US EditionOrbán’s rival leads protest over alleged child abuse in Hungary’s state-run institutions
Tens of thousands marched demanding accountability after videos showed abuse in juvenile institutions; opposition accuses government of failing to protect children, with arrests made.
- Thousands of demonstrators marched to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's offices in Budapest, led by opposition figure Peter Magyar, calling for Orbán to resign over an abuse scandal at a juvenile detention facility.
- The former head of the facility is accused of running a prostitution ring, human trafficking, and subjecting minors to physical and sexual abuse, prompting police raids and the resignation of the acting director.
- Peter Magyar, whose party is leading in polls ahead of Orbán's Fidesz, accused the government of failing to protect vulnerable children and called for Orbán's resignation over the scandal.
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In Hungary, tens of thousands have responded to an appeal by the opposition and demonstrated against Prime Minister Orban. Among other things, they accuse his government of covering up a report on abuses in state children's homes.
Thousands of people went out to the streets in Hungarian capital to protest violence in youth detention centres. The opposition leader, Peter Mágyar, was prominent.
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n1info.rsHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's main rival led tens of thousands of demonstrators through the streets of Budapest today to protest alleged child abuse in state institutions for minors, an issue that has already rocked Orban's government after a scandal last year.
In state institutions in Hungary children are suspected of being abused. Oppositionist Peter Magyar mobilizes with these accusations tens of thousands to criticise the government.
Tens of thousands of Hungarians this Saturday, in the streets of Budapest, called for the resignation of the Prime Minister, ultra-nationalist Viktor Orbán, after a scandal broke out over cases of child abuse in the country's children's homes. "Enough! Demonstration in defense of minors," was the slogan of the protest called by Orbán's main rival, the conservative and oppositionist Péter Magyar, head of the Tisza party.The march, in which accord…
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