Orbán’s government bans Budapest Pride in ‘public form’

Orban Moves to Ban Hungary’s Pride Parade Before Elections

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he’ll move to ban the country’s annual Pride parade, raising fears of a wider crackdown on civil liberties ahead of key elections.

In 2015, Orbán was grateful to the gay community, but now his government plans to ban Pride

The event, which has been held in Hungary since 1997, has remained unchanged, but now the government feels the need to ban it. The "balanced state of affairs" the PM spoke about ten years ago seems to no longer apply.

Hungary moves to ban Pride March with constitutional amendment

Hungary's government is seeking to ban the annual Budapest Pride March by amending the country’s Fundamental Law (Constitution), a move that legal experts describe as an "unconstitutional absurdity."

Hungary: From freedom to censorship: the consequences of the Hungarian Propaganda Law - Amnesty International

This report explores the effects of Act LXXIX of 2021 and Government Decree 473/2021 (VIII.6.), commonly known as the Propaganda Law. This law prohibits the “depiction and promotion” of “diverse gender identities and sexual orientations” in some forms of public communications, including in public education, media, advertisements and some commercial activities. [see EUR 27/7571/2024 for […]

The Hungarian government is doing everything it can to prevent the annual Pride parade from being held in Budapest. With a constitutional amendment, it wants to be able to ban the parade, because it would conflict with andlsquo;the right of children to healthy developmentrsquo;. The government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbenaacute;n announced the constitutional amendment on Thursday. Earlier, the prime minister and his...

Hungarian government clamps down on Pride march, citing ‘child protection’ reasons

The Hungarian government is clamping down on the country’s annual Budapest Pride parade, which has been running for almost 30 years, saying that it should not “dominate public spaces” – citing what it claims are “child protection” issues.