Not the Last Word: Maja’s Statement on the End of the Trial
In court on 4.02.26
„For 16 days of hearings I sat shackled on the wooden bench behind me and listened attentively as my life was negotiated in this trial. I was silent about the charges. There were little more than two weeks of hearings, but when I look in the mirror, it seems like it must have been years. In my first attempt to find a “last word” for this trial, I described the person I am today as a fading flower because a person also needs sunlight to survive — and, above all, closeness, emotional security, and community.
Yet all of that is denied us, society’s incarcerated.
Esteemed prosecution, in my case, it did not work. Yes, even if I am shaking today, afflicted with anxiety and nightmares, if all emotions have left me after days of loneliness, even if it chokes me to see how many other people have to suffer under this political trial I nonetheless retain a friendly smile as well as a morality — a universal morality.
And when I lose my breath in my cell, I look up at the strip of sky where I saw wild geese in the autumn, and I hold onto the belief that solidarity is stronger than force….“
https://joseph-k.medium.com/not-the-last-word-majas-statement-on-the-end-of-the-trial-924524eff720
Tranks to @ThatWeltschmerz
Eight Years are eight to Long! #FreeMaja