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Budapest,.- The Budapest Police has opened an infringement file against the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg apparently for her participation, on June 28, in the Budapest LGBTI Pride March, which was held despite the government's ban, local media reported this Tuesday.
The City Council of Budapest's 5th district announced on July 11th the opening of this case, local media reported today, without any official information about the reason for this procedure.
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The Police have made the notice public as they were unable to inform Thumberg directly due to not knowing her whereabouts, a usual administrative procedure in these cases. Several news portals indicate that the procedure may have been opened against the activist for having participated in the Budapest Pride March. The progressive mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony, promoted this event to provide cover for the LGBTI Pride March, which was banned by the government of Hungarian Prime Minister, the ultranationalist Viktor Orbán. Thunberg participated in the March and stated on her Instagram account that "fascists will never be able to ban love". Despite the march being illegal, the police reported last week that they will not investigate the participants. The Orbán government has promoted legal reforms that, under the argument of protecting minors, practically prohibit the LGBTI Pride March, which is traditionally held in Budapest at the end of June. Despite that ban, between 200,000 and 400,000 people participated in the alternative march, according to different estimates, thus making it the most attended edition since this protest event began to be held in Budapest in 1997. Since returning to power in 2010, Orbán and his governments have been limiting the rights of LGBTI people.
