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Swiss lower house backs power to independently impose sanctions

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows a session at the Swiss parliament in Bern, Switzerland September 20, 2017. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Switzerland's lower house on Thursday backed legal changes that will allow the usually neutral country to impose sanctions independently of other nations or international groups on people or entities that have violated international humanitarian law.

The lower chamber of Switzerland's parliament voted in favour of a change to the so-called embargo law in a debate dominated by the topic of Russia's war in Ukraine.

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