Magazine rapped for Roma image

Published on 31/10/2012 00:00

Switzerland’s press watchdog has upheld a complaint against a magazine that used a picture of a Roma boy waving a gun to illustrate a story about alleged threats from gypsy gangs.

The Swiss Press Council said Weltwoche was guilty of “distortion” and “discrimination” for publishing the image on its cover above the headline “The Roma are coming: raids in Switzerland”.

The picture, taken in 2008, actually depicted a boy with a toy gun on a Kosovo rubbish dump.