The European Union (EU) is abandoning all pretense of human rights restraints in its refugee policy. A strategy paper published last week by the EU Commission outlined migration partnerships that will compensate nine states in Africa and the Middle East, both transit countries and countries of origin, for their cooperation in deterring refugees. The goal …
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Unfavourable views on Muslims rise in Europe.
Coup soldiers attacked civilians with tanks, F-16 jets and helicopters. They targeted innocent civilians deliberately. Turkish parliament and Presidential Complex were also bombed by coup plotters. However, despite this tragic event that no representatives or officials from EU have visited for condolence since failed coup in Turkey.
Walter Wobmann, a member of the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, said it was unfair that headscarves were allowed in passport photos despite hats and hairbands being banned. According to local media, the politician described the policy as an act of “unequal treatment” and branded it “unacceptable”. Mr Wobmann, who has previously campaigned against minarets and …
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A 15-year-old Muslim student in Switzerland was told Wednesday that he is required to shake the hand of his female teacher despite his claim that it went against his religious belief. The issue started in April, when Amer Salhani and his older brother refused to shake their teacher’s hand at their school in Therwil, which …
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In-flight meal choices of international passengers could be a potential profiling tool for national authorities, a senior airline manager has told border officials. Marina Ripa-Braescu, the facilitation and security manager for Swiss International Air Lines, told a conference on border security in Hungary last week that information about pre-ordered meals could be used to help …
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A man burst into a Muslim prayer hall in the Swiss city of Zurich on Monday and started shooting, injuring three men, according to police, who have launched a manhunt for the shooter. A body was found a few hundred meters (yards) from the scene, an AFP photographer said, but it was unclear if it …
terrorists attacked the home of a Swiss-Turkish family in Zurich on Sunday, the victim told Anadolu Agency. Mehmet Cek said the culprits harassed his wife and two children for more than 20 minutes when he was not at home. He received a call from his wife on Sunday while he was participating at a rally …
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The European Court of Human Rights upheld a decision of a Swiss court backing fines on Muslim parents who refused to allow their daughters to take part in mixed swimming lessons on the basis of their religion. The parents, both Turkish-Swiss dual nationals, appealed to the court over a fine handed down by education authorities …
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A Swiss pacifist group says an 86-year old woman was briefly detained Tuesday after she spray-painted “Money for Weapons Kills” in German on a wall at Switzerland’s national bank, as part of a campaign to strip state financing for arms vendors. Youniss Mussa, political secretary of “The Group for an Army-free Switzerland,” said Louise Schneider …
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