"On Wednesday, a court in Hungary ruled that Maja T.*, an anti-fascist activist from the city of Jena in the eastern German state of Thuringia, was guilty of seriously injuring several suspected right-wing extremists in Budapest in February 2023. The attacks had apparently been directed at individuals thought to have participated in the annual "Day of Honor" rally of neo-Nazis from all over Europe, held in the Hungarian capital."
"Germany's Federal Constitutional Court, however, ruled that this trial should not have taken place in Hungary, referring to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (EU) and the associated ban on inhumane treatment. The court ruled that insufficient checks had been made before T.'s extradition to ensure that the conditions of their detention in Hungary would be humane especially in light of the fact that Maja T. identifies as non-binary."
Maja T., a 25-year-old anti-fascist activist from Jena in Thuringia, was found guilty in Hungary of attempted grievous bodily harm and participation in a criminal organization for injuring several suspected right-wing extremists during attacks in Budapest in February 2023. The attacks targeted people believed to have taken part in the annual "Day of Honor" neo-Nazi rally. The verdict can be appealed through Hungary's judicial process. Maja T. was extradited from Germany in June 2024, held in solitary confinement, and tried in Budapest despite Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruling that inadequate checks were made before extradition to ensure humane detention conditions, particularly given Maja T.'s non-binary identity.
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