Europe

UN rights council adopts Swiss report – Switzerland has rejected calls from numerous states to reverse the ban on the construction of new minarets.

by Simon Bradley, in Geneva, swissinfo.ch Mar 14, 2013 – Switzerland has vowed to improve its human rights record and has accepted 100 suggestions by other states at the UN Human Rights Council. Activists commend the Swiss authorities’ inclusive approach but say they lack “political courage”. The final report of […]

Syrian war lures German Islamists

Source: The Local: Public broadcaster NDR said on Tuesday that several extremists from Germany were fighting in cities such as Homs and Aleppo, which have seen some of the fiercest battles between rebels and troops loyal to the Assad regime. NDR’s investigative magazine Panorama said it had no exact figures, […]