US EditionBrussels march urges EU to act over Budapest Pride ban threat
- On Saturday, a large group of LGBT supporters gathered and paraded in the heart of Brussels to call on European leaders to oppose Hungary’s prohibition of the Budapest Pride event.
- In March, Hungary enacted legislation prohibiting LGBT Pride gatherings and permitting the use of facial recognition technology to track event organizers, a decision that has drawn sharp criticism.
- Viktoria Radvanyi, chair of Budapest Pride, spoke at the march, accusing the European Commission of inaction and calling on them to 'do your job.'
- Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony vowed the Pride parade would proceed, saying, 'Budapest Pride cannot be banned, for love and freedom cannot be banned.'
- The march highlighted concerns that the ban threatens civil liberties and urged EU officials to take legal action against Hungary's right-wing government.
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Brussels march urges EU to act over Budapest Pride ban threat
Thousands of LGBT activists marched through central Brussels on Saturday, calling on European leaders to act against Hungary's right-wing government after it moved to ban the Budapest Pride parade.
Budapest Pride organisers urge EU action against Hungary
The organisers of Budapest’s annual Pride march called on the European Union on Friday to take legal action against Hungary, after the country’s nationalist government banned the LGBTQ demonstration. Speaking at a press conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Viktoria Radvanyi, head of Budapest Pride, vowed to go ahead with the June 28 march “no matter what”. “This is an outrageous violation of fundamental rights,” she said of a bill …
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