Budapest, Jan 28, 2026 (AFP) - Budapest mayor charged, faces fine over organising banned Pride

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2026-01-28

Prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against Budapest's opposition mayor Gergely Karacsony, seeking to fine him for organising the city's Pride parade last June, which attracted record turnout despite an official ban. Organisers estimated more than 200,000 people took part, in a rebuke of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's years-long clampdown on LGBTQ rights in the name of "child protection". After the nationalist leader declared his intention to ban......

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