AMERICANALMANAC (Lynn Jenkins) - German extremist exploits self-determination law, lands in women's prison after changing gender on paper
A 55-year-old German far-right provocateur convicted of slander and incitement to hatred is now serving time in a women's prison, after registering as female while appealing his sentence. Marla-Svenja Liebich, previously known as Sven, was extradited from the Czech Republic on Wednesday and placed in a German women's facility, The Sun reported, because prison officials […] The post German extremist exploits self-determination law, lands in women's prison after changing gender on paper appeared first on American Almanac .
A 55-year-old German far-right provocateur convicted of slander and incitement to hatred is now serving time in a women's prison, after registering as female while appealing his sentence. Marla-Svenja Liebich, previously known as Sven, was extradited from the Czech Republic on Wednesday and placed in a German women's facility, The Sun reported , because prison officials based the housing decision on registered gender rather than biological sex. The case has become a flashpoint in Germany's growing debate over its self-determination law, legislation introduced under former Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government that made it far easier to change one's legal name and gender. Current Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged to review the…Open