Cluster: Swiss Identity

Amnesty calls on Switzerland to do more to end torture

This content was published on Oct 18, 2000 Amnesty International launched its third campaign against torture on Wednesday. It said that despite growing public awareness of the problem, the use of torture has not decreased. It added that torture is commonplace in over 150 countries, often with the approval of the authorities. Amnesty believes Switzerland is ideally placed to take a stand against…

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Paralympics open in Sydney

This content was published on Oct 18, 2000 With 15 members, the wheelchair athlete team is the largest in the Swiss squad. Franz Nietlispach, at 42, is one of their most senior stars, with an international career going back to 1973. Nietlispach has 13 Paralympic gold medals and 19 world championship titles to his name. Switzerland’s medal tally reached its all time high…

Bastl beats his opponent in Shanghai

This content was published on Oct 18, 2000 The French-speaking Swiss, who is ranked 96th in the ATP table, came a step closer to winning the prize money of $328,000 at the Shanghai Open by beating Tarango 6-4, 6-4. Bastl’s task of reaching the third round of the Open won’t be easy: he will have to get past Lapentti who is ranked 20th…

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Adolf Ogi: A controversial man of the people

This content was published on Oct 18, 2000 To some, Ogi was an optimist whose heart beat for Switzerland. A man close to the people, who fought to end Switzerland’s isolation but found himself increasingly at odds with his own rightwing-dominated Swiss People’s Party. To others, he was breath of fresh air in the cabinet – a man from the countryside, rather than…

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Novartis forms alliance with Bristol-Myers

This content was published on Oct 18, 2000 The drug, which Novartis intends to launch in the US in the first half of next year, pending approval by the US regulatory authorities, is the main focus of the company’s promotion drive in 2001. The US market is considered to be a key target for the new treatment. The alliance, which excludes Japan, will…

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Federal government to crack down on crime

This content was published on Oct 18, 2000 Swiss law enforcement bodies are to get another 425 staff as well as SFr80 million ($45 million) by 2004, according to the government. The decision follows recommendations by the justice ministry which oversees federal policing. Starting in 2002, the federal prosecutor’s office will be given an extra 80 officials, the federal police an additional 320,…

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Police investigate brutal murders at nightclub lodgings

This content was published on Oct 18, 2000 The chief of the criminal investigations branch, Urs Winzenried, said on Wednesday that the killers used brute force when they murdered the three women, who were all foreigners, aged between 30 and 34. Police are trying to find the murder weapon which they believe was a knife. Winzenried added that the exact cause of death…

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Prostitute defence group outlines goals

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 PROCORE, which is a collective of about 20 groups in Switzerland working to defend the rights of prostitutes, made the call on Tuesday as part of a campaign to improve the status of sex workers and challenge widely-held views about them. The organisation also urged the authorities to strengthen measures against individuals or groups forcing…

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Swiss medal hopes high at Sydney Paralympics

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 The first international sporting event for disabled athletes took place in 1951. The “Stoke Mandeville Games”, named after a British hospital treating Second World War veterans, were only open to wheelchair athletes, with 130 participants from just two countries. But the field was later extended to allow athletes with a variety of disabilities to test…

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A porn video that is not pornographic

This content was published on Oct 17, 2000 Entitled “Porno Video”, the video was made by the controversial Swiss artist, Pipilotti Rist, and includes shots of naked people. Museum director, William Ewing, says that in his view, the video is not of a pornographic nature, and is better described as poetic. “Everyone has a different definition of pornography. Where does it start and…

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