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German Activist Maja T. Goes on Hunger Strike in Hungary
- German activist Maja T. began a hunger strike on June 5, 2025, protesting treatment during pretrial detention in Hungary.
- Her detention came after she was extradited from Germany in June 2024 in connection with a warrant issued by Hungarian authorities related to a 2023 alleged assault on neo-Nazis in Budapest.
- Maja has endured months of solitary confinement, constant video surveillance, poor hygiene, and inadequate food, reflecting Hungary's broader authoritarian clampdown noted by the EU.
- She faces up to 24 years in prison and received a postponed judicial ruling on June 4 about converting her custody to house arrest, triggering her hunger strike.
- Maja demands return to Germany citing systematic rights violations and highlights concerns over further extraditions amid calls for political intervention.
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Antifascist Maja T. on hunger strike to protest "inhumane" prison conditions
Other European governments have refused to honour extradition requests from Hungary for antifascist activists, citing concerns for their safety and wellbeing ~ punkacademic ~ Antifascist Maja T today began a hunger strike protesting their treatment by Hungarian judicial authorities since their extradition from Germany last year. Whilst in custody in Hungary, Maja, who identifies as non-binary, has been subjected to inhumane conditions, including…
On Thursday, the anti-fascist person Maja T. went on a hunger strike in Hungary to protest their conditions of detention. Red Help e. V. issued a press statement on the same day.
For one year Maja T. has been in solitary confinement in Hungary. Now T. is on hunger strike – against a judicial system that disenfranchises, isolates and systematically dehumanizes.
Actually, Maja T. should never have been detained in Hungary. Because a decision of the Federal Constitutional Court reached the German authorities too late, there is extradition after all. T. then complains about bad prison conditions - and now no longer wants to eat.
Maja T. is indicted in Hungary for an attack on suspected neo-Nazis. In 2024, the non-binary person was deported from Berlin – despite a ban on extradition imposed by the Constitutional Court.
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