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Inside Budapest Pride: How organisers defied Orban’s ban with 100,000-strong march

ANALYSIS: When Viktor Orban’s right-wing government passed a bill to ban Pride events – the organisers of Budapest’s annual march decided to rebel

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2025

The success of Budapest Pride hurt Orbán – but be warned, Europe’s far right is coming for all of our rights

Huge crowds defied a ban to party on Saturday, yet authoritarians across the continent are targeting LGBTQ+ people to spread division, says freelance journalist Gordon Cole-Schmidt

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025

Opposing parties in Hungary use mass Budapest Pride turnout to boost their own agenda

Despite a ban on the event by the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, more than 100,000 turned up for the annual pro-LGBTQ+ rally through Budapest.

Euronews · Jun 30, 2025

Around 100,000 marched in Budapest Pride, defying government ban

Budapest’s 30th Pride parade saw around 100,000 people defy a government ban to protest Prime Minister Orbán’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights.

Euronews · Jun 30, 2025

Monday briefing: How Budapest Pride became a huge show of anti-Orbán defiance

In today’s newsletter: Hungary has relentlessly cracked down on LGBTQ+ rights – but banning Pride proved a step too far, as European politicians joined its biggest ever crowd

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2025

Hungary's PM Orbán says Pride marched in the Budapest 'on the orders of Brussels'

An unprecedented crowd of between 100- and 200-thousand people marched at the 30th Budapest Pride on Saturday. The Prime Minister said the event was "disgusting and shameful".

Euronews · Jun 29, 2025

Budapest Pride: Unprecedented crowd defies Hungarian government at 'illegal' march

The local government's Freedom Day event ended without incidents, with no police intervention, and counter-demonstrators being kept away.

Euronews · Jun 29, 2025

Commissioner and MEPs in Budapest to challenge Orban’s Pride ban

Commissioner Hadja Lahbib and 70 MEPs travelled to Hungary to protest the banning of the Pride march - but opposition leader Peter Magyar was absent.

Euronews · Jun 28, 2025

Tens of thousands defy Hungary’s ban on Pride in protest against Orbán

Crackdown on Pride is part of effort to curb democratic freedoms ahead of a hotly-contested election next year

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2025

Around 100,000 march in Budapest Pride in defiance of Hungary's ban

Around 100,000 people have marched in Budapest in Hungary's largest ever LGBTQ+ Pride event in defiance of a government ban

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2025