The Hungarian police banned the organization of the Equality Parade in Budapest

Budapest police informed on Thursday that they banned the equality parade planned for June 28 in this city. The organizers may appeal to the Supreme Court of Hungary against the police decision. The city authorities announced that the march will take place as a city party.

The police, acting as part of her rights regarding the control of public assembly, prohibits the equality parade in the Hungarian capital – according to the statement of the capital's command published on Thursday.

The march in Budapest is to be held for the 30th time this year. The opposition mayor of the city of Gergely Karacsony has already been confirmed, who previously announced this week that the event would take place despite the ban. “The march will be an urban event, which is why there are no permits from the authorities,” he noted.

In the entry on Facebook on Thursday after the police decision, Kararacsony repeated that “the authorities of Budapest would organize a march as a city event and the end of the topic.”

The head of the office of Prime Minister Viktor Orban Gergely Gulayas rejected Kararacsony's declaration on Wednesday, emphasizing that the planned event is subject to regulations regulating the right to assemblies, so the police decide about his legality.

The organizers of the Budapest Pride parade, which attracts tens of thousands of people every year, also announced that the event will take place as planned, despite the threat of legal sanctions.

The police have already rejected applications for the organization of the parade, citing the amendment to the Act adopted in March, prohibiting the organization of similar events. The Supreme Court has repealed the ban twice.

In mid -March this year, the Hungarian parliament adopted the amendment to the Act on assemblies, in practice delegating the equality parades. The draft change was made by the ruling party Fidesz. The ban allows to impose fines to the organizers of events and prohibits “presenting or promoting” homosexuality among minors under 18 years of age.

France, Germany and Spain were among over 20 European Union countries, which in May called Budapest to change the provisions prohibiting events related to LGBTQ+persons, expressing the fear that this is contrary to the basic values ​​of dignity, freedom, equality and respect for human rights recorded in EU treaties.

The daily “Nepszava” informed on Thursday that on the Equality March in Budapest he would take, among others The participation of over 70 European Parliamentarians and representatives of the government and local authorities of EU Member States.

From Budapest Jakub Bawołek (PAP)

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