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Budapest mayor questioned by police for organizing banned LGBTQ+ Pride event
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, AUG 1 – Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony was questioned over organizing a banned Pride march that drew 300,000 participants despite Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ law, officials said.
- On Friday, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony arrived under police escort at Hungary's National Bureau of Investigation to be questioned over organizing a banned LGBTQ+ Pride event.
- On June 28, organizers said around 300,000 participants attended Hungary’s largest Pride march despite a March law by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ruling party banning such events.
- Authorities said they would not press charges against attendees while investigating organizers, despite maintaining it was illegal for participants to proceed with June’s Pride march.
- Karácsony said he had been formally accused of organizing a prohibited event but refused to answer questions, telling supporters that Hungarian society's freedom was at stake.
- A recent constitutional amendment prioritized children’s moral development over rights like peaceful assembly, following Orbán’s party passing a 2021 law restricting content for minors under 18.
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Today's consumerism only offers us such sleazy, sleazy martyrs as Gergely Karácsony. The mayor had to spend several dozen minutes at the National Investigation Bureau because he organized Budapest Pride in June despite clear legal regulations and a police ban.
The Hungarian authorities have questioned Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony in connection with the organization of the Pride parade in the Hungarian capital. Police had banned the annual LGBTQ+ parade based on a law enacted by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing populist government. Karácsony ignored the ban, claiming it was a municipal event.
Budapest Mayor Karácsony has been questioned by the Hungarian Public Prosecutor's Office. He is accused of co-organizing last month's Budapest Pride. Hungarian police had banned the annual LGBTQ+ community event under a law introduced in March by Prime Minister Orbán's right-wing populist government. Orbán has been working for years to erode LGBTQ+ rights. The liberal Mayor, Karácsony, ignored the ban, arguing that Pride is a municipal event ove…
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