A man who claims he was whipped by a UAE sheikh is taking Switzerland to the European Court of Human Rights after Swiss courts acquitted his attacker.
Silvano Orsi says Sheikh Falah al-Nahyan used a belt to beat him after he rejected a gift of a bottle of champagne at a hotel in Geneva in 2003.
He was initially convicted of actual bodily harm, but was acquitted by Switzerland's highest court last month.
Mr Orsi says the later ruling infringed his human rights and was a cover-up. More...
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