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Calls for Switzerland to bring in sexual consent law

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:11:44 +0200

Amnesty International has launched a campaign calling for a new sexual consent law in Switzerland which would make sex with someone who is not voluntarily participating become illegal.

One in five Swiss women 'a victim of sexual assault'

Tue, 21 May 2019 18:49:58 +0200

More than one in five women in Switzerland aged 16 and over has been the victim of sexual assault, but only eight percent of cases are reported to police, a new survey shows.

Accuser in UNAIDS sexual assault case rejects new probe

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:41:48 +0200

A woman who has accused a top UNAIDS official of sexual assault rejected on Monday the UN's decision to reopen the case, saying she has no confidence it will deliver justice.

Sepp Blatter accused of sexual assault at awards ceremony

Sat, 11 Nov 2017 16:01:10 +0100

The former head of world football Sepp Blatter said Saturday that claims by US women's goalkeeper Hope Solo that he had grabbed her backside were "absurd".

Zurich women assaults 'similar' to Cologne's

Thu, 07 Jan 2016 22:32:28 +0100

Several women were allegedly robbed and sexually assaulted in Zurich on New Year's Eve, Swiss police said on Thursday, noting the attack method appeared "a little bit similar" to that used in a spate of assaults in Germany.

Finance counsellor shut up for raping daughter

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:02:23 +0200

A 59-year-old financial counsellor from the Basel area who repeatedly raped his daughter for two years from the age of seven and filmed the abuse faces an indefinite period in a psychiatric treatment centre.

Teacher jailed for ‘sado-masochism’ with pupils

Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:30:00 +0100

A former theatre teacher convicted of having sex and sado-masochistic relations with adolescent girls who were his pupils, over a 10-year period, was sentenced by a Lausanne magistrates’ court on Thursday to five years in jail.

Pedophile Geneva money manager handed jail term

Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:36:00 +0100

A criminal court in Nyon in the canton of Vaud on Thursday sentenced a 64-year-old financial manager to nine years in jail for raping a 11-year-old girl and sexually abusing another girl.

Sex abuse dentist jailed for 15 months

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:53:00 +0200

A dentist accused of indecent exposure and performing sexual acts on patients has been sentenced to 15 months in prison with no parole and a hefty fine.

Most young sex criminals don't re-offend: study

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:34:02 +0200

The majority of young sex offenders do not go on to re-offend after sentencing, according to a study published in the Swiss Journal of Criminology.

Dentist on trial for patient sex abuse

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:31:37 +0200

A dentist may receive a prison sentence and the suspension of his practice for sexually assaulting patients at his practice in Vevey, on Lake Geneva.

Peers behind most teen sex abuse: study

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:30:18 +0100

A recent study has shown that while sexual assaults on younger children are most often committed by family members, adolescents are more often abused by their peers.

Swiss justice slammed as 'serial rapist' strikes again

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:04:00 +0100

The Swiss justice system is facing accusations of laxity after revelations about a Bern machinist arrested for sexual assaulting a woman despite previous convictions for more than 20 similar offences.

Scorned lovers in pink feather penis revenge

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:56:00 +0200

Two young women were convicted of sexual assault in the Zürich district court on Tuesday after seeking revenge on their philandering ex-lover last summer by gluing his testicles to his thigh and decorating his genital area with pink feathers.