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A Hungarian appeals court reduced the prison sentence of German activist Maja T., who was convicted for assaulting suspected far-right supporters in Budapest in 2023, from eight to seven years. The reduction came after an assessment that Maja T. should be considered an accomplice rather than a co-perpetrator for one of the charges. The case has drawn international attention due to Germany’s Constitutional Court ruling that Maja T.’s extradition was unlawful and violated EU rights protections, reflecting broader tensions over Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ policies under former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

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In September 2024, a Hungarian appeals court reduced the prison sentence of German anti-fascist activist Maja T. to seven years from eight years. Maja T., who identifies as non-binary, was arrested in Berlin in December 2023 and extradited to Hungary after being part of a group that traveled there to counteract far-right rallies. The original charges against Maja T. included planning violent attacks on suspected right-wing sympathizers with lethal instruments. A lower court initially sentenced Maja T. to eight years in February 2024, but the appeals court revised this sentence based on Maja's role being reclassified as an accomplice rather than a co-perpetrator for one of the counts. This case garnered international attention when Germany's Constitutional Court ruled that extraditing Maja T. violated the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights in February 2025, though this ruling did not prevent the extradition.

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Hungarian appeals court cuts German activist's jail term to seven years BUDAPEST, Sept 30 - asserted

court → cut → years

A Hungarian appeals court on Wednesday reduced the prison sentence of a German citizen convicted for assaulting suspected far-right sympathisers in Budapest in 2023 to seven years from eight. asserted

court → reduce → eight

The defendant, identified only as Maja T., was among a group of anti-fascist activists who travelled to Hungary to counter a far-right rally. asserted

who → identify → rally

Arrested in Berlin in December 2023, Maja T. was later transferred to Hungary to stand trial. asserted

T. → arrest → trial

A lower court handed Maja T. an eight-year sentence in February. asserted

court → hand → February

According to the indictment, Maja T. was part of a far-left group that planned to take up an "ideological fight with violent attacks against sympathisers of the extremist right" with the aim of assaulting people with "various instruments capable of causing death." uncertain

that → accord → death

• The appeals court judge said the sentence was being reduced because for one of the two counts on which Maja T. was convicted, the defendant should be considered an accomplice rather than a co-perpetrator and should not be considered part of an organised criminal group. asserted

defendant → say → group

• The case drew international attention when Germany's Constitutional Court ruled in February 2025 that it had been unlawful to extradite Maja T., who identifies as non-binary, to Hungary, upholding her argument that the decision violated the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights. asserted

decision → draw → Rights

• Under former Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who was ousted in an April election, Hungary introduced anti-LGBTQ+ policies, including laws that Brussels says discriminate against people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. asserted

Brussels → oust → orientation

• Authorities in Hungary have given assurances that non-binary people are not subject to discrimination or violence in prisons there. asserted

people → give → prisons

• Maja T., who was one of several individuals to go on trial over the attacks, had told the court earlier that the accusations against them were political. asserted

accusations → go → them

• The first accused in the trial was Italian teacher Ilaria Salis, who was released from house arrest in June 2024 after she was elected a member of the European Parliament. asserted

she → accuse → Parliament

Prosecutors were seeking an 11-year sentence for her. asserted

Prosecutors → seek → her

Salis and her family said she was innocent. asserted

she → say → ?

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