https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A resident of the Swiss canton of Bern has been handed a conditional fine of 2,000 Swiss francs (€1,820) over a video in which he filmed himself racially abusing a Kenyan man. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190911/swiss-man-fined-2000-francs-for-filming-racist-video Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:33:26 +0200 swiss-man-fined-2000-francs-for-filming-racist-video Zurich resident Mohamed Wa Baile says he was the victim of racial profiling in 2015. Swiss courts didn't agree. Now he is is taking his case all the way to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180910/zurich-man-takes-racial-profiling-case-to-european-human-rights-court Mon, 10 Sep 2018 13:19:39 +0200 zurich-man-takes-racial-profiling-case-to-european-human-rights-court Three police officers have been cleared over a 2009 incident in Zurich in which a Nigerian man ended up in hospital after allegedly being assaulted during a late-night ID check. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180419/zurich-police-officers-found-not-guilty-in-racial-profiling-case-switzerland Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:03:30 +0200 zurich-police-officers-found-not-guilty-in-racial-profiling-case-switzerland