German transgender far-right extremist arrested in Czech Republic

German media reports say Marla-Svenja Liebich used to be a member of a neo-Nazi group called Blood and Honour. German transgender far-right extremist arrested in Czech Republic Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Marla-Svenja Liebich is expected to be extradited to Germany Marla-Svenja Liebich wears a blue hat and dark glasses - with a tattoo on her neck A convicted German transgender right-wing extremist, who has been on the run for months, has been arrested in the Czech Republic. Liebich was arrested on the basis of a European arrest warrant in Krásná in the east of the country, some 100km (62 miles) east of the capital, Prague. In August 2025, Marla-Svenja Liebich, formerly known as Sven, failed to appear at the prison in the German town of Chemnitz, where she was to serve an 18-month jail term. German media reports say Liebich used to be a member of a neo-Nazi group called Blood and Honour. In July 2023, Liebich was sentenced by the Halle District Court in Saxon-Anhalt to a total of one year and six months in prison without parole for extreme right incitement to hatred, defamation, and insult. Liebich appealed against the sentence and lost. At the time she was known as Sven Liebich. A spokesperson for the Halle public prosecutor's office told the BBC that Liebich was now in custody in the Czech Republic. Liebich is expected to be extradited to Germany. At the end of 2024, Liebich had her gender entry in official records changed from male to female. She also changed her first name. The basis for this was Germany's Self-Determination Act, which had just come into force and strengthened the rights of transgender people. The Act allows people to change their gender marker and first name through a simple declaration at a registry office, instead of a judicial ruling. German media have questioned whether Liebich's transition was serious. Last year, the Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) accused Marla-Svenja Liebich of abusing the Self-Determination Act. "The gender change appears to be a clear case of abuse here," Dobrindt told ZDF TV. According to reports in the "Mitteldeutsche Zeitung", Liebich was wearing men's clothing and had a shaved head, at the time of the arrest. It is understood Liebich briefly tried to evade capture. The spokesperson for the Halle public prosecutor's office has not commented on Liebich's appearance. German controversy surrounds jail term for transgender far-right extremist The boy was found malnourished, naked, lying next to human excrement and unable to walk, the prosecutor said. The explosion at a service station in Creeslough, County Donegal, on 7 October 2022 killed ten people. US exhibition squad, the Harlem Globetrotters, met the pontiff in the Vatican, helping him to spin a basketball on the tip of his finger. The scheme saw a group of 14-16 year-olds stay in Wolverhampton for 10 days. The requirement to obtain permission had gone largely unnoticed until a German newspaper reported on it. Under the law, travel approvals must generally be granted and it remains unclear how the rule would be enforced if breached. The whale became stranded on a sandbank before it was rescued, only to swim into shallow waters further along the coast. The final six nations have qualified for the 2026 World Cup - this is your essential lowdown on the expanded edition of the tournament.