Fight for meeting proper: Thousands of Hungary show in opposition to the ban on Pride parade | EUROtoday

On Tuesday, hundreds of Hungary demonstrated in opposition to the ban on the annual Pride parade of the LGBTQ neighborhood on Tuesday. According to AFP estimates, greater than 10,000 individuals gathered within the capital Budapest and swocked Hungarian and rainbow flags. Some of them held up indicators with the inscription “Enough the lies” and “Down with Orbán! We want democracy”.

“We are committed to freedom of assembly,” stated the 26-year-old psychologist Emese, who didn’t wish to identify her final identify. Another demonstrator, the 60-year-old confectioner Agica Tothne, stated that “this corrupt system” needed to be overthrown, individuals must “wake up slowly”. The impartial MP and organizer AKOS Hadhazy stated that the protests would “not stop until the law is lifted”.

The legislation adopted by Parliament on March 18 prohibits assemblies that violate a legislation from 2021, in accordance with which “promoting and presenting” homosexuality and gender change is prohibited from minors. The legislation allows organizers and individuals of the parades to be fined with fines of as much as 500 euros.

The adoption of the legislation is the newest restriction of the rights of the LGBTQ neighborhood within the identify of “child protection” by the right-wing populist Hungarian authorities of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The English abbreviation LGBTQ stands for lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender and queer. The organizers of the Pride parade in Budapest wish to meet on the road regardless of the legislation on June twenty eighth.