Hungary’s ruling coalition continued its crackdown on the country’s LBGTQ+ community on Monday, as members submitted a bill to parliament that would ban the popular Budapest Pride event and allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees.

Hungary's ruling party submitted a bill to parliament on Monday that would ban the Pride march by LGBTQ+ communities and impose fines on organisers and people attending the event which Budapest has held for three decades.

Hungary's ruling coalition aims to ban Budapest Pride and implement facial recognition to identify attendees. The proposed bill, likely to pass due to a government majority, aligns with Hungary's 2021 'child protection' law,