Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events

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..... Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events
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Dated:- 14-4-2025
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Budapest, Apr 14 (AP) Hungary's parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities. Legal scholars and critics call Monday's decision another step toward authoritarianism as the populist government continues to re .....

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..... strict the rights of LGBTQ+ communities. The amendment passed along party lines, with 140 votes for and 21 against. It was proposed by the ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition led by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whom critics have accused of employing increasingly autocratic tactics during his 15-year rule. Ahead of the vote, opposition politicians and other protesters attempted to blockade th .....

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..... e entrance to a parliament parking garage to prevent ruling party lawmakers from entering. Police physically removed the demonstrators who had used zip ties to bind themselves together. The amendment codifies a ban on public LGBTQ+ events including the popular Pride event that draws thousands annually to the capital, Budapest. It declares that children's rights to moral, physical and spiritual .....

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..... development supersede any other fundamental right other than the right to life, including that to peacefully assemble. The new amendment also allows for Hungarians who hold dual citizenship in a non-European Economic Area country to have their citizenship suspended if they are deemed to pose a threat to public order, public security or national security. The amendment is the 15th to Hungary's .....

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..... constitution since Orban's party unilaterally authored and approved the document in 2011. (AP) GRS GRS
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