Protesters tried to block the Hungarian parliament building on Monday as lawmakers voted to pass a constitutional amendment that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities.

Hungarian politicians are preparing to vote on a constitutional amendment viewed by many critics as both a crackdown on the freedoms of assembly and expression and the most recent move by the populist government to restrict the rights of LGBTQ+ communities.

Hungary has passed a constitutional amendment allowing authorities to ban LGBT+ public events such as Pride marches – a move seen as another step toward authoritarianism by the country’s populist government.