Archive · 12 Dec 2025
Hungarian Police Propose Charges Against Budapest Mayor
The mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karacsony, is in trouble because he organized a big Pride march in June.
The Hungarian government, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, had banned such marches.
The mayor tried to get around the ban by making it a city event, but the police still stopped it.
Tens of thousands of people marched anyway, turning it into a big protest against the government.
Now, the police want the mayor to be charged for this.
The mayor says he is proud of what he did and will defend himself in court.
The government has been making it harder for LGBTQ+ people in Hungary for a long time.
Hungarian police proposed charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony for organizing a banned Pride march.
The march on June 28 turned into a mass anti-government protest with tens of thousands of participants.
Karacsony tried to bypass the ban by organizing it as a municipal event, but police still banned it.
Orban's government has been curtailing LGBTQ+ rights and passed a law in March allowing the banning of Pride marches.
Critics see the ban as part of a wider crackdown on democratic freedoms ahead of next year's election.
- Who
- Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony
- What
- Proposed charges for organizing a banned Pride march
- When
- Event on June 28, Charges proposed on December 12
- Where
- Budapest, Hungary
- Why
- March was banned under a new child protection law
- Mayor Charged
- Gergely Karacsony
- Event
- Banned Pride march
- Date of Event
- June 28
- Protest Size
- Tens of thousands
- Government
- Viktor Orban's nationalist government
- Law Passed
- March 2023
- Reason for Ban
- Child protection