The protest followed the publication of videos this week showing staff at a Budapest juvenile correction facility physically abusing children. Viktor Orban’s main challenger, Peter Magyar, led the march.PoliticsHungaryHungary: Thousands march demanding Orban’s ouster
The protest followed the publication of videos this week showing staff at a Budapest juvenile correction facility physically abusing children. Viktor Orban’s main challenger, Peter Magyar, led the march.
Protesters demand Viktor Orban’s resignation
Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar speaks to protesters in Budapest on Saturday night
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of central Budapest on Saturday, marching to Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s offices demanding his resignation over alleged child abuse in state-run juvenile institutions.
The protesters, seen carrying soft toys and torches, were led by Orban’s main challenger, Peter Magyar, who held a banner that said: “Let’s protect children.”
The protesters walked across the Danube River, with many heading towards Orban’s offices on Castle Hill.
“Normally a government would be toppled after a case like this,” one protester told AFP news agency. “For them, the problem is not that the abuses happened, but that they were revealed.”
What is the scandal rocking the government?
The protest followed the publication of videos this week showing staff at a Budapest juvenile correction facility physically abusing children.Live TV
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The protest followed the publication of videos this week showing staff at a Budapest juvenile correction facility physically abusing children. Viktor Orban’s main challenger, Peter Magyar, led the march.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of central Budapest on Saturday, marching to Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s offices demanding his resignation over alleged child abuse in state-run juvenile institutions.
The protesters, seen carrying soft toys and torches, were led by Orban’s main challenger, Peter Magyar, who held a banner that said: “Let’s protect children.”
The protesters walked across the Danube River, with many heading towards Orban’s offices on Castle Hill.
“Normally a government would be toppled after a case like this,” one protester told AFP news agency. “For them, the problem is not that the abuses happened, but that they were revealed.”
What is the scandal rocking the government?
The protest followed the publication of videos this week showing staff at a Budapest juvenile correction facility physically abusing children.
A teddy bear is seen at a protest in BudapestA teddy bear is seen at a protest in Budapest
The prosecutor’s office said that seven people had been detained at the state-run Budapest juvenile center so farImage: Ferenc Isza/AFP/Getty Images
Prosecutors are investigating the center’s former director on suspicion of crimes including running a prostitution ring and subjecting minors to physical and sexual abuse.
Several employees of the facility have also been detained.
In 2024, Hungary’s president, Katalin Novak, and justice minister, Judit Varga, resigned over a pardon granted to an accomplice of a child sex abuser in a public orphanage.
