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.

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,

The move by Hungarian lawmakers is part of a crackdown on the country’s LGBT community by the right-wing Viktor Orban government. The law, supported by Mr Orban’s Fidesz party and their minority coalition partner the Christian Democrats, was pushed through parliament in an accelerated procedure after being submitted on Monday.