Laura C. shows where she was sexually harassed, while the photo on the right shows the African being arrested by police.
In a bathing area in the Swiss city of Lucerne, an 18-year-old African asylum seeker went on a rampage and molested several women on June 28.
“He grabbed my ass. I told him to stop,” said one of his victims, 18-year-old girl Laura C., who was in the Nordpol bathing area next to the Reuss River.
The young woman, who has Spanish and Swiss citizenship and who lives in Lucerne, said that the man, who is from Guinea, approached her at around 2:30 p.m.
“He did stupid things and made us mad,” said Laura C. to Swiss outlet Blick. “I felt uncomfortable, and I told him to leave.” She then went into the water with a friend, but the African followed her in.
“I made room for him there. But then he came to me very close and grabbed my ass with his hand.”
Laura’s friend then picked up a stone and yelled for the man to go away.
Although the man left, Laura said he came back into the water and “did stupid things again.” They left for their spot on the shore but “he came and continued to rant and rave.”
The African then stole a little boy’s bicycle and her friend’s beer as he became more erratic.
She and others responded by holding him down until police arrived at the scene.
Laura said the man was clearly intoxicated and likely on drugs. However, instead of being arrested for his actions, he was taken to the hospital and released just hours later. Laura said she was just one of the women harassed by the man, with other reports indicating a mother and her daughter were also victimized.
He then returned to the swimming area and harassed Laura and her friends once again. The police arrived again and banned the man from the swimming area.
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Laura C. said she filed a complaint for sexual harassment against the man.
“It was the first time I ever saw this man,” said Laura C., who added that “the police should not have let him free again.”
Now, she says she is afraid to go out alone due to the incident.
“I want to get out with a clear conscience and not think about things like that,” she stated. “It’s a free public space, and one should have respect for other people.”
Laura said she plans to contact a victim support center and tells other women to watch out for themselves.
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Bruno Retailleau, the president of France’s centre-right party Les Républicains (LR), has outlined a tougher immigration platform as he seeks to win over right-wing voters, especially National Rally (RN).
In an interview with the right-wing magazine Valeurs Actuelles, Retailleau argued that immigration has become a liability rather than an asset for France.
“Immigration is not an opportunity but a burden; it costs us far more than it brings us,” he said.
Retailleau argued that “Africa’s future lies not in Europe, but on the African continent”.
He rejected the idea that climate change could justify large-scale migration to Europe or “serve as a pretext for a change in civilisation”.
The LR leader also reiterated his support for holding a referendum on immigration. He did not, however, specify what question would be put to French voters.
Calls for referendums on immigration have become morecommon across Europe. In Switzerland, voters were recently asked to decide whether to cap the country’s population at 10 million through the so-called “Sustainability Initiative” which was ultimately rejected by 54 per cent of voters.
He vowed to push for changes to EU rules so that humanitarian or territorial visas would only be valid in the member state that issued them.
“As for birthright citizenship, I’m in favour of abolishing it,” he said arguing that birthright citizenship was based on the assumption that immigrants and their children would assimilate into French society.
“That process no longer works,” he explained.
The former interior minister also vowed to “drastically reduce” family reunification and tighten access to France’s welfare system.
“Similarly, I will put an end to automatic benefits for foreigners arriving in France: they will have to wait five years of legal residence and employment to be eligible,” he said.
Many of Retailleau’s proposals echo long-standing positions advocated by the National Rally, particularly on welfare eligibility and immigration controls, suggesting ahis n effort to appeal to voters on the Right of the political spectrum.
He also appeared to leave the door open to future parliamentary cooperation with the RN. If elected President, Retailleau said he would have “no objection” to National Rally lawmakers supporting his reforms on immigration or criminal justice.
Since taking over the leadership of Les Républicains, the successor to the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) founded under former president Jacques Chirac, Retailleau has been pushing to steer the party in a more hardline direction on immigration, identity and law and order.
An Australian woman is on trial for criticizing males who attempt to breastfeed. Jasmine Sussex was sued by trans-identified male Adrian “Jennifer” Buckley for alleged “vilification” after raising concerns online about biological males attempting to “chestfeed” newborn babies.
