Swiss voters approved a ban on minarets at the urging of the right-wing Swiss People’s Party. Switzerland’s 400,000 Muslims include many Bosnian and Kosovar refugees from ex-Yugoslavia.
Police with water cannon fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a protest opposing the World Trade Organization summit that opens this week in Geneva.
Denmark’s parliament passed legislation giving police sweeping powers of “pre-emptive” arrest and extending sentences for acts of civil disobedience ahead of the Copenhagen climate summit.
The neo-Nazi organization Combat 18 claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that derailed a Russian express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, leaving at least 26 dead.
Thousands marched in Bilbao against the detainment of 34 members of a youth organization Spanish authorities say is linked to the outlawed Basque separatist organization ETA.
The government of the Czech Republic expressed regret over the illegal sterilizations of mostly Roma women that have been performed in the country in recent years.
The CIA ran a secret prison inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, official sources told ABC News. Lithuania’s parliament has opened an investigation.
Neo-Nazis attempted to disrupt the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Velvet Revolution in Prague, and clashed with police who tried to keep them from marching on the main parade.
Giant swastikas appeared on the walls of the synagogue in Dresden, Germany, on the eve of the Kristallnacht anniversary. The Special Commission on Right-wing Extremism is investigating.
The neo-Nazi organization White Justice has been preparing terrorist attacks and abductions of police officers and “highly positioned Jews” in the Czech Republic, local media report.
Noam Chomsky’s invitation as this year’s guest for the annual Amnesty International lecture is prompting protests over his support of Bosnia genocide denial.
The neo-Nazis arrested last week on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack in the Czech Republic were trained by a member of the Czech armed forces, authorities say.
