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Opt-outs sought from UN terror blacklists

This content was published on Mar 4, 2010 The House of Representatives on Thursday followed the Senate calling on the government to grant conditional opt-outs from UN sanctions. Suspects should be taken off the blacklist if they haven’t had a trial within three years or if they haven’t been given a fair hearing, according to parliament. The House approved the move despite opposition…

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Hope on the horizon for young illegal immigrants

This content was published on Mar 3, 2010 Members in the House of Representatives voted in favour of a motion to allow such children who have been through the Swiss school system to take up an apprenticeship after they leave school. The votes took place during a wide-ranging debate on migration, asylum and the free movement of peoples. At present children of sans…

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Libya steps up pressure on Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 3, 2010 The Libyan government spokesman, Mohamed Baayou, told the AFP news agency on Wednesday that the embargo would affect “all economic and commercial exchanges with Switzerland”. Libya had decided to “adopt other alternatives as far as medicines and medical and industrial equipment imported from Switzerland are concerned,” he said. The decision was later confirmed in a…

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Calmy-Rey says Human Rights Council needs work

This content was published on Mar 2, 2010 “Too many states do not respond to requests for rapporteurs to visit,” she said. “What is even more worrying is that rapporteurs are increasingly the subject of virulent attacks when their reports are considered displeasing.” Calmy-Rey spoke at the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday as part of a ministerial meeting of the Human Rights…

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Libya sends out mixed signals

This content was published on Mar 1, 2010 The two met in an office on Monday. Göldi’s lawyer, Salah Zahaf, and a number of journalists were present for part of their meeting. “I am honoured that Captain Hannibal came to see me and I hope he can use his influence to help me in my situation,” Göldi said. The two men subsequently continued…

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Banks and immigration to top parliament’s agenda

This content was published on Mar 1, 2010 Both the House of Representatives and the Senate will have to decide whether to launch a formal parliamentary investigation – a rare occurrence in Swiss politics – into the government’s handling of the crisis between the UBS bank and the United States authorities. The Senate is to begin debating a series of amended double taxation…

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Swiss thank Europe for solidarity in Libya row

This content was published on Feb 27, 2010 Speaking before a group of 250 centre-left Social Democratic Party delegates, Calmy-Rey said there was strength in unity and that EU-sceptics should be convinced that Switzerland is strong at Europe’s side. The foreign minister reiterated that her goal is to free jailed Swiss businessman Max Göldi as soon as possible. After being forbidden from leaving…

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Cartoonists outline death penalty issues

This content was published on Feb 26, 2010 The Swiss and American artists were in Geneva this week to present a capital punishment cartoon exhibition on the sidelines of the Fourth World Congress Against the Death Penalty. Around 1,000 government representatives and activists gathered in the Swiss city to discuss and draw up national and international strategies for the universal abolition of the…

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Gaddafi’s jihad call is “a question of honour”

This content was published on Feb 26, 2010 But Reinhard Schulze, the director of Islamic Studies at Bern University, says that the Muslim world is used to Gaddafi’s rhetoric and will not heed his call for “jihad”. The “enfant terrible” of the Muslim world, as Schulze describes him, does not have the authority to call for jihad, a measure usually undertaken by Islamic…

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EU diplomats hope for Libya breakthrough

This content was published on Feb 25, 2010 Spain, which currently holds the presidency of the European Union, has managed to reach a “settlement” with Libya, but Switzerland must also be prepared to play its part, said one top diplomat who wished not to be named. Some are even predicting that Göldi could be pardoned by Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi before the middle…

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