Hungary charges Budapest mayor over role in banned Pride march

Hungarian prosecutors have brought charges against Budapest’s liberal mayor, Gergely Karacsony, over his role in arranging an LGBTQ+ rights rally, and are seeking to impose a fine without holding a trial, they said on Wednesday.

Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Budapest last June despite a police ban, turning the Pride march into one of the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years against nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Prosecutors said Karacsony...