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Cut it out: censorship à la Suisse

To keep what they consider the moral order, Swiss censors have been keeping an eye on the nation’s cinemas and televisions for decades. “No pornography or violence” was the main rule.

In Switzerland, film ratings are left to the country’s 26 cantons, with the result that films can be banned in one canton but shown uncut just across the cantonal border. (Images: cinetext, AFP)

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