https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/13/hungary-protesters-demand-pm-viktor-orban-quits-over-child-abuse-casesTens of thousands of Hungarians have taken part in a demonstration in Budapest demanding Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s resignation over his inaction towards repeated child-abuse scandals in the country.Since returning to power in 2010, Orban has promised to prioritise the protection of children in Hungary, but multiple high-profile child abuse scandals have rocked his government in recent years.Saturday’s protests, led by opposition party TISZA’s leader Peter Magyar, came after new allegations regarding a juvenile detention centre in the country’s capital Budapest surfaced in September. Security camera footage from the centre showed the director of the Szolo Street juvenile detention centre kicking a boy in the head.Earlier this week, four staff members were taken into custody, and the government announced that it would place all such child facilities under direct police supervision.On Saturday, thousands of protesters walked through Budapest’s frosty streets behind a banner reading “Protect the children!” and called on the government to take more action against the perpetrators. Some people also carried soft toys and torches in solidarity with victims of physical abuse in a case dating back several years.On Friday, Magyar also released a previously unpublished official report from 2021, which found that more than a fifth of children in state-run care institutions had been abused.“We should be outraged at what is being done with the most vulnerable children,” Zsuzsa Szalay, a 73-year-old pensioner who took part in Saturday’s protest, told the AFP news agency.
Orban’s government has insisted that action was being taken against suspected child abuse.The prime minister, who faces what could be the toughest challenge to his 15-year rule in an election likely to be held in April, has also condemned the abuse in an interview with news outlet Mandiner, and called it unacceptable and criminal. “[Even] young criminals should not be treated this way,” he added.But protesters said on Saturday Orban’s response was inadequate.“Normally, a government would be toppled after a case like this,” 16-year-old David Kozak told AFP.Last year, President Katalin Novak also bowed to public pressure and resigned after pardoning the deputy director of a state-run children’s school who was convicted of covering up sexual abuse by its director.“For them, the problem is not that the abuses happened, but that they were revealed,” Kozak added.
>far right wing government full of child rapistsNo wonder trump loves Orban.
>>1465829Hey to be fair, the issue is PHYSICAL abuse. They're JUST beating the shit out of kids for fun.
>>1465829If the far right shares anything, it's the assumption that some groups are inherently superior, and should be allowed to dominate others. Often this just means the rich exploiting the poor and the "master race"/culture/religion prosecuting others, but it's not surprising this practically translates to adults exploiting children. If you feel like your politics/religion are inherently superior, why should the elites be punished for exercising their authority?
>>1465654>“Normally, a government would be toppled after a case like this,” 16-year-old David Kozak told AFP.What the fuck is he on about? No government in the world has ever been toppled because of a prison guard kicking a prisoner.Who the fuck is this random 16 year old they are quoting who obviously has no idea what he's talking about
>>1465829>child rapistsYou can't even read and you are inventing your own fantasies, as leftists generally do.Try reading the article, retard
>>1465840>which found that more than a fifth of children in state-run care institutions had been abused.This is the more relevant state. Mass child abuse is usually a final straw.
>>1465840>What the fuck is he on about? No government in the world has ever been toppled because of a prison guard kicking a prisoner.Here is your friendly reminder that the Syrian Civil War was sparked by protests against the government over the abuse of a boy in government custody.That was the inciting incident. It set off a massive wave of protests, the government started killing protesters, and the protesters burned police stations and armed up in response.This would eventually lead to the fall of the regime.
>>1465842Are you offended on behalf of child rapists or far right authoritarians?
>>1465865Unless you're the Catholic church I guess.
>>1465886It's pretty clear he's both if he's ironically still forcing 'leftist'