The conflict originated in 2019 when Buckley, a paramedic, posted on Facebook about inducing lactation in order to breastfeed his infant son. At the time, while Buckley’s wife was still pregnant, he publicly shared that he was taking hormones to grow breasts and explained: “For the past six weeks I have been taking a drug called domperidone to increase prolactin in an attempt to be able to produce breast milk so that I can have the experience of breastfeeding.”
Sussex subsequently made a series of public social media posts criticizing men’s attempts to breastfeed or “chestfeed,” as it is occasionally called: to induce lactation via the use of drugs and hormones in order for a male to nurse an infant. Sussex condemned the practice as “experimental” and at times, a “dangerous fetish,” to which Buckley took offense.
Sussex, a mother of three children, was formerly a volunteer breastfeeding counselor with the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) for nearly 20 years, where she assisted new mothers in inducing lactation and breastfeeding their babies. However, Sussex was dismissed from her role with the ABA in 2021 after pushing back against the adoption of “gender neutral” language in breastfeeding care.
Specifically, the ABA said that she had “overused” words such as “mother” and “mum” during consultations, though the ABA has since denied ever disciplining a counselor for using those terms.
In November of 2023, Sussex was officially notified by the Queensland Human Rights Commission that she was being investigated as a result of a complaint lodged by Buckley, who accused her of vilification and discrimination under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, which was amended in 2013 under the Gillard government to include provisions regarding “gender identity.”
“I am a transgender woman who, under medical supervision was able to induce lactation and was able to feed my child breast milk for a very brief time in 2019,” Buckley wrote in his 2023 complaint.
A man participated in an article in which he claims he breast fed his newborn child. A breast feeding counsellor responded with disgust and alarm. Now she is being sued for villification by that man. Yesterday there was a hearing to determine whether evidence on the material…
“Jasmine Sussex is a gender critical (GC) Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF). She didn’t agree with the ABA’s Decision to be supportive of LGBTQI families, specifically Transgender Parents and did not agree with the use of gender inclusive language,” Buckley’s initial complaint read. “I also shared this experience on a Facebook post for the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) page in 2021 on mothers’ day and was met with mostly praise and support except for Jasmine Sussex, a ABA counsellor at the time.”
Adrien “Jennifer” Buckley. Photo supplied by Buckley to The Daily Mail in 2022.
Buckley then went on to reveal that he was at least partially responsible for Sussex having been let go from her role with the ABA after he lodged a formal complaint against her.
“[Sussex] had made a post to the ABA, stating that I was a man pretending to be a woman. I was notified by other counsellors about her behaviour and was encouraged to put in a formal complaint which I did. She would later be terminated as a counsellor for the ABA. Since being let go, she has become increasing, hurtful, hateful, defamatory, vilifying, and discriminating towards transgender people both adult and children, and using public rallies and twitter as well as You Tube to promote her hate.”
In 2023, Sussex spoke to Reduxx about the ABA’s decision, and said, “I was sacked for. … ‘Engaging in Sectarian Controversy’ in breach of the ABA constitution,” she explains. “In other words, continuing to talk about the dangers of gender identity ideology for mothers and babies, including how men were forcing their way into the breastfeeding relationship by attempting to induce lactation.”
The ABA received a $20,000 grant from Rainbow Families in 2021 in order to develop a “trans-inclusive” booklet titled Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding and Human Milk Feeding, which the ABA currently sells on its website for $15. The booklet cautions that “transgender parents” may feel excluded from “women-only spaces,” such as mothers’ groups or breastfeeding support groups “if they do not pass as female.” It further advises that the “feeding experience” should be “affirming” for such individuals.
According to the 2023 complaint, Sussex first became aware of Buckley’s attempts to breastfeed his son after coming across an interview he participated in with The Daily Mail the previous year. Buckley was dissatisfied with how he felt he was represented in the article and was successful in having it pulled; however, archived versions of the article continued to be shared among women who criticized the practice as harmful to the infant.
Additionally, Buckley cited a social media post made by women’s rights group Standing for Women Queensland in May 2023. The post, which Sussex shared, published the archived version of The Daily Mail interview with Buckley in a critical light. In his complaint, Buckley stated that he had reported the post and Sussex’s comments to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant.
EXCLUSIVE: Two women in Australia have received Twitter notices advising them that they violated Australian law after they posted criticism of a trans-identified male who induced lactation to "breastfeed" a baby.https://t.co/S1pce4Sctr
As previously reported by Reduxx, Sussex and Standing For Women Queensland (SFWQ) were both contacted by Twitter (now X) on May 16, 2023, with the platform informing the two accounts that specific content they had posted would be censored to Australian users in order to comply with Australian law.
