From AL JAZEERA:
George [W.] Bush, the former US president, has canceled a planned visit to Switzerland next week.
While human rights groups have said the cancellation was due to the risk of legal action against him for alleged torture, organisers said they did not want to risk violence during protests by left-wing groups.
Human rights groups said they had intended to submit a 2,500-page case against Bush in the Swiss city on Monday for alleged mistreatment of suspected militants at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. naval base in Cuba where captives from Afghanistan, Iraq and other fronts in the so-called War on Terror were interned.
Pressure has been building on the Swiss government to arrest him and open a criminal investigation if he enters the Alpine country…
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Also see Washington Post’s:
Bush trip to Switzerland called off amid threats of protests, legal action
