Hungarian prosecutors drop charges against Budapest mayor for organising Pride march

Reuters· Jun 4, 2026 · 12:14 PM UTC ·2 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 45 views

#lgbtq #politics #human rights #Gergely Karacsony #Viktor Orban #European Parliament #Amnesty International #Court of Justice of the European Union

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Hungarian prosecutors have dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony for organizing a Pride march. The decision follows a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union that deemed Hungary's 2021 'child protection' law as violating EU law. The law had been used to justify the ban on the Pride event, which went ahead peacefully despite previous police restrictions.

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▪Prosecutors dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony for organizing a Pride march.
▪The decision was influenced by a ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union.
▪The 2021 'child protection' law was found to violate EU law, which had been used to justify the ban.

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World Hungarian prosecutors drop charges against Budapest mayor for organising Pride march Hungarian prosecutors have dropped charges against Budapest’s liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony over his role in organising an LGBTQ+ rights rally in 2025, prosecutors said on Thursday. By Reuters 4 Jun 2026 Members of the European Parliament, including French MEP Raphael Glucksmann, Luxembourger Marc Angel, and Spanish leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), Iratxe Garcia Perez, pose with Amnesty International activists during a ‘Mini Pride’ demonstration against Hungary’s Pride ban in front of the European Parliament and the Hungarian representation in Brussels, Belgium, 25 June 2025.

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