Hungarian appeals court cuts German activist's jail term to seven years

A Hungarian appeals court on Wednesday reduced the prison ​sentence of a German citizen convicted for assaulting ​suspected far-right sympathisers in Budapest in 2023 ‌to ​seven years from eight.

The defendant, identified only as Maja T., was among a group of anti-fascist activists who travelled to Hungary to counter a far-right ‌rally. Arrested in Berlin in December 2023, Maja T. was later transferred to Hungary to stand trial. A lower court handed Maja T. an eight-year sentence in February.