The new law is part of a crackdown on Hungary’s LGBTQ+ community by the nationalist-populist party of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is an ally of Putin and Trump.

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,