Police / Coercion / Violation
In this section you find news concerning human rights issues in policing in Switzerland.
In Switzerland, victims of disproportionate police violence is in a difficult position since the penal system only reluctantly presses charges against members of the police force. There is no statisti...
On 16 December 2008, the human rights organisation Amnesty International released a detailed report on the safety of the stun gun. The number of people who died after being struck by Tasers in the U...
The Swss Federal Council announced that on 1 January 2009 the standardised law on compulsory measures will be put into effect at a federal level. The law describes in which precise cases which mea...
On 27 June 2007 the Swiss section of Amnesty International (AI) published a detailed report on the shortcomings of the Swiss police and observed its virtual impunity. The human rights organisation a...
