In the investigation at the Szőlő Street juvenile residential school, following Tuesday’s dramatic action, several people have now been arrested or are under investigation, including the acting director of the institution, Károly Kovács-Buna, who resigned on Monday. Earlier, the former director, Péter Pál Juhász, and his partner were already arrested; they are also suspected of human trafficking and forced labor. In addition, videos have emerged showing abuse that took place in the institution.
The government had previously lied about the case, claiming that “no minors were involved.”
The opposition leader, Péter Magyar, released on Friday a document from 2021 detailing the conditions in child protection and the violence suffered by children placed in these institutions.
The protest was organized by Péter Magyar, announced three days ago. It is currently 3°C in Budapest, and today is a working day in Hungary. The demonstration started during working hours, but there is a huge turnout. Protesters are bringing plush toys and games with them.
There has been multiple since. I'll try to give you a summary. Disclaimer, I didn't use AI, I typed these up, formatted, and searched for the links myself.
You can look up the current main one as "Szőlő utca", which just so happens to mean "grape street".
Szőlő street: former Fidesz-related principal Péter Pál Juhász allegedly raped, molested, and was sex trafficking kids with his partner who...also happens to be a former kid from this institution.
Since that info got out, there has been a security camera footage of the new principal, Károly Kovács-Buna beating up a kid AND another footage where a teacher(?) was "disciplining" one with a stick and grabbing him by the neck/throat. Orbán's propaganda machine is now trying to frame this as "well, actually, that's not an orphanage, that's a youth detention center, they are criminals who deserved it"
Ózd orphanage: A pastor/priest contacted oppositional politician turned investigative influencer Péter Juhász (coincidentally similar name) who has made a phone interview with him. The priest said that around 10 years ago, two boys told him that they have a problem they want to talk about and ask for advice.
They told him that there was an orphanage near Ózd, where a high-profile politician used to go regularly. According to the boys, he used to arrive at night, with a black car that had tinted windows and go inside the room of 10-12 year old boys and raped them. They haven't seen his face, as it was dark, but they recognized his voice while watching TV. And they told the priest it was "uncle Zsolt"
Uncle Zsolt is suspected to be Zsolt Semjén, deputy prime minister of Hungary, who gave a speech in the parliament about about how it wasn't him...before having been accused by anyone.
On a sidenote, I'm not sure but it seemed to me that the propaganda tried to purposefully confuse the two cases, as they got public around the same time, claiming Zsolt Semjén has never been at Szőlő street, which technically might be true.
These are the cases that I know of, feel free to reply and add more info and/or correct me.
Ebben teljes mértékben neked adok igazat. Most mondhatnám, hogy úgy értettem, hogy 2024-25-ig volt full apátia, de inkább hagyom, nem oszt, nem szoroz.
It is in Hungary. We unfortunately have to "make up" the lost time that we get from national holidays sometimes having extra vacation days, and the government's way of doing this is to designate X saturday as an extra workday.
Tracker of Fidesz's (Orban's party) pdf cases
https://pedofidesz.pages.dev/
So many recent cases!
Background:
In the investigation at the Szőlő Street juvenile residential school, following Tuesday’s dramatic action, several people have now been arrested or are under investigation, including the acting director of the institution, Károly Kovács-Buna, who resigned on Monday. Earlier, the former director, Péter Pál Juhász, and his partner were already arrested; they are also suspected of human trafficking and forced labor. In addition, videos have emerged showing abuse that took place in the institution.
The government had previously lied about the case, claiming that “no minors were involved.”
The opposition leader, Péter Magyar, released on Friday a document from 2021 detailing the conditions in child protection and the violence suffered by children placed in these institutions.
The protest was organized by Péter Magyar, announced three days ago. It is currently 3°C in Budapest, and today is a working day in Hungary. The demonstration started during working hours, but there is a huge turnout. Protesters are bringing plush toys and games with them.
Thanks for the overview!
What do you make of this?
https://lansinginstitute.org/2025/12/10/beyond-rhetoric-systemic-failures-in-hungarys-child-welfare-and-the-political-accountability-of-viktor-orban/
The article seems good, it went through the background of the events quite well.
