Far-right extremist Liebich to be extradited to Germany

The Czech Republic is to extradite 55-year-old German transgender right-wing extremist Marla Svenja Liebich to Germany, where she is to begin serving a prison sentence. The decision was made by the Regional Court in Plzeň on Monday. Liebich was originally convicted by German courts as Sven Liebich; she has legally changed her gender and now identifies as a woman. She was arrested on April 9 near Aš in the Cheb region on the basis of a European arrest warrant.

German media reported that Liebich as formerly a member of the neo-Nazi group called Blood and Honour.

In 2023 Liebich was sentenced by a German court to a total of one year and six months in prison for extreme right incitement to hatred, defamation and insult.