The Hungarian government has proposed a clampdown on this year's Pride march in Budapest, with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suggesting that preparations for the event would be a 'waste of time and money'. Minister Gergely Gulyás indicated that public displays of Pride would no longer be tolerated, justifying the decision as a means to 'protect children'. Critics view this as an infringement on civil rights, calling it a clear attack on democracy and the rights of sexual minorities, which have historically been targeted by the Orbán administration.
Gergely Gulyás, the Hungarian minister, declared, 'There will be no Pride in the public form in which we have known it in recent decades.'
Viktor Szalóki, from a Hungarian NGO, stated, 'Banning the public event would violate people's rights to free assembly and expression.'
Budapest Pride's spokesperson Zita Hrubi proclaimed, 'If the law on assembly is tampered with...it would be an admission that Hungary is no longer a democracy.'
Critics argue the government's measures against Pride reflect a broader assault on the rights of sexual minorities in Hungary.
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