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Burqa: Switzerland to ban the Muslim women’s veil from January 2025

November 11, 2024 revoi editor

The move to ban the burqa started in September 2022, when Switzerland’s lower house of Parliament voted decisively, with 151 members in favor and 29 opposed, to pass the relevant legislation. This was followed by the 2021 referendum, where Swiss voters narrowly approved the ban, targeting not only religious face coverings like niqabs and burqas […]

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Switzerland: Women wearing burqas in the public face a $990 fine under the law

October 13, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Switzerland’s government has drafted a new law to issue 990 Swiss franc ($990) fines to women wearing burqas in public. However, the draft law sent to parliament on Wednesday does not mention the burqa by name and includes several exemptions for wearing face coverings on aircraft, as well as in diplomatic premises and religious […]

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Switzerland joins sixth round of EU sanctions against Russia and Belarus

June 11, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Switzerland has supported the European Union’s decision to adopt the sixth package of sanctions, including an embargo on crude oil, against Russia and Belarus, the government said in a statement on its website. “On June 10, the Federal Council took the decision to adopt new EU sanctions against Russia and Belarus,” said the statement. […]

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Terror attack in Switzerland: Suspect Stabbed Two Women

November 25, 2020 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: After France now Switzerland has faced the terror activity in the nation. In Switzerland’s department store – a suspect attacked two women causing them injuries. The local police arrested the suspect after the women were attacked in the city of Lugano and left with non-life threatening injuries. Swiss federal police on its twitter said […]