US EditionEU States Condemn Hungary over Law Banning Budapest Pride, Urge Brussels to Take Action
HUNGARY, MAY 28 – Seventeen EU member states and multiple human rights groups contest Hungary's recent laws banning Pride events, citing violations of fundamental rights and use of facial recognition technology, officials said.
- Hungary's parliament passed a law in March 2025 banning public Pride events and allowing police to use facial recognition to identify attendees in Budapest.
- This measure follows previous laws restricting LGBTQ+ discourse since 2021 and constitutional amendments in April strengthening gender definitions and prioritizing children's rights.
- A coalition of five rights organizations, among them Amnesty International, has filed a legal challenge against the law after police used it as grounds to prohibit a smaller march scheduled for June 1.
- Seventeen EU countries condemned Hungary on May 27, expressing concern that the law breaches EU values, and EU Commissioner McGrath stated readiness to use all legal tools against Hungary.
- Despite the government's stated child protection aim and denials of a Pride ban, organizers plan to hold Budapest Pride on June 28, potentially the largest march so far amid growing opposition to Fidesz.
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András Jámbor, seen by some as the face of the Hungarian Left, has criticised Ilaria Salis MEP for threatening to join this year’s banned Budapest Pride event. While for now it appears as if Brussels is backing down from confronting the Hungarian government, some MEPs are still spoiling for a fight.Yet one of them, Ilaria Salis, is seen as a nuisance by her potential comrades. According to Jámbor She comes here to the Gay Pride for her popularit…
Pride in Hungary: ‘Every time there’s an election coming up, Fidesz pulls out the LGBTQ community as a scapegoat’
The attack on democracy in Hungary continues. In March, the government passed a law restricting the right to assemble, explicitly intending to make Budapest Pride illegal. However, the organisers have declared that they will hold the event regardless as the Pride's spokesperson Máté Hegedűs tells in this conversation with Adrian Burtin.
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The Star Kuala LumpurHuman rights groups challenge Hungary's anti-Pride law in court
BUDAPEST - Five human rights groups including Amnesty International challenged in court Hungary's legislation that created a legal basis for police to ban Pride marches by the LGBTQ community, the groups said in a statement on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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