In a press release published on Tuesday 17 February, Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, calls on the Hungarian authorities to drop the charges brought against the organisers of the Pride Marches held in 2025, to stop using criminal and administrative measures to obstruct peaceful gatherings and, ultimately, to amend or repeal the laws underpinning these restrictions.
Adopted in March and April 2025, they effectively ban peaceful demonstrations in...