World Press Photo 'shocked' at ousting of Hungarian National Museum director in LGBTQ+ exhibition row
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Hungary's government dismissed the director of the National Museum on Monday after it allowed under-18s to visit a World Press Photo exhibition featuring LGBT content that it is hosting despite a legal ban. Tensions over the exhibition surfaced last month when the far-right Mi Hazank (Our Homeland) party initiated a government inquiry over the issue. The law, which Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government says aims to protect children, has come under fire from the European Union and human rights groups.
A top curator is accused of breaking a controversial law that restricts materials for under-18s.
Laszlo Simon, the director of the Hungarian national museum museum, has been sacked for allegedly not enforcing a controversial LGBT ban for under 18s.
A top curator is accused of breaking a controversial law that restricts materials for under-18s.