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Former police chief, Sperisen, appeals guilty verdict

This content was published on Jun 11, 2014 Sperisen was handed a life sentence by the court at the beginning of June. In a statement released on Wednesday, his lawyers described the verdict as “arbitrary” and said it violated the rights of the defence. They argued that a majority of the testimony upon which the verdict was based, was unreliable, as the witnesses…

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Fast track asylum process given good report

This content was published on Jun 11, 2014 The Juch asylum centre opened in January with the aim of taking decisions on applications for asylum within 140 days, or nearly five months, in each case. 669 cases began the faster procedure and decisions were taken in 319 of them. 44 of them were positive, meaning the applicant was granted asylum. 63 were turned…

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US ambassador hands symbolic e-reader to Bern museum

This content was published on Jun 11, 2014 LeVine (pictured above, left), who officially took up her post on June 2, said she chose to be sworn in on her Amazon Kindle e-reader partially “because it was what I had” and because she wanted to highlight certain American qualities. “It symbolised, for me, the very best of my nation. Especially around innovation and…

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Anti-racism law facing resistance from the right

This content was published on Jun 11, 2014 A yodeling festival, a cafe, an architect’s website – racist abuse and discrimination can appear in the most innocuous of places. When the incident injures the human dignity of an individual or group, or crosses the line into incitement to hatred or propaganda, it is prosecutable. There have been some 380 such prosecutions since the…

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Swiss push for protection of rights defenders

This content was published on Jun 10, 2014 Addressing an international conference on human rights defenders in the Swiss capital, Bern, on Tuesday, Burkhalter said a tripartite contact group has held three meetings on the implementation of a peace plan by Ukraine’s new president, Petro Poroshenko. The talks are scheduled to continue. “It is a crucial moment for both Ukraine and the OSCE…

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Coming soon to a battlefield near you?

This content was published on Jun 9, 2014 At a recent meeting in Geneva on the threat of killer robot technology (lethal autonomous weapons systems or LAWS), a Swiss foreign ministry disarmament expert said the international community was only starting to grasp the possible repercussions of the robotic revolution on the future battlefield. Laurent Masmejean added that it was crucial to further examine…

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Swiss add Boko Haram to sanctions list

This content was published on Jun 8, 2014 At the request of the Nigerian government, the UN Security Council classified Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation on May 22 and placed it on its sanctions list. Switzerland followed suit this weekend. According to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) website, the sanctions include account lockouts as well as entry and travel bans…

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How the ICRC stood by First World War prisoners

This content was published on Jun 8, 2014 Within weeks of the outbreak of the First World War, the IPWA, housed in the Rath Museum, was set up by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The agency was a hive of activity, and by the end of that year, some 1,200 people – mostly women – were working there. Over the…

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Americans to meet Iranians in Geneva – again

This content was published on Jun 7, 2014 American and Iranian officials will meet in Geneva before the next round of negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme.

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Seventy years ago, Switzerland surrounded by invasions

This content was published on Jun 6, 2014 “The first week of June has produced events of capital importance, events which rank together with Germany’s attack on Western Europe in 1940, with her onslaught on Russia in 1941, with Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour in the same year, and with the Allied landing in North Africa in 1942,” announced the Swiss Observer radio programme, looking back on…

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