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US senators: extradite Swiss bankers

This content was published on Mar 19, 2014 In a letter published on Tuesday to Deputy Attorney General James Cole (see attachment), Levin and McCain wrote that the department should “at least attempt to use” powers under an extradition treaty with the Swiss. Levin, a Michigan Democrat, and McCain, an Arizona Republican, lead the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which issued a report…

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States urged to carve out path to Syrian peace

This content was published on Mar 18, 2014 “We cannot continue to sit for years in these rooms, writing reports and making speeches lamenting the blood that is running in Syria’s street,” Sergio Pinheiro told the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday during a debate on the commission’s latest Syria report. The Brazilian said all states, particularly those with influence over the…

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French inheritance tax deal gets new lease of life

This content was published on Mar 18, 2014 The accord, under which inheritances would be taxed based on where the recipient resides and not where the deceased person lived, as used to be the case, has been under attack since it was announced last year. The agreement, if adopted, would see French citizens living in Switzerland taxed by their government, while Swiss residents…

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Intense talks continue over Crimea observers

This content was published on Mar 18, 2014 Putin said as much in a telephone conversation with Burkhalter on Monday. Now, says the Swiss president, a clearer mandate for the OSCE observers must be negotiated. “We are very close to having a consensus among all 57 (OSCE) members,” Burkhalter told Swiss public television SRF. Also on Monday – the day that the European…

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UN: North Korean rights abuses mirror Nazis

This content was published on Mar 18, 2014 Enslavement, executions and torture at political prison camps, state-sponsored abductions, indoctrination, persecution and mass starvations – the list of crimes against civilians in the secretive Asian nation documented in a 372-page UN inquiry report discussed at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday makes terrifying reading. “My mother and my older brother were publicly…

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Swiss media express dismay over Crimea vote

This content was published on Mar 17, 2014 Zurich’s Tages-Anzeiger criticised the Russian authorities for trying to manipulate public opinion. “The Kremlin has taken aim at the last forms of free communication, such as social networks and small alternative media,” yet the paper pointed out that nevertheless, thousands of people had marched through Moscow on Saturday chanting “no war” and “Maidan” – referring…

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Swiss walk tightrope between the West and Russia

This content was published on Mar 16, 2014 Swiss President and Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter is in a quandary: how to reconcile Switzerland’s excellent diplomatic relations with Russia and his role as head of the OSCE. His latest statements about the hastily organised Crimean referendum on switching the Black Sea peninsula’s allegiance back to Russia shows how much of a balancing act it…

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The many roles played by Swiss volunteers

This content was published on Mar 15, 2014

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Turkish anger as Swiss appeal Perinçek decision

This content was published on Mar 14, 2014 The case eventually ended up at the European Court of Human Rights in 2013; where it was ruled that Switzerland had violated the ex-head of the left-wing Turkish Workers’ Party’s right to free speech. The Swiss Justice ministry said on Tuesday it was appealing the decision and will refer it to the Grand Chamber of…

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Swiss military observers sent to Ukraine

This content was published on Mar 14, 2014 The two observers are working with experts from 25 other countries, by invitation from Ukraine. According to the defence ministry, they stopped in the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Friday. Although their next destination is not known, an attempt to access the Crimean peninsula has not been ruled out. The OSCE military observers made…

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