Protests in Hungary over ban on 'promoting' homosexuality

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The law expected to be approved by the Hungarian parliament on Tuesday would ban effectively ban educational programmes and publicity of LGBT groups, who have compared it to similar legislation in Russia.

Over 5,000 people rallied outside Hungary's parliament to protest against homophobia and transphobia

Over 5,000 people rallied outside the Hungarian parliament in a demonstration which one of the organisers, Amnesty International, said "showed that many people in Hungary reject homophobia and transphobia and the government's attempt to spread hatred". A commercial television channel RTL Klub Hungary said that popular movies such as "Bridget Jones's Diary", "Harry Potter", and "Billy Elliot" could only be shown late at night with an 18-plus classification.

 

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