LGBT Rights Under Renewed Pressure in Hungary

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Dorottya Redai, an activist with Labrisz Lesbian Association and publisher of the book A Fairy Tale For Everyone, reads from it in Budapest, Hungary, on July 21, 2021. © 2021 Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights and the groups who work to protect them are under fresh pressure in Hungary. On February 1, an appeals court in Hungary ruled against Labrisz Lesbian Association, saying that an article in a pro-government newspaper likening them to pedophiles did not injure the group’s reputation. The same week, the…

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