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Fight for justice for Maja: demonstrators demand return to Germany!
On July 2, 2025, a demonstration will take place in Chemnitz in support of Maja T., who is on hunger strike in Hungary.
Fight for justice for Maja: demonstrators demand return to Germany!
Maja T.'s case is currently causing heated discussions and lively mobilization in the Cologne and German protest scenes. On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, a spontaneous demonstration took place in Jena where people drew attention to the difficult situation of the non-binary anti-fascist Maja. She is on an indefinite hunger strike to protest the inhumane prison conditions in Hungary. These include, among other things, permanent isolation, poor hygiene and poor food, as Maja herself reported. Her lawyer Sven Richwin spoke of dramatic weight loss and increasing weakness that could endanger her health.
The hunger strike, which has been ongoing since June 5, is a desperate attempt by Maja to demand respect for her human dignity and improvement in her prison conditions. Maja was illegally extradited to Hungary a year ago, despite an urgent application to the Federal Constitutional Court demanding her return to Germany. As Indymedia reports, these efforts went unnoticed and the extradition was even carried out by helicopter with the support of Austria.
Protest movement is growing
As a result, protests for Maja broke out in several German cities. On June 14th, a demonstration took place in Jena under the motto "Now more than ever! Antifascism is necessary!" took place, in which between 5,000 and 10,000 people took part. The activists not only demanded justice for Maja, but also a fundamental confrontation with the repression against anti-fascists in Germany. Voices like those of Wolfram Janosch and Carola Rackete also speak up for Maja and complain about the growing pressure on anti-fascist movements in the Federal Republic.
In Leipzig, four young activists are currently on hunger strike to draw attention to the conditions in Hungarian and Turkish prisons. These solidarity actions are part of an international campaign that recently took place in cities such as Frankfurt and Cologne. Support is growing for Maja, who is accused of taking part in a violent attack during the Day of Honor, a neo-Nazi event in Budapest. In the worst case scenario, Maja could face up to 24 years in prison.
International dimension
Meanwhile, anti-fascist activists in other countries are less likely to face such serious repression. Italy is currently protecting two anti-fascists from extradition to Hungary. Freitag.de highlights that Italia Salis, a member of the European Parliament, was released from prison after her election, while Maja remains in a Hungarian prison. Such comparisons illustrate the worrying situation in which Maja and her colleagues find themselves.
With another demonstration today, July 2, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at Konkordia Park in Chemnitz, supporters are taking a stand against the criminalization of anti-fascism and for the return of Maja to Germany. Klara Stein, a participant in the previous protests, described the Maja case as an example of the systematic suppression of anti-fascist movements.
The case of Maja T. remains a central and intense issue within the anti-fascist movement, which is of importance not only locally but also internationally. The demand for humanity and respect for all prisoners is at the heart of the ongoing protests and hunger strikes, and pressure on the German authorities is growing.