Twitter sent two emails to each user, the first explaining that the platform had received “official correspondence” from a“government entity or law enforcement agency” which had claimed that their content had violated Australian law. A second email was sent shortly after to each user advising them that the content was going to be withheld in Australia.
Sussex had one tweet withheld, while SFWQ had five tweets censored in total. All of the content referred to Buckley and criticized him for his attempts to breastfeed his son.
Buckley further cited, as evidence of vilification, that Sussex had spoken with Reduxx after being censored by the Australian government. As Reduxx is not under the jurisdiction of the country’s eSafety Commissioner, Buckley is unable to have the article taken down.
“Jasmine and the page owner of Standing for Women Queensland spoke to an independent news site called Reduxx, claiming that they had been censored by the government, even though it was due to cyber abuse,” Buckley wrote in his initial complaint. “In the article, both talked as if I had done harm to my wife and child with Jasmine referring to me as a man and using male pronouns. Jasmine always calls me a man or male.”
As the case against Sussex progressed, her legal team called on five expert witnesses to provide testimony on the various issues presented by male chest secretions being fed to infants. Among them: a pediatrician, a leading midwife, and a bioethicist. The witnesses testified that secretions produced by males who induce lactation via the use of hormones appear to be of lesser quantity, and quality, than the breastmilk naturally produced by nursing mothers. Lawyers representing Sussex presented medical evidence to the court last week arguing “biological males” could only produce “sweat or pus” from their chest.
According to Stephanie Bastiaan of Women’s Forum Australia, doctors at the hospital where Buckley was receiving estrogen and domperidone were “reportedly warning Buckley that attempting to feed the newborn baby from Buckley’s chest could put the child at risk.” Ignoring the advice from medical professionals, “Buckley signed a waiver and pursued it within the first hour of the baby’s birth while Buckley’s wife was being treated for a haemorrhage.” However, he would later claim that he stopped trying to “chestfeed” the infant within days of leaving the hospital due to a short supply of “milk.”
Despite Sussex’s criticism of attempts to breastfeed by men constituting a risk to infants, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) determined that Buckley’s legal team did not have to provide medical evidence regarding the chemical makeup of the fluid given to his baby, and stated that it was not of relevance to whether Sussex had vilified him in her social media posts.
In a January 13 decision, QCAT member Peter Bridgman referred to Buckley with feminine pronouns, and stated, “Whether or not Ms Buckley received the medical treatment, the nature and effects of the treatment, the composition of various bodily fluids and the qualifications and experience of those working with her are not elements of the alleged vilification… [Buckley’s] recent medical treatment is simply not relevant to the matter.”
During a QCAT hearing on June 24 appealing that decision, Buckley’s legal representative Kathleen Foley said they would not be advancing a case on the makeup of the liquid produced by his chest, whether it qualified as “lactation,” and whether or not there was medical supervision involved in the process.
Despite Sussex being investigated for vilification over comments linking male “breastfeeding” to sexual fetishism, Buckley has on multiple occasions claimed that women become sexually aroused when nursing infants. He has since deleted the posts, though concerned women have saved and shared screenshots of his remarks.
In April last year, Buckley said on X, “Natal women do experience arousal while breastfeeding. It’s nothing to be ashamed off [sic] and normal. Doesn’t make them evil.”
For his part, Buckley has used social media to vilify his critics as “TERFs”, a slur frequently used by trans activists against detractors, and particularly against women who criticize gender identity ideology. The acronym stands for “trans exclusionary radical feminist” and has repeatedly been used to call for the censorship of, and violence against, women who refute the idea that men can become women. In June 2025, Buckley boasted that he “ended up making more breast milk” than his wife was able to produce, which he claimed “pisses off TERFs.”
Sussex told Reduxx that her primary motivation for questioning the legitimacy of male “chestfeeding” is the health and safety of babies.
“I’m very lucky to have compassionate, pro-bono lawyers and some wonderful world renowned expert witnesses to support the tribunal in understanding the marvelous maternal capacity to nourish our young. But being pursued through protracted litigation by a fixated activist is hard going on my well-being and resilience,” Sussex said. “I struggled to suppress spontaneous tears during the recent medical records appeal listening to my barrister explain my many concerns for the harms from male attempts to lactate not least the disruption of the loving bond between mother and her nursing baby.”
