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Beneath a blaze of rainbow flags and amid roars of defiance, huge crowds gathered within the Hungarian capital Budapest for the town’s thirtieth annual Satisfaction march – an occasion that, this 12 months, is unfolding as each a celebration and a protest.
Shifting by means of the capital within the sweltering warmth, demonstrators carried indicators studying “Solidarity with Budapest Satisfaction” and waved placards bearing crossed-out illustrations of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Music performed from transportable audio system as individuals of all ages joined the march – households with pushchairs, youngsters draped in capes, and older residents strolling alongside activists.
From the town’s historic centre to its riverside roads, the procession swelled in numbers and noise – visibly reclaiming public area in defiance of a regulation designed to push them out.
The march proceeded in open defiance of a police ban imposed earlier this 12 months below sweeping new laws that prohibits LGBTQ+ occasions nationwide.
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