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The law essentially prohibits advertising for educational programs and LGBT groups. The latter compared the new legislation with the laws in force in Russia.
More than 5,000 people reportedly gathered in the Hungarian parliament for the demonstration. people. Amnesty International, one of the organizers of the campaign, said that “this has shown that many people in Hungary reject homophobia and transphobia and the government’s attempt to spread hatred.”
“When parliamentarians cast their vote tomorrow, they must remember that they are risking people’s lives in their brutal political campaign,” the organization said in a statement.
Many opposition parties have said they will boycott the vote, but a parliament dominated by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling right-wing party Fidesz, which drafted the bill, is likely to support it.
According to the organizers of the protest, the law would “severely restrict” the freedom of expression and the rights of children.
If the law is passed, the advertising of companies like Coca-Cola would be prohibited in the country. In Hungary, he campaigned for homosexuals and books that “dramatize” homosexuality would be banned.
TV station RTL Klub Hungary indicated that popular movies like Bridget Jones’s Diary, Harry Potter and Bill Eliot could only be shown late at night and only at an 18+ mark.
It is the latest law in a series of legislative measures that allegedly target pedophilia in Hungary and aim to protect children and families.
Last December, the Hungarian parliament approved a package of measures that enshrines traditional family values and prohibits same-sex adoption.
