It is reported that Hungary’s president has signed a law proposed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling party that will amend the 2021 Child Protection Act (Act LXXIX of 2021) to ban LGBTQ+ communities from holding their annual Pride march as well as include powers for police to use facial recognition cameras to identify people who attend the event and impose fines on participants. The law had passed in the Hungarian parliament in a 136-27 vote, and was pushed through parliament in an accelerated procedure after being submitted only a day earlier. The legislative text of the amendment has yet to be revealed to the public.
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