Overview

• Switzerland’s Federal Court rejected Tariq Ramadan’s appeal, saying he failed to show an arbitrary assessment of evidence or procedural violations by the Geneva appeals court.
• The Geneva appeals court overturned a 2023 acquittal and imposed a three-year sentence with two years suspended, plus more than 100,000 Swiss francs in damages and fees.
• The conviction relates to a woman identified as “Brigitte,” who testified he raped her in a Geneva hotel room in October 2008, and her lawyers called the ruling the end of a long ordeal.
• Ramadan, 63, has consistently denied wrongdoing, and his defense says it will seek review by the European Court of Human Rights.
• Separate French proceedings remain active, with a trial due next year over allegations that he raped three women between 2009 and 2016.