(ANSA-AFP) - BUDAPEST, FEB 21 - A German anti-fascist
activist accused of allegedly participating in violent attacks
against neo-Nazis went on trial on Friday in Hungary, as
nationalist premier Viktor Orban has vowed to clamp down on
"far-left violence". During a preliminary hearing, the
24-year-old activist -- who identifies as non-binary -- was led
into a Budapest court room handcuffed and with feet shackled.
The defendant, known as Maja T., is accused of four counts of
attempted assault against far-right activists in February 2023.
According to a court statement, the accused acted as part of a
criminal organisation that "inflicted various life-threatening
injuries" on the presumed neo-Nazis. Maja T. was handed over to
Hungary last summer, a decision that was severely criticised by
a German constitutional court earlier this month, which said it
had failed to take into account potentially dangerous prison
conditions in Hungary, especially for LGBTQ people. "I am
accused in a country, where I do not exist as Maja," said the
defendant in front of a packed courtroom, denouncing human
rights violations in Hungary. (ANSA-AFP).
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