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Hungary Prosecutors Charge Budapest Mayor Over Pride March Defying Ban

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau ChiefBUDAPEST (Worthy News) – The progressive mayor of Budapest has condemned Hungarian prosecutors for seeking to fine him after hundreds of thousands of people joined a Pride march in the Hungarian capital despite a government-backed ban.The June demonstration drew global attention as the ruling Fidesz party, led by right-wing nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, supported legislation creating a legal basis for Pride events to be prohibited