Hungary's Orban government moves to stem fallout from juvenile centre abuse case

11/12/2025 6:37

Hungary's government has put state-run juvenile detention centres under direct police oversight, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Wednesday, trying to stem the political fallout from an abuse scandal at one such facility.



Opposition leader Peter Magyar, whose Tisza party is leading opinion polls ahead of an election likely in April, on Tuesday urged Orban to resign and called for early elections after an opposition activist published a video showing physical abuse at a juvenile centre in Budapest, which dated back several years.



Reuters verified that the security footage was filmed at the juvenile detention centre, but the date when the videos were filmed could not be verified.