Hunger strike: Maja T. loses 14 kilos – pressure on WadePhul

In view of the deteriorated state of health of the non-binaries Maja T. (24) imprisoned in Hungary, the SPD in the Bundestag is calling for an intervention by Foreign Minister Johann WadePhul (CDU). “Mr. WadePhul has to bring Maja T. back home,” said the queer-political spokesman for the SPD faction, Falko Droßmann, the “daily” (“taz”/Friday). A solidarity committee and the father said Maja T. – for around four weeks on hunger strike – had already lost 14 kilograms.

Judgment a few minutes late

“We expect the Federal Foreign Office that our ambassador in Hungary finally contacts Maja T. in person and that our Foreign Minister does everything possible to comply with the claims of the Federal Constitutional Court,” said Droßmann. Maja T. was arrested in Berlin in December 2023 and was delivered to Hungary in June 2024 – although the court had prohibited this. But the decision from Karlsruhe was a few minutes late.

Maja T. is in court in Budapest due to alleged bodily harm in the course of protests against right -wing extremists in February 2023. In doing so, she threatens a conviction of up to 24 years in prison. With her hunger strike, she wants to achieve better imprisonment conditions and a retreat to Germany.

Permanent organ damage threatens

According to the family, Maja T.’s state of health has recently deteriorated significantly and threatened permanent organ damage. Hungarian doctors had recently threatened a forced nutrition by Maja T. – even if T. rejected this in a living will.

Due to a very sunken heart rate, the doctors should also consider the implantation of a pacemaker. Alternatively, Maja T. could be moved to a civil hospital. Unlike in the detention clinic, continuous EKG monitoring would be possible – T. would be tied to a bed around the clock. Maja T.’s father, Wolfram Jarosch, rejects both steps.

“In no way a pacemaker may be used against Maja’s will. This would not help medically, since the low heart rate is a direct consequence of the hunger strike,” said Jarosch. Maja T. would be “cruel and medically not necessary”. The Federal Foreign Office must end of the isolation and return. Maja wants to continue the hunger strike. Green and left-wing politicians had already asked for a retreat to Germany.

Requirements for the Federal Foreign Office

The association of democratic doctors asked the treating doctors in Hungary to respect Maja T.’s dignity and will. Christian Bachelier from the association’s board asked the federal government to act immediately: “It cannot be that people are delivered in night-and-fog actions and then imposed fundamental rights violations such as insulating, which is clearly defined as torture.”

Droßmann also said: “It is the obligation of the Federal Foreign Office to take care of illegally imprisoned Germans – actually without a separate instructions from the Federal Constitutional Court.” Then, according to Droßmann, the process must be comprehensively processed. The case massively questioned trust in the rule of law.

SPD doubts about fair procedures

Droßmann expressed “considerable doubts” about the conditions of detention and the rule of law of a procedure in Hungary. “We are in solidarity alongside Maja T. and campaign on all political levels to ensure that Maja TS is paid for fundamental rights.”

According to the “taz”, the Federal Foreign Office had recently declared that it was “high” for Maja T.. T. are consularly looked after in Hungary, one campaigns for better detention conditions and adequate medical care. Hungarian courts would have to decide on a retreat to Germany. According to the sheet, the trial against T. is currently in a summer break until September.