US EditionBudapest Pride march banned by Hungarian police
- Hungarian police announced a ban on the Budapest Pride parade, citing the need to protect children as per new legislation.
- Mayor Gergely Karacsony vowed to hold the march, despite the police ban.
- Hungary's parliament passed legislation to allow police to ban LGBTQ+ marches.
- Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that organizers 'should not even bother' organizing pride in Budapest this year.
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The Hungarian police have banned this Thursday the march that the progressive City Council of Budapest had announced to try to circumvent the veto of the ultranationalist government of Viktor Orbán to the celebration of the LGTBI+ Pride in this country of the European Union. The march of 28 June, International Pride Day, had been called by the mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony. “In this city there are no first-class or second-class citizens..…
The Hungarian police refused permission for an LGBT+ march scheduled to take place on 28 June in Budapest, but first liberal-ecologist Gergely Karacsony said it would not take account of this ban and would organize this march, which is also expected by a European Commissioner, several European ministers and about 70 European parliamentarians, to report to the AFP and the EEF agencies.
The Hungarian police have banned the "Pride Parade" in the capital Budapest. The march for the rights of the LGBTQ community was to be held on June 28. The city administration wants to oppose the ban.
The Hungarian authorities, LGBTphobes, banned the planned event on 28 June on the pretext that it should be organised out of the sight of the children. For the ecologist mayor of the capital, the ban "has no value".
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