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LGBTIQ+ events banned by Hungary's government

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Hungary’s parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution, allowing the government to ban public events by LGBTIQ+ communities, a move legal scholars and critics say is another step toward authoritarianism.It was proposed by the ruling Fidesz party, led by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán - the European Union's longest-serving leader who critics have labelled an autocrat.

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