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13. Media and dissemination
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights has also been adequately sensitised: see the
secret work plan, the legal protection experts sponsored from abroad, what is more,
even Scientologists in the vicinity of the Ombudsman’s Office.” 272
Several articles were about praising and promoting the talks given by the
staff members of the NPM. At the conference of the child protection signalling system called “Protection with Emotions” organised by the Crime Prevention Unit of the Bács-Kiskun County Police Headquarters and the Department of Guardianship and Justice of the Bács-Kiskun County Government
Office on the occasion of the Universal Children’s Day and the International
Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the presentation entitled
“OPCAT National Preventive Mechanism. The situation of Hungarian social welfare
institutions – child protection in the light of OPCAT inquiries” received great media coverage.273
KAPSZLI (group of students of psychology at Károli Gáspár University)
displayed a preview of the talk entitled “Börtön, pszichológia, emberi jogok”
(“Prison, Psychology, Human Rights”) held at the event called “KAPSZLI Days
of Psychology 2018” at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church274
on its homepage.275
The NPM report on the visit to the seat of the Debrecen Reformatory of the
Ministry of Human Capacities and its Nagykanizsa Unit received detailed media coverage. Among others, it was mentioned in the article that the children
were struggling with skin problems, they harmed themselves (e.g. they swallowed needles), some of them were infected with hepatitis C, several children
took tranquillisers, violence was rampant, they lived in a highly disciplined
atmosphere and the practice of their isolation was also against the rules.276
The photo of the exercise area of the Central Holding Facility of the Metropolitan Police Headquarters of Budapest published in the NPM report also
appeared in the press. Among others, it was mentioned in the article that an
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Demokrata.hu: The network of George Soros, Part 7, appearance: May 30, 2018, http://www.
demokrata.hu/blog/2018-05-30/george-soros-haloja-7-resz [downloaded on: February 26, 2019]
Kecskeméti Lapok: “Protection with Emotions”-conference at the police [appearance: November
21, 2018] https://kecskemetilapok.hu/rendorseg/vedelemmel--erzelemmel-konferencia-arendorsegen [downloaded on: April 26, 2019]
See Section 3.3.
KAPSZLI: Dr. Gergely Fliegauf: Börtön, pszichológia, emberi jogok (Prison, Psychology,
Human Rights) – KAPSZLI Days of Psychology 2018 [appearance: April 2, 2018] https://
krekapszli.hu/2018/04/02/dr-fliegauf-gergely-borton-pszichologia-emberi-jogok-kapszlipszichologiai-napok-2018/ [downloaded on: April 26, 2019]
Magyarhang.org, Melinda Farkas: Pofonok, gyomrosok, nyugtatózás a hazai javítóintézetekben
(Slaps, Low Blows, and Taking Tranquillisers in the Hungarian Penitentiary Institutions) [appearance: June 21, 2018] https://magyarhang.org/belfold/2018/06/21/pofonok-gyomrosok-nyugtatozas-es-orwelli-szabalyok-a-hazai-javitointezetekben/ [downloaded on: February 26, 2019]
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