A new anti-LGBTQ+ law banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify those attending the festivities was passed in Hungary on Tuesday, leading to a large demonstration on the streets of Budapest.

Hungary's president has signed a law proposed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling party that will ban LGBTQ+ communities from holding their annual Pride march, defying criticism by human rights organisations that it restricts freedom of assembly.

Hungarians have protested against a new, anti-LGBTQ+ bill banning Pride events in the country. Several thousand protesters chanting anti-government slogans gathered after the vote outside Hungary’s parliament and staged a blockade of the Margaret Bridge over the Danube,