Embassies urge Hungary to protect LGBT rights ahead of Pride march


FILE PHOTO: A person attends the Budapest Pride march in Budapest, Hungary, July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Marton Monus/File Photo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The embassies of the United States, Germany and 36 other countries urged Hungary's government to protect the rights of LGBT people and scrap laws that discriminate against them in a statement ahead of Budapest's Pride march on Saturday.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government promotes a strongly Christian-conservative agenda and passed a law in 2021 banning the "display and promotion of homosexuality" among under-18s, despite criticism from rights groups and the European Union.

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