Overview

• The Budapest city court rejected Maja T.’s request for house arrest, citing an elevated flight risk linked to a potential sentence of up to 24 years.
• Maja T. has maintained a hunger strike since June 4 to protest what they describe as inhumane detention conditions.
• They were extradited from Berlin to Hungary in June 2024 despite a German Federal Constitutional Court ruling that briefly barred the transfer.
• Supporters chanted “Free Maja” inside and outside the courtroom, with police separating them from right-wing counterdemonstrators.
• Politicians from The Left and the Greens are pressing the German government to use diplomatic channels to secure Maja T.’s return.