Sofie<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeMaja" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMaja</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeThemAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeThemAll</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeAllAntifas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeAllAntifas</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Budapestcomplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Budapestcomplex</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hungermarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungermarch</span></a></p><p>"Hunger March" to Budapest: Maja T.'s father arrives in Prague</p><p>July 18, 2025, 4:36 PM</p><p>Maja T. has been imprisoned in Hungary for more than a year on serious charges. T. faces a sentence of up to 24 years in prison. After Maja, a non-binary person, ended her hunger strike, her father set out for Budapest – on foot and with little food. He reached Prague on Friday afternoon.</p><p>The father of Maja T., arrived in the Czech capital Prague on Friday on his so-called hunger march. According to an MDR reporter, Wolfram Jarosch and his wife Tatjana arrived at the Charles Bridge around 11 a.m. There, they were greeted by a small group of supporters from the Czech Antifa movement. They marched across the bridge together, carrying a large placard and chanting demands for Maja T.'s release.<br>Wolfram Jarosch and his wife Tatjana during the "Hunger March" on the Charles Bridge in Prague.<br>Wolfram Jarosch will be accompanied to Budapest by his wife Tatjana, who will travel the entire route by bicycle.</p><p>Jarosch has been on the move since Wednesday. He started at the Dresden correctional facility and plans to walk the 800-kilometer route to the Hungarian capital. According to his own statement, he is demanding an end to his child's solitary confinement and his return to Germany. Maja T. was held in the Dresden correctional facility until her extradition to Hungary.</p><p>>Despite hunger strikes, still in solitary confinement</p><p>"It's an important signal that a delegation from the Federal Foreign Office is finally traveling to Hungary. But so far, the actual conditions have not changed. Even during her 40-day hunger strike, Maja continued to be isolated in the prison hospital," Jarosch said. Federal Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) recently stated that he would advocate for improved prison conditions for Maja T.</p><p>However, according to a statement from the Solidarity Committee on Friday, the Budapest Court of Appeal has once again rejected house arrest. It cited the defendant's hunger strike and its health consequences. The court accuses Maja T. of delaying the proceedings.</p><p>The destination of the "hunger march" is the prison where his child had been held in solitary confinement for more than a year. On his journey via Prague and Vienna, he intend to consume only a little vegetable juice, broth, milk, and honey daily. His wife Tatjana accompanied him the entire way on her bicycle. Maja T. had repeatedly complained about the poor hygienic conditions in prison and ended a 40-day hunger strike in prison on July 14 for health reasons.</p><p>>Why was Maja T. extradited to Hungary?</p><p>T. is on trial in Budapest for, among other things, alleged membership in a criminal organization. She is alleged to have violently attacked neo-Nazis in Budapest in February 2023, along with other suspected German left-wing extremists, and is jointly responsible for serious bodily harm.</p><p>The Hungarian authorities had requested extradition from Germany in 2023. The Federal Prosecutor General's Office had taken seriously the concerns of the accused, non-binary person Maja T., that she was not safe in Hungary's prisons due to her gender identity, said Senior Public Prosecutor Simone Herbeth at a public hearing in Berlin two weeks ago.</p><p>Hungary has provided extensive guarantees regarding detention conditions, including that German diplomats or consular officials could monitor the conditions. Herbeth said that if Maja T. is sentenced to prison, Hungary has declared that she could serve her sentence later in Germany. "It has also been stated that a risk assessment is carried out upon entry into custody, even during pre-trial detention, where it can be presented which specific circumstances could potentially endanger a person."</p><p>On this basis, the Berlin Higher Regional Court finally declared Maja T.'s extradition permissible on June 27, 2024, the senior public prosecutor said. In considering the extradition, in addition to the Hungarian guarantees, the crime scenes in Hungary and the victims' interests there had to be weighed. "We only approved the extradition on the condition that, in the event of a sentence of unconditional imprisonment, the person would be returned to Germany at their request," Herbeth emphasized.</p><p>in German below</p><p><a href="https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/dresden/dresden-radebeul/maja-t-ungarn-vater-hungermarsch-budapest-102.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/dre</span><span class="invisible">sden/dresden-radebeul/maja-t-ungarn-vater-hungermarsch-budapest-102.html</span></a></p>