Chernobyl children, Switzerland and the sweet taste of freedom...

Hundreds of Belarussian children suffering from radiation after the Chernobyl power plant disaster in Ukraine have been denied a visit to Switzerland.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko cancelled the trip after fearing some children would not want to come back home. The decision has angered Swiss organisers who say the youngsters are being used as political pawns.

For more than a decade, about 400 children from the eastern European country – aged between seven and 16 - have made an annual journey to Switzerland to receive medical treatment and social support. More...

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