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“Torture persists and is making a comeback”

This content was published on Jun 26, 2012 During the Argentine military dictatorship of the late 1970s and early 1980s Méndez was arrested and subjected to 18 months of torture by the ruling military junta. He was released under pressure from Amnesty International, which secured his expatriation to the United States. swissinfo.ch: How do you view the situation in Syria? Juan E. Méndez:…

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Treating post traumatic stress disorder

This content was published on Jun 26, 2012 Treating post traumatic stress disorder

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Is green growth possible?

This content was published on Jun 25, 2012 Can new technologies stop the exploitation of raw materials and create jobs at the same time? Or hasn’t technological progress always been aimed at increased spending? (Cars today are more fuel efficient but the average trip by car has become longer). Is it possible to achieve progress?

Swiss-funded school doubles as cyclone shelter

This content was published on Jun 25, 2012 A clump of aquatic vegetation is wound around the propeller. The motor, designed for a tractor, sputters. Three feeble revs are followed by silence. The pleasant rustling of the leaves in the wind can be heard. In the palm trees on the riverbank, a small bird begins to sing. Then another crank, and the motor…

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Asylum protest after move to tighten laws

This content was published on Jun 24, 2012 The protest came just over a week after the House of Representatives backed a series of measures including cutting social benefits to asylum seekers, restricting family asylum rights and creating special centres for “uncooperative” asylum seekers. Saturday’s protestors marched from Bern’s train station to parliament, with a representative of the forum for the integration of…

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Shifting freight traffic to rail proves daunting

This content was published on Jun 24, 2012 Rail transport absorbs two-thirds of the freight traffic crossing the Alps every year. Despite the government’s efforts, its market share is not increasing, nor is likely to in the foreseeable future. Swiss voters accepted the Alpine Initiative in 1994, sending a clear signal as to what future policy on transportation was to be. The resulting…

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Swiss see only “some progress” in Rio+20 accord

This content was published on Jun 23, 2012 The conference ended on Friday with a watered-down agreement that largely reaffirmed goals of the original 1992 Earth Summit but removed contentious proposals many activists said were needed to prevent serious environmental crises. “This is an outcome that makes nobody happy. My job was to make everyone equally unhappy,” said Sha Zukang, secretary-general of the…

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A bird’s-eye view of the Alps

This content was published on Jun 23, 2012 Lenarcic shot more than 100,000 aerial photos in three years. “To properly grasp the unique, interconnected nature of the Alps, you have to observe its majestic summits from up high,” he says.

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Jihadist websites and traffickers on police radar

This content was published on Jun 21, 2012 Presenting its annual report for 2011, the office said on Thursday it had launched several investigations against operators of websites containing scenes of extreme violence, instruction manuals on violence or cases of incitement to commit violent acts. Switzerland has not been a target of acts of terror and there is no evidence to suggest that there…

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What are your retirement plans?

This content was published on Jun 21, 2012 It’s not easy to stop working and leave your colleagues behind. If you are getting ready for this important phase of your life, what are your hopes and fears? How will you go about your daily life? And how could this change affect your family and social life? Tell us!

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