Fun Fact that pisses off TERFs. My wife made comment that I ended up making more breast milk than she did, and when I think about it, that was so true.
She added: “The attack on mothers by some men who claim to be women, or worse mothers, leaves me feeling physically grief stricken. It is the mothers alongside their babies in these broken relationships who compel me to stand firm and repeat again: No, men cannot breastfeed.”
The incident occurred on Sunday at the Marzili lido’s ‘Paradiesli’ area, a female-only nudist section at the riverside complex in Bern |Freibad Marzili – Google Maps
A European capital has apologised to a biological man who was removed from a women-only nude bathing section at a popular swimming spot.
On Sunday, the trans bather was turfed out of the “Paradiesli”, a female-only nudist section at the Marzili lido in Bern, Switzerland.
Fellow bathers questioned why the transgender swimmer was there, claiming she did not appear to be biologically female.
Other swimmers came to her defence as tensions escalated at the site.
The swimmer is said to have refused to leave the area.
Lido staff were unable to defuse the confrontation and had to call the police.
According to those supporting the trans woman, officers used “rough physical force” to push him to the ground before placing him in handcuffs.
The swimmer was detained at a police station for around two hours and later spent the night in hospital.
“The police operation was disproportionate,” witnesses claimed.
Officers gave a different account, saying the trans bather had actively resisted and ignored multiple requests to get out of the women-only zone.
Police also said bystanders had interfered with their operation.
An officer was allegedly assaulted by an unidentified person during the incident, the force revealed.
Authorities in Bern have now revealed the biological man was, in fact, entitled to use the facility under current regulations.
“All persons who identify and live as women have access,” the city said.
Officials said calling police was the wrong decision.
The city has committed to ensuring staff receive clearer guidance on the rules to avoid similar situations.
Switzerland introduced legislation in 2022 allowing anyone aged 16 or older to change their gender through self-declaration at a civil registry office.
Requirements vary by region, with some areas asking for medical certification of their transgender identity or evidence of hormone treatment.
In December, a Swiss musician was convicted of hate speech after making a gender-critical post on social media.
Emanuel Brunisholz wrote on Facebook : “If you excavate LGBTQI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex] people after 200 years, you will only find men and women among the skeletons; everything else is a mental illness that was fostered by the curriculum!”
After refusing to pay a 500 Swiss francs (£460) fine for discrimination and incitement to hatred, he spent 10 days in prison.
Mr Brunisholz wrote on social media: “I am fully prepared to go to prison, if that is what it takes to expose the absurdity and authoritarianism of the trans ideology that has now taken root in Switzerland.”
Pope Leo XIV named Archbishop Richard Moth as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Northampton after its ordinary, Bishop David James Oakley, was charged with two counts of sexually assaulting a minor earlier this month.
On June 30, Pope Leo appointed Archbishop Moth, who currently serves as the archbishop of Westminster and the head of the Church in England and Wales, to temporarily lead the Diocese of Northampton as Bishop Oakley faces criminal charges. On June 24, Oakley, 70, was charged with two counts of rape of a girl under age 16 after being arrested last fall.
“I am humbled by the trust which His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has placed in me by assigning me this mission as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Northampton, in addition to my ministry as the Archbishop of Westminster,” Moth said in a statement after the appointment.
“I ask those whom I am called to serve to pray for me, that the Lord will continue to give me His spiritual guidance and wisdom needed to fulfil these duties,” the archbishop added.
Oakley is scheduled for a hearing at Cannock Magistrates’ Court on August 14.
Last week, the Catholic Diocese of Northampton confirmed the charges “after an investigation into non-recent safeguarding allegations,” calling the case “very distressing for all concerned.” However, the diocese said it could not comment further due to active legal proceedings.
Oakley is reportedly a “popular and energetic bishop who has been a strong supporter of synodality and has encouraged every parish to have a pastoral council,” perThe Tablet. He serves as an episcopal adviser for Catholic Charismatic Renewal in England and Wales.
In October, the Diocese of Northampton stated that the bishop had “taken a leave of absence for personal reasons.”
The next month, Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham said that “Such a withdrawal from public ministry does not constitute Bishop David’s removal from office as Bishop of Northampton, nor does it in any way imply guilt.”
