Budapest mayor questioned over organising banned pride march
Speaking on Friday, Karacsony told supporters: "Neither freedom nor love can be banned in Budapest".
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The event took place on June 28 despite warnings of potential legal repercussions by Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose government passed a law earlier this year banning the event.
Organisers say that despite threats of fines, a record 200,000 people took part in the rally, which swiftly descended into an anti-government protest.
Wearing a rainbow T-shirt featuring the capital's coat of arms, Mayor Gergely Karacsony, who appeared at Hungary's National Bureau of Investigation on Friday, told supporters: "Neither freedom nor love can be banned in Budapest".
If charged and convicted, Karacsony could face up to a year in prison for organising and encouraging participation in a banned march.
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