Wadephul wants better prison conditions for Maja T. in Hungary
Maja T. is on trial in Hungary for violence against right-wing extremists. She is on hunger strike demanding her return to Germany. Foreign Minister Wadephul has now announced new talks with the government in Budapest.
In the case of Maja T., a non-binary person imprisoned in Hungary, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has announced new talks with the government in Budapest. "We will again present this matter to Hungary next week," the CDU politician told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND). The first priority is to achieve improvements in detention conditions. "We will continue our intensive efforts," Wadephul emphasized.
However, Hungary has so far reaffirmed its interest in pursuing its own prosecution. T. is "subject to the most serious allegations," the minister said. "Therefore, Maja T. would also have to expect criminal proceedings in Germany," he added.
T. is on trial in Budapest for alleged bodily harm during protests against right-wing extremists in February 2023. T. faces a sentence of up to 24 years in prison. T. is on hunger strike to seek better prison conditions and a return to Germany. According to a solidarity committee and his father, T. has already lost 14 kilograms in about four weeks of hunger strike.
T. was arrested in Berlin in December 2023 and extradited to Hungary in June 2024 – despite the Federal Constitutional Court's prohibition. But the decision from Karlsruhe came a few minutes too late.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
