GENEVA, Switzerland — Swiss lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favor of banning the display of extremist and racist symbols, starting with those of a Nazi nature.

Switzerland has deemed that banning Nazi symbols and expressions, like the Nazi salute and swastika, is technically possible.But in practice, it's complicated. The Swiss Federal Office of Justice ...

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GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s upper house of parliament has taken steps toward banning the use of racist symbols that excuse violent or extremist behavior, including speech, gestures and the ...

Switzerland’s government is preparing to ban public displays of the swastika and the Hitler salute as it moves to align with other countries in restricting the use of Nazi symbols, Bloomberg ...

Switzerland also wants to go further than banning the most well-known Nazi symbols, extending it to more cryptic signs of recognition used by supporters of Nazi ideology. As such, use of the "18" — ...

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The Swiss penal code will be amended to punish anyone who uses “a racist, extremist, Nazi symbol or one that advocates violence in order to propagate the ideology it represents”.

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Switzerland’s Swissness Act was passed in 2017, and specifies that food using Swiss national symbols or claiming to be ‘Swiss made’ must use at least 80% of its raw materials coming from ...