Supporters of the far-left activist ‘Maja T.’—born Simeon T.—took to the streets in several German cities on the evening of Wednesday, February 4th following a Hungarian court sentencing the German national to eight years in prison for violent attacks in Budapest.
In Berlin, around 550 demonstrators gathered in the Kreuzberg district before marching toward Friedrichshain, according to police. Protesters from the left-wing scene also staged rallies in Hamburg, Dresden, Erfurt, Freiburg, Nuremberg, Kiel, Potsdam, and Leipzig, where police estimated around 500 participants. Protesters demanded that Maja T. be returned to Germany and called for legal proceedings to take place there instead.
Earlier that day, the Budapest-Capital Regional Court sentenced Maja T. to eight years in prison. Judge József Sós said it had been proven that Maja T. participated in a series of organised and premeditated attacks against individuals they deemed ‘right-wing,’ ambushing them from behind and beating them with batons, metal rods, and other weapons.
According to the court, around 20 German and foreign left-wing extremists were involved in the assaults, injuring nine people, four of them seriously. The judge ruled that the sentence could not be suspended and cited the severity of the violence.
Hungarian investigators concluded that the attacks were capable of causing life-threatening injuries and were ideologically motivated. ‘Non-binary’ Maja T. was arrested in Berlin in December 2023 and extradited to Hungary in June 2024. The court rejected requests for house arrest, citing a risk of flight.
