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March 19, 2025

Hungarian Lawmakers Outlaw LGBTQ+ Pride Events
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Hungary's parliament has approved a bill banning LGBTQ+ Pride events and
allowing law enforcement to use facial recognition technology to
identify people who violate the ban. The new law was backed by Prime
Minister Viktor Orbán and his far-right populist party. As lawmakers
voted Tuesday, opposition MPs set off rainbow-colored smoke bombs inside
parliament. Amnesty International said in a statement, "The spurious
justification for the passing of this law - that events and assemblies
would be 'harmful to children' - is based on harmful stereotypes and
deeply entrenched discrimination, homophobia and transphobia."


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