Human rights

Sand, an overexploited resource at the heart of global tensions

This content was published on Sep 5, 2025 Sand extraction is not subject to any global regulation and has tripled in the last 20 years. In Geneva, a global observatory is tracking this still little-known phenomenon.

Federal Council wants counter-proposal to the Responsible Business Initiative

Global trade

Swiss government calls for counter-proposal to the Responsible Business Initiative

This content was published on Sep 3, 2025 Swiss government seeks to counter the Responsible Business Initiative with its own proposal.

Human rights

Newsletter Summer Profile: Stéphane Jaquemet, a life in humanitarian work

This content was published on Sep 2, 2025 Despite today's dangerous working conditions, Stéphane Jaquemet, who has dedicated his life to humanitarian work, says it's still worth it.

Former diplomats call on Switzerland to act

Foreign Affairs

Former diplomats criticise Switzerland’s silence on Gaza

This content was published on Aug 31, 2025 Former diplomats urge Switzerland to take concrete action over Gaza conflict.

On August 13, Roskomnadzor, the state media regulator, restricted calls on WhatsApp and Telegram, calling them “main voice services used to deceive and extort money, and to involve Russian citizens in sabotage and terrorist activities”

Foreign Affairs

Behind Russia’s digital Iron Curtain: how the West and Switzerland look online

This content was published on Aug 29, 2025 We demonstrate how Russia’s digital Iron Curtain works with and without a VPN. [Spoiler: Swissinfo’s website doesn’t load in the country without one.]

This photo taken on May 21, 2024 shows a destroyed house and burned trees following fighting between Myanmar's military and the Arakan Army (AA) ethnic minority armed group in a village in Minbya Township in western Rakhine State. Fighting has rocked Myanmar's western Rakhine state since the Arakan Army (AA) attacked the junta there in November last year, and according to the UN more than 100,000 people have been displaced by conflict in the state since then. (Photo by AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-CONFLICT-COUP-RAKHINE'

International Geneva

How digital evidence is reshaping UN investigations in Myanmar

This content was published on Aug 27, 2025 UN investigators are using digital evidence to document war crimes in Myanmar, from torture to airstrikes, but shrinking funds threaten the work.

Washington, Berne and others call for "humanitarian pauses

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland joins calls for humanitarian protection in Sudan

This content was published on Aug 21, 2025 Swiss dismay at deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sudan.

The Place des Nations square opposite the UN headquarters in Geneva often hosts events and political demos. In this photo, Russians protest against the war in Ukraine, March 2025.

International Geneva

Egyptian, Chinese and Russian dissidents tracked and threatened in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 19, 2025 Repression by autocratic states abroad is also happening in Switzerland, and the human rights hub Geneva is particularly exposed to this threat.

International Geneva

Egyptian repression targets journalist even in exile

This content was published on Aug 19, 2025 Surveillance, intimidation, threats: for years, Egyptian journalist Basma Mostafa has suffered reprisals from her country of origin.

Human rights

Dmitry Muratov: ‘I’m not afraid to live without hope’

This content was published on Aug 14, 2025 Dmitry Muratov, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, talks to Swissinfo about truth in the era of digital autocracies.

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