Despite police ban
From the Leyen insisted on the implementation of the Budapest Pride
Participants of the Budapest Pride threaten punishments when they take to the streets. The EU Commission President made it clear that a ban was incompatible with the basic values of the Union.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asked the Hungarian authorities to lift the ban on Budapest Pride. “Our Union stands for equality and non -discrimination. These are our basic values that are anchored in our contracts,” she said. “I ask the Hungarian authorities to have Budapest Pride Pride without fear of criminal or administrative sanctions against the organizers or participants.”
The ban on the Budapest Pride relies, among other things, on a constitutional change that prescribe the ban on meetings in which non-heterosexual lifestyles are made visible under the pretext of child protection.
Hungary’s government warned EU representatives to participate in the event. The legal situation was “clear,” said Hungarian Minister of Justice Bence Tuzson in the letter to the ambassador of several EU countries, which the news agency AFP was available on Wednesday. “The Pride is a legally prohibited assembly”. Anyone who takes part in it commits a crime.
The minister asked the diplomatic representations to ensure that “their employees and colleagues are properly informed about this fact in the interest of clarity”. He recalled that the participants have to expect fines of up to 500 euros. According to him, even a one -year prison sentence threatens for the organization or call to participate.
Budapest Pride has been taking place for 30 years
The Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacony wants to have the move with thousands of expected visitors carried out on June 28, despite the ban on the police. In Pride parades, people demonstrate for the rights of lesbian, gays, bisexuals, trans- and queer people (LGBTQ).
In Hungary, the right -wing populist Viktor Orban has been ruling with increasingly autocratic methods since 2010. His government and the majority of government in parliament discriminate homosexual, transsexual and other sexual minorities. The Pride has been taking place in Budapest for 30 years.
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