2009-07-02 19:59:09 -

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - The far-right Hungarian Guard says it will continue its activities despite a court ruling upholding the group's disbanding.
The decision by Budapest Appeals Court upholds a Dec. 2008 ruling breaking up the civic association which founded the Hungarian Guard because of activities incompatible with the democratic rule of law.
The Guard uses uniforms and symbols associated with Hungary's pro-Nazi groups of the 1930s and 40s. It has staged several marches in towns with a large population of Gypsies, or Roma, with the aim of intimidating them and «protecting» non-Roma from their alleged crimes.

The Guard, which has several thousand members, says it plans to appeal Thursday's ruling and claims the Hungarian courts are bowing to political pressure.