Overview
- Opposition leader Péter Magyar led the rally and released an official 2021 report finding that over a fifth of children in state care suffered abuse.
- Prosecutors say seven people have been detained in the Budapest juvenile center case after videos showed staff physically assaulting minors.
- CCTV footage captured the then director of the Szolo Street facility kicking a boy in the head, prompting public outrage and leadership changes at the center.
- The government placed Hungary’s five juvenile correctional institutions under direct police supervision while investigations proceed.
- Prosecutors have been probing the facility’s former director for suspected prostitution, money laundering and human trafficking, adding to the scandal’s scope.