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3 October 2016
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Switzerland caps a week of shocking referendum results by supporting a law that would grant its intelligence agency sweeping powers to spy on...the Swiss.
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Facing intense scrutiny from a Swiss government inquiry into the human rights impact of the commercial surveillance trade, companies have packed up and are no longer attempting to export their spying technology from Switzerland.
Privacy International21 March 2014
A Swiss court has ordered a journalist to testify against his source in a drug dealer case that was published on the Swiss German-language daily, Basler Zeitung in October 2012. According to Article 28a of the Swiss Penal Code, journalists and media organisations have the right to protect their sources.
International Federation of Journalists27 February 2014
A swiss court has ruled the police search and seizure of journalist Ludovic Rocchi's computer equipment and notebooks illegal. Rocchi has been instrumental in exposing bad practice and suspected plagiarism at the University of Neuchâtel, and currently faces charges of defamation and slander.
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers12 September 2013
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