 A serious international political umbrella group for advocates of cannabis law reform Working together towards cannabis pro-legislation worldwide  Switzerland en Francais News: Thursday November 17, 2011 - GOOD NEWS!!! Four Swiss cantons to allow growing of up to four cannabis plants commencing January 1, 2012 Le Matin (French) Google Translation "Vaud,
Neuchâtel, Genève et Fribourg
veulent réglementer le marché du
chanvre en 2012 et autoriser les particuliers
à cultiver quatre plants. Les Valaisans
restent sceptiques."
More coverage: Daily Mail ToTT  Bernard
Rappaz: Swiss Hemp Hostage
Political Prisoner in Switzerland by Jayelle Farmer, Founder of Legalise Cannabis International, Saturday July 31, 2010 Exposing the
Swiss government's protectionism of Swiss
Pharmaceutical companies in their
seeking to keep hemp illegal through the demonisation of Bernard Rappaz, Swiss Hemp Pioneer. Wednesday July 21st 2010 Bernard Rappaz serving his sentence at home French google English  "Ma grève de la faim" Bernard's account of his hunger strike in French in English  Bernard Rappaz: First Winner of the Cannabis Cup, 1999 en français (mais une mauvaise traduction en anglais) Bernard Rappaz - Wikipedia (en français) Good at French? Please create a page for Bernard in English on Wikipedia! Update: May 10,
2011 - Bernard Rappaz was sentenced to
one extra year in prison for the "offences" from
years 2002-2006. The 5 years and 8 months
sentence that Bernard had previously received
were related to charges covering the years from
1996 to 2001. He must now serve a total of 6
years and 8 months in prison (Sources: in
English: World
Radio,
Switzerland, in French: tsrinfo.ch,
Tribune
de
Geneve, romandie.com,
24heures,
tdme.com,)
Can one die for hemp in Switzerland of 2006 ? Bernard Rappaz is ready to die for the right to farm hemp. He has endured several hunger strikes during his time in prison. Talking Swiss Hemp en Français
 Please join Bernard's Campaign on FaceBook European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies (ENCOD) CALL FOR SOLIDARITY HUNGER STRIKE WITH BERNARD RAPPAZ, SWISS HEMP PIONEER In the Name of Hemp - Au Nom du Chanvre - great video! Thanks for this, Laurent! Merci beaucoup, Laurent! Conspiracy Against Cannabis (click on picture video link for part 2) Reportage - Cannabis : une plante entre le bien et le mal Video in French and English More Videos Hero! Bernard Rappaz About Switzerland - Wikipedia Cannabis in Switzerland - Wikipedia Drug Law in Switzerland SWITZERLAND’S DRUG POLICY Chantal Collin Political and Social Affairs Division 14 January 2002 So what happened to the year 2000 initiative? en francais, (mais une mauvaise traduction) Excellent Swiss website on Cannabis Hemp and more on Switzerland (excellent!)  The Case of Skander Vogt Swiss penal law allows arbitrary permanent detention in prison (citation needed) Skander suffered with personality disorder and was refused release at the end of his sentence After being given a 20 month sentence, Skander should have been released from prison in June 2001 After almost ten years in prison, he committed suicide, March 2010 The prison authorities waited 90 minutes before entering his cell Charges of homicidal neglect are being brought against the authorities in English Backstory in French in English Sister speaks out in French in English Please join LCI on FaceBook  All statements and
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Office of the United Nations High Commisioner for Human Rights: Full text of Covenant here. Dowloadable pdf format here. Home  Credits Researched by Jayelle Farmer Many thanks to Jeff Christen-Mitchell for use of his Cannabis Switzerland flag |
