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Davos: World leaders protecting business over rights in economic ...
24 January 2012

The economic crisis, and how governments have chosen to address it, poses a clear and unambiguous risk to rights.

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Davos: World leaders protecting business over rights in economic ...
24 January 2012

The economic crisis, and how governments have chosen to address it, poses a clear and unambiguous risk to rights.

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Guatemalan former officials must be brought to justice over ...
8 June 2011

Austria and Switzerland must ensure that former high-ranking Guatemalan officials face justice for serious allegations of involvement in extrajudicial executions ...

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President Bush cancels visit to Switzerland | Amnesty ...
6 February 2011

Former US president George W. Bush reportedly cancels a planned visit to Geneva, ahead of expected protests and possible legal action against the former president ...

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Switzerland: The 'Deportation Initiative' cannot override ...
28 November 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index EUR 43/002/2010. 28 November 2010. Switzerland: The 'Deportation Initiative' cannot ...

Public Statement       EUR 43/002/2010

Swiss deportation referendum success puts human rights at risk ...
28 November 2010

Amnesty International urges the Swiss authorities at all levels not to enforce the deportation of foreigners convicted of certain criminal offences if this will ...

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Swiss businessman held in Libya returns home | Amnesty ...
15 June 2010

Max Goeldi served a four month prison sentence and had been the subject of a two year travel ban as a result of a diplomatic row between the two countries.

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Switzerland: Asylum-seeker risks deportation, torture: Saeed Ali ...
20 April 2010

Yemeni asylum-seeker Saeed Ali Shamrookh is at imminent risk of deportation from Switzerland to Yemen, where he would be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment ...

Urgent Action       EUR 43/001/2010

Swiss businessman held in Libya on politically motivated charges ...
23 February 2010

Max Goeldi, who began serving a four month prison sentence this week, is thought to be a pawn in a diplomatic row between the two countries.

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Switzerland votes against religious freedom | Amnesty ...
30 November 2009

Amnesty International said it deeply regrets the choice of Swiss voters to introduce a ban on the construction of minarets into theconstitution. The ban takes immediate ...

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