Geneva, June 15, 2026 (AFP) - Eight decades on, Switzerland clears French Resistance fighters

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2026-06-15

Eight decades after World War II, Switzerland on Monday repealed sentences that were handed out to 466 Swiss citizens who fought in the French Resistance. The step, by the country's parliament, was because Swiss military law bans citizens from serving in foreign armed forces. Because of that rule, Swiss fighters in the French Resistance or the Italian Resistance in WWII were convicted -- sometimes in absentia -- and handed prison sentences or blo......

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