Thousands of protesters took to the streets for the fourth straight week in Hungary’s capital on Tuesday in a show of enduring resistance to a recent law passed by the populist government that bans LGBTQ+ Pride events. Demonstrators filled the Erzsébet Bridge over the Danube in central Budapest demanding the withdrawal of the law that was fast-tracked through parliament in March by the nationalist party of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. (AP video by Bela Szandelszky)
What’s behind the ongoing protests in Hungary against LGBTQ+ Pride events, AP explains
Thousands of protesters took to the streets for the fourth straight week in Hungary’s capital on Tuesday in a show of enduring resistance to a recent law passed by the populist government that bans LGBTQ+ Pride events. Demonstrators filled the Erzsébet Bridge over the Danube in central Budapest demanding the withdrawal of the law that was fast-tracked through parliament in March by the nationalist party of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. (AP video by Bela Szandelszky)