(Swiss Info) A Swiss court has fined four people over a banner used during a 2017 protest in Bern against the Turkish government that showed a gun pointed at an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next to the words, “Kill Erdogan.”
On Thursday, Bern’s High Court found the four protesters guilty of public incitement to commit crimes or violence. Appeals against the verdicts have been lodged with Switzerland’s Federal Court.
The latest verdict overturns acquittals handed down by the Regional Court of Bern-Mittelland in March 2022 to four left-wing demonstrators, as detailed in the 65-page judgement.
