US EditionTens of thousands march against Hungary's government, for LGBT rights
- Hungarian police banned the June 28 Budapest Pride march in Budapest, citing the Child Protection Act to enforce the ban.
- The ban follows legislation passed last year restricting LGBTQ+ expression and assembly under child protection grounds amid broader government repression.
- Despite the ban, tens of thousands from Hungary's LGBTQ+ community plan to attend, supported by over 70 MEPs, NGOs, and city officials defending peaceful assembly.
- Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, urged Hungarian officials to permit the Pride parade, emphasizing that the European Union stands firmly for equality and non-discrimination.
- The event symbolizes resistance against escalating restrictions on civil liberties in Hungary and raises concerns about the country's adherence to EU democratic values ahead of next year’s elections.
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The leader of the Pd Saturday was at the Pride in the Hungarian capital along with other European politicians. The criticism of Ursula von der Le...
Those present were prepared for a scuffle with the police, but in the end, Saturday's parade did not go as they had imagined.
Hundreds of thousands of people protested for LGBT+ rights and against Viktor Orbán's authoritarianism, which banned this gathering. ...
The ban imposed by the government on the rainbow parade in Budapest did the complete opposite on Saturday. Never before have so many participants been counted. The event took place peacefully. While the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán speaks of a "demonstration by order of Brussels", Hungary's opposition sees a "fat own gate" Orbáns. According to the organizers, up to 200,000 people defied the police ban on Saturday and marched through…
Despite bans and criminal threats, hundreds of thousands of people participated in the Pride March for the rights of homosexuals and other sexual minorities on Saturday in Budapest.
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