Géza Buzás-Hábel, a human rights defender and organiser of the 2025 Pécs Pride, is facing criminal charges filed on 9 February 2026, for planning a peaceful LGBTI+ rights march, which took place on 4 October 2025, despite the ban issued by authorities under Hungary’s anti-Pride law. If convicted, he could face up to one year of imprisonment. Amnesty International calls on the Prosecutor’s Office to immediately drop the criminal charges and discontinue the proceedings, which constitute an undue interference in the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of expression, and non-discrimination under European and international human rights law. This case marks a troubling escalation in the criminalisation of LGBTI expression and peaceful assembly in Hungary.