The organizer of the Pécs Pride, the only Hungarian LGBT Pride march held in 2025 outside Budapest, is being prosecuted following a report from the public prosecutor’s office.
Viktor Orbán’s Hungary continues to wallow in state-sponsored homophobia. The organizer of the Pécs Pride 2025, in the south of the country, is being prosecuted after a report from the prosecutor’s office, according to human rights NGOs in this EU member state on Monday, February 9.
“The Pécs Public Prosecutor’s Office informed Geza Buzas-Habel that his case had been forwarded to the court and he faces a penalty of up to one year in prison”, details Amnesty International, which supports the activist along with three other organizations. The 32-year-old man is “a homosexual and Romani teacher, a respected local figure”, notes the NGO.
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The fifth LGBT Pride march in Pécs, on October 4, 2025, drew a record crowd: between 7,000 and 8,000 people, according to AFP, marching against restrictions on the right to assembly and to defend LGBT+ and Romani communities, under the slogan “We will not yield to fear”. In the spring, continuing his work of tightening state homophobia, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had several measures adopted restricting the rights of LGBT people, including the ban on any LGBT demonstrations in public spaces.
Like its smaller sister in Pécs, Budapest’s Pride 2025 also drew an unprecedented turnout, with around 200,000 people marching in the streets on June 28. Last month, the prosecutor’s office asked the court to impose a fine on the capital’s mayor, Gergely Karacsony, for having authorized it.
