Amnesty International, Swiss Section

Amnesty International, Swiss section

Most contents are in the german and french part of this site, you'll also find some italian pages.

 

You'll find Amnesty documents in english on www.amnesty.org. And other Amnesty sections such as the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and so on (for a detailed list of the Amnesty International sections see www.amnesty.org).

English in Switzerland

Group 40 is the English-speaking group of Geneva, read more.

On our Urgent Action Website www.amnesty-ua.ch you'll get Urgent Actions in English although the rest of the site is either in french or german.


There's an english magazine issued by Amnesty International: «The wire».

The Wire

Read it online at www.amnesty.org
Switzerland votes against religious freedom

Amnesty International deeply regrets the choice of Swiss voters today to introduce a ban on the construction of minarets into the constitution. The ban, which takes immediate effect, violates both the freedom of religion of Muslims living in the country and the prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of religious belief as set out in several international human rights instruments that Switzerland is a party to.
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