Hungary’s parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government.

Rights activists and some legal scholars condemn the law, arguing that it effectively criminalises LGBTQ+ expression.

Hungarian lawmakers overwhelmingly backed constitutional changes targeting the country’s LGBTQ community and dual nationals, the latest step to strengthen longtime nationalist PM Viktor Orban’s self-s