, Hungary, staged massive protests on September 6th. They were protesting the government's bid to hand over the control of the university to the loyalists of Prime Minister Viktor Orbar. The key demand of the protesting students and other progressive sections was the defense of the autonomy of the university. Through a legislation effective since September 1st, the right-wing government transferred the control of the state-run Theatre University to a private foundation whose members have closed links to the Orban government. Administrative staff and several teachers in the university have resigned in protest. From August 31st, students barricaded themselves inside the university and blocked the entrance. On September 6th, the students formed a massive human chain in Budapest, starting from the university building. Students from other universities also joined the human chain in solidarity. The protesters under the leadership of the Students' Union of SCFE have also prepared charter of demands to the parliament to solve the issue. The Hungarian chapter of DiEM25 stated that with the new legislation, the SCFE senate has been effectively deprived of its decision-making powers on budgetary, organisational and staffing matters. It added that those on the supervisory board who have no knowledge of arts are former advisors of Orban or rich businessmen loyal to them. Leftist groups in Hungary have expressed their solidarity with protesting students of the SCFE. The right-wing Fidesz party government in Hungary led by Viktor Orban has been on a campaign to take over the control of all political media and academic institutions in the country. The government had earlier run into fierce opposition from the academic community over its bid to control research institutes in the country and over its tussle with the administration of the Central European University.