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HUNGARY: DROP CHARGES AGAINST PÉCS PRIDE ORGANIZER

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Géza Buzás-Hábel, a human rights defender and organizer of the 2025 Pécs Pride, is facing criminal charges filed on February 9, 2026, for planning a peaceful LGBTI+ rights march, which took place on October 4, 2025, despite the ban issued by authorities under Hungary’s anti-Pride law. If convicted, he could face up to one year of imprisonment. Amnesty International calls on the Prosecutor’s Office to immediately drop the criminal charges and discontinue the proceedings, which constitute an undue interference in the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of expression, and non-discrimination under European and international human rights law. This case marks a troubling escalation in the criminalization of LGBTI expression and peaceful assembly in Hungary.

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Dear Chief Prosecutor,

I am concerned about the criminal charges formally filed against human rights defender Géza Buzás-Hábel for organizing the Pécs Pride march that took place on October 4, 2025.

The police decision on the Pécs Pride, effectively declaring it ‘a banned assembly’ in September 2025, was arbitrary and discriminatory, based solely on the ‘anti-Pride’ law which became effective in April 2025. This ban and the legislation itself have been widely criticized by regional and international organizations as regressive, discriminatory, and to be in violation of human rights standards. The organization of a peaceful assembly advocating for equality, human rights, and remembrance, such as Pécs Pride, is protected conduct under the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of expression, and non-discrimination, as enshrined in regional and international standards to which Hungary is bound.

The international community is closely following Géza Buzás-Hábel’s situation and the recent criminal charges brought against him, which represents an alarming escalation in the criminalization of LGBTI expression and peaceful assembly in Hungary.

Prosecuting Géza Buzás-Hábel constitutes a violation of his rights, including to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression. I urge you to immediately drop the charges and terminate the proceedings against Géza Buzás-Hábel as he should not be prosecuted simply for exercising his human rights.

Yours sincerely,

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