The law, supported by Orbán’s Fidesz party and their minority coalition partner the Christian Democrats, was pushed through parliament in an accelerated procedure after being submitted only a day earlier.

Protests erupted in Hungary’s capital, Budapest, after the Eastern European nation’s parliament passed a law banning Pride events and allowing law enforcement to use facial recognition software to track people who attend such events.

Hungarian lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at banning Budapest's annual Pride march, the latest in a series of measures under Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, which critics say curtail the rights of the EU country's LGBTQ community.