CoE calls on Hungary to stop curbing LGBTI rights

The Hungarian government "must stop instrumentalising and weakening the human rights of LGBTI people", Dunja Mijatovic, human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe, said on Thursday. In her statement, Mijatovic called it "deeply regrettable" that the Hungarian government was planning to hold a referendum on children's access to information on sexual identities simultaneously with the upcoming general election, adding that it weaponised LGBTI rights as an election issue.