by Guy Mettan, freelance journalist, Geneva
(3 October 2021) In her editorial last Sunday [12 September], Ariane Dayer talks about a “Swiss secret” and asks why so many Swiss people hesitate to get vaccinated. An excellent question... to which she was careful not to answer. She contented herself with saying that we “should try to understand”.
The following is a statement from Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the end of a four-day trip to Afghanistan
(23 September 2021) Kabul (ICRC) – The scars of war last generations. Destroyed buildings can one day be rebuilt, but shattered limbs do not regrow. Children re-live trauma long after the bomb blasts subside. Family members killed leave a permanent void.
by Thomas Scherr
(20 September 2021) Time and again, governments of influential states “punish” other states. The “punishments” often consist of banning trade for certain things or restricting exports and imports. This may involve food, medicines, financial transactions or technical parts. But what do these measures, known as “sanctions,” mean for the population?
(23 August 2021) SARS-COV-2 is a new type of virus that should be taken seriously and can lead to severe illness and death in people with weakened immune systems and previous illnesses depending on working, social and living conditions.
However, the pandemic measures of the German federal government, some of which are scientifically controversial and some of which cannot be justified, cause enormous damage: to the health of the population, especially to children and young people, to the health system itself, to precarious dependent employees and sole self-employed people, to single parents, to isolated old people, to the economy.
by Soma Hegedős*
International debate has surged around the new anti-pedophilia bill adopted by the Hungarian parliament. In reality, this controversy seriously undermines our view not just of sexual and gender minorities, but also of human rights and freedom.
On the Euthanasia debate
by Martin Korden,* Bonn, Germany
(13 July 2021) edit. In the morning devotion printed here, German theologian Martin Korden describes in a few words the far-reaching consequences of the euthanasia debate.