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Top court refuses to accept child's two fathers
Switzerland’s highest court has refused to recognize two Swiss gay men as the legitimate fathers of a four-year-old child who was born to a surrogate mother in the US.
Court ruling on Nazi salute hits hot button
A decision by Switzerland’s supreme court that giving a Nazi salute may not always be a criminal act is being met with concern inside and outside the country’s borders.
Survey claims one in four Swiss 'anti-Semitic'
More than one in four Swiss residents are anti-Semitic, making Switzerland’s population one of the most anti-Jewish in Western Europe, according to an online report released this week by the Anti-Defamation League.
'Foreign pig' not racist: Switzerland's top court
Calling someone a "foreign pig" or "dirty asylum-seeker" is insulting but is not against Switzerland's anti-racism law, the country's top court said in a ruling released on Friday.
Man jailed 12 years for torturing infant daughter
The canton of Zurich's high court sentenced a 28-year-old man to 12 years in jail for brutally torturing his infant daughter because he was convinced he was not the child’s father.
Spying on computer use illegal, top court says
Employers cannot use spy software to collect information about the computer activities of employees, Switzerland’s supreme court has ruled.
‘Devil’s couple’ escape life term for murder
A Geneva court of appeal on Thursday cut to 20 years a life prison sentence against a man and woman — dubbed the “devil’s couple” by the media — for brutally murdering a pregnant woman.