Thousands flood the streets to protest after Hungary passes law banning Pride marches

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Hungary’s capital, Budapest, after the country’s right-wing government passed a law that bans LGBTQ+ Pride marches.

The Fidesz party, which was recently praised by Donald Trump, submitted a bill to parliament on Tuesday (18 March) to effectively ban Pride marches in Hungary. It quickly passed into law and set fines of up to 200,000 forints (£420/$550) for organisers of Budapest Pride and anyone attending, with supporters of the legislation claiming the events could be considered “harmful to children”.

The law allows police to use facial recognition to target and fine anyone at Pride marches.

Prime minister Viktor Orbán took to X/Twitter to praise the move and write: “We won’t let woke ideology endanger our kids.”

Orbán, who has been

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