Tariq Ramadan has been definitively convicted in Switzerland of rape and sexual coercion. He will still face trial in France for the rape of three women.
The Federal Court rejects the Islamologist's appeal and dismisses the claim of an arbitrary decision by the Geneva judges. This marks the end of an electrical procedure that has seen many twists and turns. The defense intends to refer the matter to the European Court of Human Rights.
This is (perhaps) the epilogue of a case that has stirred up minds far beyond borders. Tariq Ramadan's conviction has been upheld by the Federal Court. In a thirty-three-page ruling published this Thursday, Mon-Repos dismisses any arbitrary assessment of the evidence in this highly contested case. The Islamic scholar, acquitted on the benefit of the doubt at first instance, was found guilty of rape and sexual coercion on appeal and sentenced to a three-year custodial sentence, including one year in prison. He will still face a trial in Paris for the rape of three women.
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