Anti-minaret initiative: Schaffhausen and Bellinzona allow posters
The controversial anti-minaret poster has been approved for display in both the city of Schaffhausen and Bellinzona. Bellinzona’s city government views the image as indicative of a decline in public morals, while the Schaffhausen City Council has distanced itself from the «problematic content.».
There is no legal basis for a ban, the city government of Bellinzona wrote in a communiqué on Tuesday. The Schaffhausen city council justified the decision with the high constitutionally guaranteed value of freedom of expression. However, as it considers the poster content to be problematic and detrimental to the goals of integration and respect for religious freedom, it is distancing itself "from this undifferentiated form of referendum campaign".
The cities of Biel/Bienne, Chur, Geneva, Lucerne, Olten, St. Gallen, Winterthur and Zurich have so far allowed the posters to be displayed. Basel, Fribourg, Lausanne, Morges, Neuchâtel, Nyon and Yverdon, on the other hand, do not want to allow the posters to be displayed on public property.
The cities of Biel/Bienne, Chur, Geneva, Lucerne, Olten, St. Gallen, Winterthur and Zurich have so far allowed the posters to be displayed. Basel, Fribourg, Lausanne, Morges, Neuchâtel, Nyon and Yverdon, on the other hand, do not want to allow the posters to be displayed on public property.
