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Protesters in Hungary block Budapest bridge in opposition to new law banning LGBTQ+ Pride events

(8 Apr 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Budapest - 8 April 2025 1. Wide of demonstrators marching on the Erzsebét Bridge over the river Danube, UPSOUND (Hungarian): "Orbán go away!” 2. Various of protesters chanting, UPSOUND (Hungarian): "Assembly is a fundamental right!” 3. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Viktória Vajda, demonstrator: "I think that we've got nowhere to retreat. Until now we've been able to try to make deals and look for compromises, but that time has passed. If we don't stand up for the rights of minorities and for our own fun-damental rights, then who will when they come for us? We've reached the point where we have to stand up and say, ‘No more’”. 4. Pan of demonstrators marching, UPSOUND (Hungarian): "We want democracy!” 5. Various of protesters chanting, UPSOUND (Hungarian): "We want democracy!” 6. Wide of Budapest’s Erzsébet bridge filled with protesters 7. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) János Stummer, demonstrator: "Pride is just one issue. Banning Pride directly affects and hurts some people's sensibilities, but after all, this is about much more than that. This is simply about Viktor Orbán unilaterally, arbitrarily deciding which events can be held in this country and which ones cannot.” 8. Various of people walking and sitting on bridge 9. Wide of bridge filled with protesters 10. Wide of police 11. Wide of protesters marching with smoke bombs STORYLINE: 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. Some planned to remain on the bridge throughout the night. The law, which is reminiscent of similar restrictions against sexual minorities in Russia, makes it an offense to hold or attend events such as Pride that depict homosexuality to minors under 18 — something some legal experts and human rights groups say is Orbán’s latest crackdown on Hungary’s LGBTQ+ community and an arbitrary restriction on the right to assembly. Viktória Vajda, a protester at Tuesday’s demonstration, said the time for trying to find common ground with Orbán’s government "has passed,” and that the ban on Pride affected the basic rights of both LGBTQ+ communities and of all Hungarians. "If we don’t stand up for the rights of minorities and for our own fundamental rights, then who will when they come for us?” she said. "We’ve reached the point where we have to stand up and say, ‘No more.’” The protests, now in their fourth week, saw many demonstrators defying police orders to disperse and occupying numerous bridges and main thoroughfares in Budapest. On Tuesday, there were plans to shut down all five main bridges over the Danube in the city center. Orbán, a populist autocrat who critics say has eroded Hungary's democracy and overseen widespread corruption, has in recent years taken aim at the country’s LGBTQ+ community, prohibiting same-sex adoption and — in a 2021 “child protection” law — banning any LGBTQ+ content including in television, films, advertisements and literature that is available to minors. Orbán’s party plans to adopt a constitutional amendment next week that will codify the ban on public LGBTQ+ events. "This is simply about Viktor Orbán unilaterally, arbitrarily deciding which events can be held in this country and which cannot,” he said. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...