Tariq Ramadan convicted of rape on appeal in Switzerland

Tariq Ramadan, a 62-year-old former Oxford University professor, has been found guilty of rape and sexual coercion by a Swiss appeals court. The court overturned his previous acquittal, which was handed down in May 2023, and sentenced him to three years in prison, with two years suspended. The charges relate to an incident in a Geneva hotel in 2008, which was reported in 2018 by an unnamed Swiss woman. Ramadan has consistently denied the charges. The court's decision annuls the previous judgment and imposes a prison sentence, consistent with the findings of the lower court.