US EditionHungarian court sentences German anti-fascist activist to 8 years for right-wing rally assaults
Maja T. was convicted of attempted grievous bodily harm and membership in a criminal organization after assaults injuring nine people at a far-right rally, prosecutors said.
- On Wednesday , the Budapest-Capital Regional Court convicted Maja T., a 25-year-old German anti-fascist activist, of attempted grievous bodily harm and participation in a criminal organisation; the first-instance verdict can still be appealed.
- Prosecutors say the attacks were tied to the Day of Honour in February 2023, when about 20 Antifa Ost militants attacked participants with batons, rubber hammers and pepper spray over several days.
- Following a contested transfer by Saxony state police, supporters and family say Maja T. was held in solitary confinement and endured a hunger strike protesting degrading conditions.
- The Hungarian public prosecutor's office had sought a 24-year sentence as a deterrent, officials framed the verdict as a message against street violence, while supporters of Maja T. and German politician Martin Schirdewan called it a "political show trial" exploited by Viktor Orbán, Hungarian prime minister.
- Across Europe, courts and parliaments have responded by refusing extraditions over inhumane treatment risks, as neo-Nazi tensions rise before February 14 in Budapest.
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On Wednesday, February 4th, the Budapest-Capital Regional Court sentenced German far-left activist ‘Maja T.’—born Simeon T.—to eight years in prison for his role in a series of brutal, ideologically motivated attacks carried out in Budapest in February 2023. The court found that Maja T. took part in organised, premeditated assaults during the so-called Day of Honour commemorations in the Hungarian capital, when groups of masked attackers stalked…
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