News Around 100,000 march in Budapest Pride event in defiance of Hungary's ban
News Around 100,000 march in Budapest Pride event in defiance of Hungary's ban
Quote:Around 100,000 people defied a government ban and police orders on Saturday to march in what organizers called the largest LGBTQ+ Pride event in Hungary's history in an open rebuke of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government.
Marchers gambled with potential police intervention and heavy fines to participate in the 30th annual Budapest Pride, which was outlawed by a law passed in March by Orbán's right-wing populist governing party.
NPR, June 28 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/28/nx-s1-5449685/hungary-budapest-pride-defies-ban
Quote:Around 100,000 people defied a government ban and police orders on Saturday to march in what organizers called the largest LGBTQ+ Pride event in Hungary's history in an open rebuke of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government.
Marchers gambled with potential police intervention and heavy fines to participate in the 30th annual Budapest Pride, which was outlawed by a law passed in March by Orbán's right-wing populist governing party.