Transgender extremist with handlebar moustache is sent to women's prison in Germany

A moustachioed neo-Nazi who registered as female has been transferred to a women's prison in Germany.

Marla-Svenja Liebich, who was born a man and previously known as Sven, arrived at the Chemnitz facility in Saxony on Wednesday following his extradition from the Czech Republic.

The 55-year-old extremist must serve an 18-month sentence handed down in 2023.

The conviction relates to slander and incitement to hatred offences.

Liebich vanished last August after failing to report to a different women's prison.

A local prosecutor told Agence France-Presse that Liebich had been "co-operative" during the extradition process.

Prison management is now "considering how to implement the sentence".

Liebich swapped his legal gender in 2024 after Germany changed its self-ID laws under former Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

This made it much easier to change one's name and gender on official documents.

Liebich changed his registration to female while appealing against his prison sentence, a move seen by many as a deliberate attempt to ridicule the new law.

He now appears publicly in women's clothing - with a large handlebar moustache.

He claimed the gender change and request for a women's prison were intended to avoid "discrimination" from male inmates.

German prison authorities confirmed last year that placement decisions are based on inmates' registered gender rather than biological sex.

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Liebich has operated as a prominent figure within eastern Germany's extremist scene for decades.

Intelligence services in Saxony have classified the activist as a "right-wing extremist" with reach "across the state and nationwide".

Photographs show Liebich at rallies wearing a Nazi-style uniform.

The extremist has been pictured at demonstrations where participants dressed in black march carrying red, white and black flags.

He has also worn an armband bearing the words "Sicherheits-Abteilung", meaning security department, with the initials matching those of the infamous Nazi Brownshirts.

In 2022, Liebich disrupted an "LGBTQ" pride parade in Halle, calling participants "parasites on society", according to activists.

In office, Mr Scholz defended his gender law reforms as essential progress for German society.

"We show respect to trans, intersex and non-binary people, without taking anything away from others. This is how we continue to drive the modernisation of our country. This includes recognising realities of life and making them possible by law," he said at the time.

However, Liebich's exploitation of the legislation has fuelled debate about the self-ID laws being misused.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Government has now pledged to review the law.

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