Rachad Armanios
Le Courrier
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Now a far-right group has upped the ante with its ads in support of a bill to automatically expel any foreigner who commits a crime. One poster consists of a photo of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi and the words “He wants to destroy Switzerland”—a reference to the strained relations between Libya and Switzerland since 2008, when Qaddafi’s son was arrested in Geneva for allegedly assaulting two servants. In what it called “the best interests of the state,” the government has banned the Qaddafi posters. But thanks to the controversy they caused, the ads have already succeeded—everyone in Switzerland now knows what they say. The lesson is that extremist propaganda works. “In this game, democracy is taken hostage.”
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Germany: Should circumcision be a crime?
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Germany: A neo-Nazi terror cell
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International justice: An accused war criminal fights back
feature Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is defending himself at his war crimes trial in The Hague, failed to show up on the first day of the trial.
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Did the U.S. break trust with Karadzic?
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