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Budapest’s defiant mayor questioned by police about Pride

Budapest mayor questioned by police for organizing banned LGBTQ+ Pride event
Hungary's liberal mayor of Budapest has been questioned by police over accusations of organizing an LGBTQ+ Pride event.
Budapest mayor questioned by police over banned pride march
Budapest's mayor has been questioned by police as a suspect in helping to organise a banned LGBTQ march in the city. The event took place on June 28 despite warnings of potential legal repercussions by Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose government passed a law earlier this year banning the event.
Budapest mayor questioned by police for defying government to hold Pride parade
Hungary’s government has tried to roll back LGBTQ+ rights, including by banning the Budapest Pride parade in June.
Budapest mayor says probe of banned Pride march sees him as a 'suspect'
The mayor of Budapest said on Thursday he had become a "suspect" in a police investigation targeting the organisers of an LGBTQ+ rights rally that turned into an anti-government protest last month.
Budapest Mayor Questioned as Suspect Linked to Organization of Budapest Pride
Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, has been questioned as a suspect in connection with the organization of the Budapest Pride event in Budapest, according to a report by news wire MTI.
Budapest police to question city's mayor for organising Pride march
Police summoned opposition Mayor Gergely Karacsony to give a statement as a suspect for organising the 30th Budapest Pride parade despite an official ban, the mayor's office told AFP on Thursday."The mayor was summoned as a suspect by the investigating authority and will be questioned next week,
Budapest’s defiant mayor questioned by police about Pride: ‘Neither freedom nor love can be banned’
Budapest’s mayor Gergely Karácsony has been questioned by police over accusations he helped organise a banned Pride event in the city. The right-wing Fidesz party, led by Viktor Orbán who has been the European country’s Prime Minister since 2010,
Budapest mayor questioned as a suspect over Pride march
Hungary's police on Friday questioned the mayor of Budapest as a suspect for having organised the city's 30th Pride parade, which in June attracted a record turnout despite an official ban. Police confirmed to AFP that "an interrogation of a suspect" as part of an ongoing probe took place on Friday,
Hungarian police questions Budapest mayor over role in banned LGBTQ+ Pride march
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his party have insisted Pride, a celebration of LGBTQ+ visibility and struggle for equal rights, is a violation of children’s rights to moral and spiritual development.
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Budapest mayor defies police ban on Pride march
Hungarian police on Thursday banned the country’s main Pride march from taking place in Budapest on June 28 but the capital’s mayor defied them, vowing it would still go ahead.
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Budapest intends to hold gay Pride despite police ban, says mayor
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony wants to allow the annual Pride parade to go ahead on June 28 despite a ban by the police, with thousands of visitors expected to attend. "Freedom, love and ...
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Budapest mayor defies police ban on Pride march - WFMZ
Hungarian police on Thursday banned the country's main Pride march from taking place in Budapest on June 28 but the capital's mayor defied them, vowing it would still go ahead.