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Setback for Swiss Extremist Party

January 21, 1988
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The extreme right-wing National Action Party has lost the libel suits it brought against two Swiss newspapers that denounced it for promoting racist ideas similar to those of the Nazis.

A court here ruled that the party was not slandered and ordered it to pay 90,000 Swiss francs (approximately $66,000) to cover the cost of the trials, in additional to legal fees incurred by the defendants, the newspapers Woz and Schaffhauser AZ.

According to the Swiss Wochenzeitung, the National Action Party already has a debt of 150,000 Swiss francs ($110,000).

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