Hungary's parliament has approved a ban on annual Pride parades advocating for LGBTQ rights, further tightening restrictions on expressions of non-heterosexual identity in public. Lawmakers passed the proposal in an emergency session on Tuesday,

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.