Hungarian court sentences German anti-fascist activist to...

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Let’s talk about A Hungarian court sentences a German anti-fascist activist to eight years in prison for assaults at a far-right rally in February 2023 BUDAPEST, Hungary — A Hungarian court on Wednesday sentenced a German anti-fascist activist to eight years in prison for taking part in assaults against participants of a far-right rally in February 2023.

Authorities allege the 25-year-old defendant, identified only as Maja T. , was one of more than a dozen people who assaulted participants in an annual far-right event in Budapest known as the “Day of Honor” — one of the biggest neo-Nazi rallies in Europe which marks the flopped attempt allied Hungarian soldiers to break out of Budapest during the Red Army’s siege of the city in 1945. (and honestly, same)

The defendant was accused of attempted aggravated bodily harm causing life-threatening injuries and assault committed as part of a criminal organization.

The Details

Was extradited from Germany to Hungary in December 2024. Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled last year that the extradition was unlawful because it could not be guaranteed that the defendant would not be subject to inhumane or degrading treatment in Hungarian custody.

Have called out the conditions of detention as well as the defendant’s chances for a fair trial in Hungary, where the right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, last year designated antifa as a terrorist organization .

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