GenevaLunch » anti-minaret vote http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Amnesty’s report, China, Switzerland and the US do not fare well http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/27/amnestys-report-china-switzerland-and-the-us-do-not-fare-well/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/27/amnestys-report-china-switzerland-and-the-us-do-not-fare-well/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 10:25:09 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=42413 GenevaLunch.com [Video] Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The 2010 Amnesty International report is out, and Switzerland, and many powerful countries including China and the United States, do not fare well. The report which compiles reported abuses in over 150 nations, criticizes some parts of Europe and Central Asia where “space for independent voices and civil society have [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/27/amnestys-report-china-switzerland-and-the-us-do-not-fare-well/feed/ 1 Minaret vote may run foul of international treaties http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/minaret-vote-may-run-foul-of-international-treaties/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/minaret-vote-may-run-foul-of-international-treaties/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:19:26 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=32772 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland risks being found non-compliant with its obligations under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, according to the UN Committee of Human Rights. The committee voiced concern about the political campaign to ban minarets 3 November, and said then that the anti-minaret ban initiative, if adopted, would conflict with [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/minaret-vote-may-run-foul-of-international-treaties/feed/ 1 Reactions to minaret ban rain down on Switzerland http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/30/reactions-to-minaret-ban-rain-down-on-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/30/reactions-to-minaret-ban-rain-down-on-switzerland/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:42:58 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=32668 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign minister, condemns the decision by a clear majority of Swiss voters and 19 and one-half cantons to ban minaret building in Switzerland, and says he is “shocked”. The Swedish integration minister, Nyamko Sabuni, says the vote was “an abuse of the Swiss voting system”, while Tobias [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/30/reactions-to-minaret-ban-rain-down-on-switzerland/feed/ 5 Swiss justice minister calls anti-minaret proposal unconstitutional http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/16/swiss-justice-minister-calls-anti-minaret-proposal-unconstitutional/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/16/swiss-justice-minister-calls-anti-minaret-proposal-unconstitutional/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:04:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=29905 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s Justice and Police minister Thursday called on voters to reject the anti-minaret proposal which will be put to them in a referendum 29 November, saying that it is unconstitutional and runs counter to Swiss values. Eveline Widmer Schlumpf told a press conference that the proposal, from the right-wing UDC of [...]

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