Dozens of Thousands of people have marched this Saturday through the streets of Budapest To celebrate Pride Day despite the warnings of “legal consequences” launched by Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán.
The march has elapsed with relative normalityin a festive atmosphere despite the tension, amid protests of conservative and extreme right organizations that denounce the “propaganda” LGTBI and claim the protection of childhood.
Historical assistance
Call organizations, Amnesty International Hungary, Hátter Society, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Mission Rainbow Foundation and Hungarian civil liberties, have announced record participation. “This event has been One of the most important milestones For the LGTBI community, “says Máté Hegedüs, spokesman for ‘Budapest Pride’. Such has been the success of the call, that the organization has encrypted assistance in some 200,000 people.
The march has begun at 3:00 p.m. in Buddha, in the town hall park, and has toured the Museum Boulevard, Kálvin Square and Vamhaz Boulevard to cross the Danube river through the Szabadság bridge, leaving one of the most iconic images of the route with a crowded bridge.
The event was prohibited according to a new law promoted by Orbán’s party. The rule stipulates that it is possible prohibit public events if they endanger the development considered “adequate” of minors. And although Orbán ruled out using violence, he warned of “legal consequences” for attendees.
Hungarian prime minister had already left the way on Thursday in Brussels of international criticisms to point out that Hungary is “a civilized country in which everyone has the right to meet their opinion”, although it also stressed that, above any right, there must be “the right to the protection of children.”
