Left -wing activists occupy house in Leipzig for Free Maja -Protest!

Left -wing activists occupy house in Leipzig for Free Maja -Protest!

Bernhardstraße 28, 04315 Leipzig, Deutschland - On Tuesday morning, left activists occupied a house in the Anger-Crottendorf district of Leipzig to protest for Maja T.'s release. According to lvz.de, around 7:20 a.m. in solidarity with Maja ”. In front of the occupied building at Bernhardstraße 28, 20 to 30 people gathered, while the police were on site to observe the situation.

The meeting authority registered an urgent assembly for up to 50 participants at 8:30 a.m., with only about 20 to 30 activists being present. This campaign follows a trend of support for Maja T., who is a non-binary person from Jena and has been on trial in Hungary since February 2023 because she is said to have been involved in a violence against neo-Nazis.

Conditions of detention and legal disputes

Currently Maja T. remains in custody in Budapest after an application for house arrest has been rejected. The court justified this decision with an increased risk of escape and the impending sentence of up to 24 years. Their delivery to Hungary in June 2024 was controversial because the Federal Constitutional Court had previously decided that it was illegal. Despite this legal setback, Maja T. complains about the conditions of detention as "inhuman" and entered a hunger strike that lasts over a month to draw attention to her situation, how n-tv.de reported.

In Germany, the circumstances of their detention and the rejection of the house arrest have led to a wave of support, especially in Leipzig, where numerous "Free Maja" graffiti can be found on walls. On Monday evening a solidarity demonstration with over 800 participants in the West of Leipzig, which showed their support for Maja T.

political dimension of protests

The controversy around Maja T. also attract political attention. Martin Schirdewan, the chairman of the parliamentary group The Left in the EU Parliament, described the procedure as a "political show process" and called for a diplomatic commitment to bring Maja back to Germany. This shows that the events not only accept local but also international dimensions and initiate the polarized debate about the rule of law and human rights in Europe.

The solidarity campaigns in Leipzig, including the house cast, are an expression of a broader movement, which is directed against the constant conditions of detention and the critical political situation of Maja T. This development raises questions about the rights of political activists and the acceptance of anti -fascism in society.