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UN rights office calls for Gaddafi death probe

This content was published on Oct 21, 2011 A spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said shaky amateur video footage showing a captured Gaddafi first alive, then dead, was “very disturbing”. “It is unclear how he died. There is a need for an investigation,” Rupert Colville told a news briefing in Geneva. Colville said that an existing UN panel investigating…

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Media hail the end of a tyrant

This content was published on Oct 21, 2011 While they all welcomed the end of a dictator, many editorialists wondered how Libya would cope in the post-Gaddafi era. Meanwhile, experts said that it would have been better to see Gaddafi brought to justice. “The world can heave a sigh of relief”, “Gaddafi’s death – finally”, “Gaddafi, the punishment of Sirte” were just some…

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Swiss call for restraint after death of Gaddafi

This content was published on Oct 20, 2011 “We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Moammar Gaddafi has been killed,” Jibril told a news conference in the capital Tripoli. Switzerland called for human rights and international humanitarian law to be respected in Libya. In a statement, the foreign ministry appealed to the various sides “to exercise restraint and avoid…

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NGO calls time on tyrants in Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 20, 2011 Benedict De Moerloose, a lawyer for the Swiss non-governmental organisation TRIAL, talks to swissinfo.ch about their new programme for fighting impunity in Switzerland and why the world is becoming a smaller place for people who commit atrocities. Switzerland should also follow other countries’ lead in creating a federal unit responsible for investigating international war crimes,…

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Private bankers urge EU limit for tax deals

This content was published on Oct 19, 2011 “Only the EU meets all the conditions of very close economic relations, as well as guarantees of legal security and good functioning states,” Nicolas Pictet, president of the Swiss Private Bankers Association, told a press conference in Geneva on Wednesday. The costs for banks become disproportionate with accords outside the EU, he noted. Switzerland signed…

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Cabinet boosts short-time work scheme

This content was published on Oct 19, 2011 The cabinet decided to grant companies compensation for 18 months if they reduce work hours instead of laying off their employees. The measure will take effect from January 2012 and be valid for two years. The regular maximum length for short-time work is 12 months. The economics ministry said short-time work was an effective way…

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West confronts double standards in Arab response

This content was published on Oct 19, 2011 Speaking at the Foreign Ministry’s annual human security conference in Bern on Tuesday, Maurer, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said it was fair to question the “unequal response” of the international community to events in different countries. “I am often very frustrated by how the international community reacts in a double standard way,” Maurer told…

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Rightwing leads campaign funding list

This content was published on Oct 19, 2011 Figures by the Media Focus market research institute show the People’s Party holding a 40 per cent share of the total expenditure by political parties in the five months ahead of parliamentary elections next Sunday. The centre-right Radical Party invested SFr4.5 million and the Christian Democrats almost SFr3 million in the same period. The centre-left…

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Parliaments urged to look beyond own borders

This content was published on Oct 19, 2011 The comments were made at the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) 125th general assembly of global politicians, which comes to an end Wednesday in the Swiss capital, Bern. “Since the dawn of the Arab Spring, young people around the world have taken to the streets, demanding greater opportunities to participate in economic and political life,” said United…

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Democracy, found lacking?

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