US EditionSwitzerland’s top court upholds Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan’s conviction for rape, sexual coercion
The Swiss Supreme Court confirmed the 3-year sentence against Tariq Ramadan, rejecting claims of procedural errors and arbitrary evidence assessment by lower courts.
- On Thursday, Switzerland's Federal Court dismissed Tariq Ramadan's appeal, confirming the Geneva Court of Justice's conviction for rape and sexual coercion and rejecting claims of arbitrary evidence assessment.
- After earlier acquittals citing lack of material evidence, the Geneva appeals court found Ramadan guilty of raping a woman in a Geneva hotel and sentenced him to three years, two suspended.
- The court record included intimate testimony and social media exchanges cited in evidence, following a lower cantonal court's prior clearance and Ramadan's February 2018 jail and subsequent release on bail.
- Defense counsel Yael Hayat expressed disappointment and plans to appeal, saying the defence contests the decision, while Brigitte's legal team hailed it as the end of a long ordeal on Thursday.
- He faces trial in France next year over allegations he raped three women between 2009 and 2016, and Tariq Ramadan has consistently denied wrongdoing.
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Swiss court rejects Tariq Ramadan’s rape conviction appeal
Switzerland's supreme court said Thursday it had rejected an appeal by Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan against his rape conviction, but his lawyers said he would take the case to Europe's rights court. "The Federal Court dismissed Tariq Ramadan's appeal against the conviction for rape and sexual coercion handed down by the Geneva Court of Justice," the high court said in a statement. Ramadan's lawyers Yael Hayat and Guerric Canonica said in a stat…
The Federal Court rejected the appeal of the predicator after his sentence on appeal was three years in prison, one of which was a firm year. His lawyers announced that they had referred the case to the European Court of Human Rights.
Sentenced for rape in Switzerland to three years in prison, including a farm, the Islamologist was denied his appeal this Thursday. He announced, by the voice of his lawyers, that he intended to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
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Switzerland's top court upholds Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan's conviction for rape, sexual coercion
Switzerland’s highest court has upheld the conviction of noted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan for rape and sexual coercion handed down by a regional court last year.
The Federal Court dismissed a complaint by the Islamic scientist against the ruling of the court of first instance.
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