Watch: Interview re Referendum on 'Anti-LGBT Law' in Hungary after EU Legal Action

  • 29 Jul 2021 11:46 AM
Watch: Interview re Referendum on 'Anti-LGBT Law' in Hungary after EU Legal Action
Hungary’s gov't spokesman speaks to BBC Newsnight to defend its controversial anti-LGBT law, which will now face a referendum weeks after the EU launched legal action against the country over this law.



The law's officially called the 'Children Protection Act' and has the purpose of safeguarding children's well-being and fighting paedophilia.

However it has been criticised both locally and internationally for being discriminatory against the LGBT community.

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