But the organisation's actions in Austria have landed it in deep trouble.The Austrian authorities think that actions like the protest at the University of Vienna theatre and Generation Identity's accompanying rhetoric amount to incitement of hatred against Muslims, foreigners and refugees. "I really think we were vindicated and I hope that this verdict will also have an effect beyond this case and beyond Austria in the rehabilitation of GI," he says, sipping from a glass of sparkling water.

In his teenage years, Strobl says, he was drawn to the nationalist fringe in Austria. GI likes to stress it's not violent or racist, but what of Martin Sellner's past? If folks like Martin Sellner can't pay, they can't live.

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It doesn't have many members but gets publicity through confrontational and expensive stunts.

Sitting in her faded apartment drinking sweet tea with freshly made lamb koftas, she describes how she was performing with other asylum seekers at the University theatre in Vienna when GI stormed in. "Although they usually say they're completely free of violence and completely peaceful, it's pretty clear to me that the readiness to violence is obviously there," he says.For years, GI was dismissed by its critics as a bunch of wannabe hipster Nazis - but Natasha Strobl, an author and researcher, has long thought their actions and rhetoric pose a threat to the country. "According to Trebing, in these meetings GI supporters said it wasn't just Muslims who wanted to replace the local population, but Jews too.

This stunt cost more than £50,000.

If you'd like to get more favorites, please consider upgrading to a premium account I reported a few days ago on the case of Martin Sellner, the leader of Identitäre Bewegung Österreichs, which is the Austrian chapter of the Identitaire movement.. Mr. Sellner was persecuted by the government because Brenton Tarrant, the perpetrator of the mosque massacre in New Zealand, had donated to IBÖ a year before he carried out his attack. The group he leads in Austria has attracted huge publicity. He was captured using a racist and offensive term.

He's also a poster boy for the Europe-wide Identitarian movement, which is fiercely opposed to Muslim migrants - claiming that they threaten Europe's identity and will eventually replace the indigenous populations. "Assimilation means that you completely identify with the country, the nation, its history," he says - otherwise, he warns, "it's treason, because you're betraying this community… because this community is giving you open hands, taking you in and then you have to put the interests of this community in front of your own.

Her posts about a so-called "white genocide" and a paedophile ring connected to Hillary Clinton led the Anti-Defamation League to place her on its list of hate groups.

He once again insists he didn't know and apologises. In his teenage years, Strobl says, he was drawn to the nationalist fringe in Austria. In order to use the favoriting feature on Social Blade, you'll need to be logged into our In order to edit this user safely, you'll need to be logged into our It Seems that you've reached your limit on how many you can favorite. Upgrade to a Hello, visitor! GI's leader denies it has any bias against the Jewish population.

GI said it would arrest illegal migrants and sink their boats - its campaign received the backing of a neo-Nazi website, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and a leading American white supremacist.It didn't quite go to plan, though. "His name is Martin Sellner, and with his striking haircut, fashionable skinny jeans and thick-rimmed glasses, he looks like a typical style-conscious 29-year-old. And we want to push for that everywhere in Europe, we really want to change public discourse." Flanked by 100 activists from across Europe, a massive poster was laid out telling migrants to go home.