(Middle East Eye) Border authorities in Switzerland have stopped the director of a UK-based human rights group from entering the country to address a meeting at the United Nations office in Geneva “after a request from France.”
Posting on social media on Wednesday, Muhammad Rabbani, the managing director of Cage International, said he had been detained by border police on his arrival at Geneva Airport where he had travelled to attend a conference organised by the Baku Initiative, an NGO that aims to “support the fight against colonialism and neocolonialism.”
Speaking to Middle East Eye, Rabbani said he had been stopped and detained despite his lawyers confirming with Swiss authorities beforehand that he was not barred from visiting Switzerland.
