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threat of class action lawsuits against Swiss banks by victims of apartheid, Hug gave Swiss newspapers critical interviews on this subject. This blocking of files only restricted Hug's work to a limited extent, since he was also researching relevant files in both government and privately owned South
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supplied important components for South Africa's uranium enrichment, which provided the necessary fissile material for the six atomic bombs produced by South Africa. After the
Federal Council ordered a partial blocking of access to relevant files in the Swiss Federal Archives in 2003, in view of the
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As part of the Swiss government-funded national research program "Relationship
Switzerland - South Africa", Hug dealt with the relationship between Switzerland and the South African apartheid government. He wrote a report on the military, armaments industry and nuclear relations between Switzerland
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In 2000 Hug, already an opponent of military conscription, authored a controversial report questioning the economic value of the creation of a mandatory civil service in
Switzerland as an alternative to mandatory military service. One of his key arguments was that the duties of the civil service
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Eastern European governments under the aforementioned treaties, as well as publicize names of account holders, the Federal Council rejected and criticized the
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Hungary, were to be handed over to a general fund for the support of former World War II refugees or given directly to the
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