2025-06-20 14:23
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2025-06-20 14:23
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Hungary maintained a ban on the organization in Budapest by the police in Budapest by the Equality Parade – according to the court's announcement. There is no appeal against the judgment.
The Supreme Court rejected the appeal of four non -governmental organizations, which appealed against the Thursday decision of the Warsaw Headquarters. The justification of the decision emphasized that “the declared purpose of the Congregation (Equality Parade – PAP) may violate the bans contained in the provisions regarding assemblies and protection of minors.”
In the Court's opinion, the planned event, contrary to the opinions of the authorities, cannot be seen as a continuation of equality parades organized in Budapest in the past. However, it was found that his goal is, among others promoting the rights of transgender persons to change sex and name, a The organizers were unable to prove that the event is not in contradiction with the law in force in Hungary.
In recent weeks, the Supreme Court has twice rejected the police ban, recognizing the evidence presented, such as recordings from previous marches, as not related to the event scheduled for June this year.
The parade will pass through the streets of the Hungarian capital. The city will help
Commenting on the prohibition issued by the police, the opposition mayor of Budapest Gergely Karacsony announced on Thursday that “the capital's authorities would organize a march as an urban event.” The organizers also announced earlier that the event would take place as planned despite the threat of legal sanctions.
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 he would take, among others The participation of over 70 European Parliamentarians and representatives of the government and local authorities of EU Member States. The EU Commissioner for Equality Hadja Lahbib will take part in the event, if it is legal, on Friday, the journal, citing an interview with the European Commission spokesman.
From Budapest Jakub Bawołek (PAP)
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