Czech government commissioner slams Hungary’s fine for sale of LBTQ+ graphic novel

Czech Government Commissioner for Human Rights Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková and Czech Interior Minister Vít Rakušan have criticized the Hungarian government for imposing a fine on one of the country’s bookstore for publicly displaying a copy of an LGBT-themed British graphic novel.

Hungary’s second-largest bookstore, Lira, has received a fine of 12 million forints (approximately 36,000 UD dollars) for selling British author Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper among other books for minors without closed wrapping.

According to the Czech commissioner, the Hungarian law banning the “display and promotion of homosexuality” to children and the resulting fine are a restriction of human rights.