With rainbow flags flying high, tens of thousands Lgbtq Hungarians and their supporters took to the street Budapest for the pride parade, refusing the prohibition of the government and Prime Minister Viktor Orban against the activists.
The organizers of the 30th edition of the Pride march in the Hungarian capital stated that more than 35,000 people were expecting a record turnout.
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“It's about much more, not just homosexuality, …. This is the last moment to uphold our rights,” said Reuters Eszter Reni Bodi.
“None of us are free until everyone is free,” one sign will read.
Populist Orban Party in March Quickly monitored the law Through the parliament that has been committed to hold or attend events that “reflect or promote” homosexuality of a minor under the age of 18. Arban previously made it clear that it understood that Budapest honor was a clear purpose of the law.
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The recent law of Hungary allows the authorities to use person recognition tools to identify persons who attend the forbidden event. The caught can lead to fines up to 200,000 Hungarian back ($ 586). The organizers threaten up to a year in prison.
But on Friday, the organizers of Pride, together with the mayor of Budapest, the European Commissioner, Commissioner of the European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib and Vice President of the European Parliament, Nikola Stefanut, said it would take place on Saturday, despite the official threats of great fines for participants and even in prison.
“The government is always fighting the enemy against which they must protect the Hungarian people … This time the purpose of sexual minorities,” Karasoni said at a press conference. “We believe that there should be no first and second class citizens, so we decided to perform at this event.”
Participants on Saturday remained calling.
“I am proud that I am gay … And I am very afraid the government wants to knock us down. I am very surprised that so many people I want to cry,” AFP said only a 66-year-old participant who gave his name, Zolton.
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said one woman Partner CBS News BBC She visited because she wants a diversity country for her children.
“We have a law that forbids people who are different from others to gather. That's why we are here. Because it hurts our right. That's why we came,” said 34 -year -old Luke.
She said the BBC that she was going through her 4-year-old daughter, “in a country where she can't love anyone who wants.”
Critics of the prohibition of honor and other Hungarian legislation aimed at LGBTQ+ community say that policy is reminiscent of similar restrictions on sexual minorities in Russia.
Orban, which is regarded as the closest ally of Putin, Vladimir Putin in the European Union, has banned same -sex adoptions in recent years and banned any LGBTQ+content, including television, films, advertising and literature available to minors.
Its government claims that the impact of such content has a negative impact on the development of children. But opponents say the steps are part of the broader efforts in the goat of sexual minorities and consolidation of their conservative base.
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Speaking to state radio on Friday, Orban downgraded the possibility of severe clashes between the police and the participants, but warned that the visit of the Pride “would have legal consequences”.
“Of course, the police can disperse such events because they have powers, but Hungary is a civilized country, civil society. We have not harmed each other,” he said.
More than 70 MPs of the European Parliament, as well as other officials from Europe, are expected to participate on Saturday.
Friday Lahbib, authorized with European
“The EU is not neutral from hatred,” she said. “We can't remain passive. We can't tolerate what is unbearable.”
Oncoming demonstrations
On Thursday, the Radical Right Party our Movement Homeland announced that he asked the police to hold meetings in many places around the city, many of them along the same route as the Pride march.
The neo -Nazi group stated that it would also gather on Saturday at the town hall of Budapest, with which the Pride march will be sent. The group stated that only “white, Christian, heterosexual men and women” could participate in his demonstration.
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A woman who just gave her name, as Catalin, told AFP on Saturday that she agreed with the ban, though she hoped that there would be no collisions.
“Disgusting … It became a weirdo to show itself,” she said.