BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Budapest’s liberal mayor was charged Wednesday for organizing a banned LGBTQ+ Pride event last year that was among the largest in Hungary’s history.
Police had been investigating Mayor Gergely Karácsony after the June 28 march went ahead despite a ban imposed by Hungary’s right-wing nationalist government. Organizers of the event said some 300,000 people participated.
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