A dark chapter in Swiss history
Up until the 1980s tens of thousands of people in Switzerland, like the homeless and prostitutes, were locked away for ‘re-education’, without appearing before a court. That’s according to the interim report of a commission of experts. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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