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

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Budapest in defiance of the Hungarian government’s ban on Pride, heeding a call by the city’s mayor to “come calmly and boldly to stand together for freedom, dignity and equal rights”.

  • Gwen@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 days ago

    Tens of thousands

    Up to 200,000 actually, more than ever before. What’s up with them playing down the number in the title?