Maja T was part of a group that attacked participants in Budapest’s major neo-Nazi event ‘Day of Honour’.
Published on February 4, 2026
A Hungarian court has sentenced a German anti-fascist activist to eight years in prison for attacking participants in a far-right rally in Budapest.
Maja T, 25, was sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to involvement in the violence years ago. “honor day” Monument in Budapest. The event is one of the largest neo-Nazi rallies in Europe.
The defendant was charged with attempted grievous bodily harm, assault causing death and assault as part of a criminal organization.
“We all know what decision the Prime Minister of this country wants,” Maja T said in court before the guilty verdict.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has previously designated anti-fascist groups linked to the attacks as “terrorist” organizations.
Orban’s spokesman, Zoltan Kovacs, welcomed the sentence in a message on X, branding Maja T an “antifa terrorist” – a reference to the left-wing protest movement.
In December 2024, Maja T was extradited from Germany to Hungary. The activist’s supporters have criticized the conditions of detention as well as the chances of a fair trial in Hungary.
Last year, Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled that the extradition was illegal because the defendant could not be guaranteed that he would not be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment in Hungarian custody.
Wolfram Jarosh, Maja T’s father, said the sentence confirmed his “fears” before the hearing. “This was a political show trial,” he said in a statement.
Convictions can be appealed.
Far right protests
Prosecutors said Maja T was one of 19 members of a multinational left-wing group that traveled to Hungary and attacked nine people, including German and Polish nationals, whom they identified as far-right extremists. The injured suffered broken bones and head injuries in the attack.
The annual rally in the Hungarian capital commemorates the failed attempt by Nazi and Allied Hungarian soldiers to break out of Budapest in 1945 as the city was besieged by the Red Army.
Several people accused of taking part in the 2023 “Day of Honor” attacks have gone on trial in Hungary and Germany. In Germany, a woman was sentenced to five years in prison.
Italy and France have refused to extradite the two suspects to Hungary, with courts in both countries citing the risk of “inhumane treatment” in prison.