Thank you.
It's not an orphanage.
You’re right, I corrected it. Sorry about that.
👍
Is that the same case that led to the resignation of the former president?
There has been multiple since. I'll try to give you a summary. Disclaimer, I didn't use AI, I typed these up, formatted, and searched for the links myself.
Former president Katalin Novák and her case actually has a Wikipedia page in English.
You can look up the current main one as "Szőlő utca", which just so happens to mean "grape street".
Szőlő street: former Fidesz-related principal Péter Pál Juhász allegedly raped, molested, and was sex trafficking kids with his partner who...also happens to be a former kid from this institution.
Since that info got out, there has been a security camera footage of the new principal, Károly Kovács-Buna beating up a kid AND another footage where a teacher(?) was "disciplining" one with a stick and grabbing him by the neck/throat. Orbán's propaganda machine is now trying to frame this as "well, actually, that's not an orphanage, that's a youth detention center, they are criminals who deserved it"
Ózd orphanage: A pastor/priest contacted oppositional politician turned investigative influencer Péter Juhász (coincidentally similar name) who has made a phone interview with him. The priest said that around 10 years ago, two boys told him that they have a problem they want to talk about and ask for advice.
They told him that there was an orphanage near Ózd, where a high-profile politician used to go regularly. According to the boys, he used to arrive at night, with a black car that had tinted windows and go inside the room of 10-12 year old boys and raped them. They haven't seen his face, as it was dark, but they recognized his voice while watching TV. And they told the priest it was "uncle Zsolt"
Uncle Zsolt is suspected to be Zsolt Semjén, deputy prime minister of Hungary, who gave a speech in the parliament about about how it wasn't him...before having been accused by anyone.
On a sidenote, I'm not sure but it seemed to me that the propaganda tried to purposefully confuse the two cases, as they got public around the same time, claiming Zsolt Semjén has never been at Szőlő street, which technically might be true.
These are the cases that I know of, feel free to reply and add more info and/or correct me.
no
So there's yet another case of child sexual abuse cover up?
actually multiple. more and more skeletons are falling out of the closet every other day/week, hence the protest.
and many more popping up all over the country in recent days...
I wrote a pretty long summary about them with timestamped links and the comment doesn't seem to show up if I log out, damn it.
Probably some weirdness with Reddits database, I now see your post no problem.
It's funny how anti-putinism unites us, because I never thought I'd be cheering for Hungary and Peter Magyar, yet here we are. Tear Orban a new one! 💪
May the Hungarians show up in droves come next elections
It's 3 °C, dark af, a workday, flu season, and a country that was apathethic for 6 decades. Today has given me hope.
Edit: O1G
Apathetic for 8 decades is a weird way of praising our heroes of '56
Not to mention the 500000 people who were at this year's pride
Jesszusom, elírtam. Basszameg.
De akkor is, nem 60 éve volt az idei prájd
Ebben teljes mértékben neked adok igazat. Most mondhatnám, hogy úgy értettem, hogy 2024-25-ig volt full apátia, de inkább hagyom, nem oszt, nem szoroz.
Fuck Orban
Here you can see the toys (photo: Telex)
The crowd at the Lánchíd (photo: YouTube)
And another (photo: YouTube)
Literally the hope of Europe 💙
The floor is lava
Shows that you care. Good.
There will also be another protest tomorrow organized by civilians
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I think those are the lights of the Christmas decorations, but unfortunately for now there are only low-res YouTube images.
Viktor Orbán needs to 100% be removed, and hopefully whoever takes control won't be a loyal puppy dog of Russia
Probably loads of young people that didn’t bother to vote.
Haha no. There are people here from every age group, but mostly ones who can vote.
good effort, good cause, but saturday is definitely not a workday...
It is in Hungary. We unfortunately have to "make up" the lost time that we get from national holidays sometimes having extra vacation days, and the government's way of doing this is to designate X saturday as an extra workday.
Today was one such saturday.
Brutal and anachronistic