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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Switzerland's top court upholds Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan's conviction for rape, sexual coercion

Switzerland Islamic Scholar - (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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 said Thursday it had rejected Ramadan's appeal, which had alleged procedural flaws and an “arbitrary assessment” of the evidence examined by the appeals court in Geneva. That ruling had overruled an acquittal by a lower court.

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