Swiss police blocked a far-right Austrian political activist from delivering a speech at an occasion on Saturday. Martin Sellner, the chief of the nationalist Identitarian Motion of Austria, was invited by a far-right Swiss group referred to as “Junge Tat” to ship a speech within the Swiss canton of Aargau however was issued an entry ban by the Aargau police, stopping him from talking.
In a video printed on X (previously often known as Twitter), Sellner said the occasion consisted of a dialogue that was “completely non-public,” specializing in unlawful immigration. Furthermore, he referred to as his entry ban from Aargau “political”.
Whereas Sellner had already acquired a notification from the Aargau police that he was not allowed to enter the canton, he printed a video on “X” coming into Switzerland by boat, saying this was the “most secure route”.
After being faraway from the occasion and brought to the police station, Martin Sellner was notified that he was banned from coming into Aargau for 2 months. In a press release made by the police, the reasoning behind the interruption of the assembly was to make sure public security and to keep away from clashes with the opposing occasion there.
Martin Sellner has sparked controversy earlier than when, in November 2023, he launched a plan that was reported by investigative outlet Correctiv to representatives of the far-right German political occasion Various für Deutschland (AfD), amongst others, to deport foreigners and Germans of international origin to a “mannequin metropolis” in North Africa. His motion has generally been within the focal point in Austria for anti-immigration and nationalist rallies. Prior to now, the motion has unfold the “Nice Substitute” conspiracy concept, which refers to an alleged plot to switch ethnic European populations with non-European immigrants.
