The US State Department (DOS) on Thursday released its 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . Announcing the release , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the US has recommitted "to continue the...
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UN Under-Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze on Friday condemned calls by Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi for a jihad on Switzerland. Gaddafi issued the call in response to Switzerland's recent vote to ban the construction of...
The lawyer for a Swiss Muslim said Wednesday that his client has filed a complaint at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) challenging Switzerland's recent vote to ban the construction of minarets . Hafid Ouardiri,...
Switzerland liberals call for referendum to reverse minaret ban
A group of Swiss intellectuals on Sunday called for a reversal of Switzerland's recent vote to ban the construction of minarets . The Swiss intellectual group Club Helvetique told a Swiss newspaper that they...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday condemned Switzerland's ban on building minarets , a type of tower associated with Islamic mosques. The ban, which was approved Sunday with 57.5 percent...
Swiss voters on Sunday approved a proposal to ban the construction of minarets. The results of the nationwide referendum revealed that more than 57 percent of Swiss voters support the constitutional ban against the construction of the...
Bill Fisher, Pitt Law '10, files from Croatia:In a place of such amazing beauty, culture, and history, it is heartbreaking to see the remnants of the war and witness just how fresh the wounds still are. Croatia is in a...
Two Swiss nationalist parties gathered enough signatures on their initiative against the construction of minarets to force a national referendum on whether the country's constitution should be amended to ban the...
