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The "MeToo" movement has flooded the pages of news with cases of sexual abuses against women. But not one has pick the theme of the abuse of women against men, destroying their life and families with false accusations.
Why not to talk about their ordeal produced by jealousy, regrets, and mental disorders so often exposed by the accusers
1)The conformity of the moral character of modern Swiss society with Christian morality.
2)Attitudes of Swiss people towards the official views of the government on a number of issues, e.g. :
a)social policy b)foreign policy d)interethnic relations e)attitudes towards the church f)priority of gender relations in relation to the Christian foundations of society. etc.
1)Соответствие морального облика современного общества Швейцарии христианской морали.
2)Отношение швейцарцев к официальной точке зрения правительства по ряду вопросов, например :
а)социальной политики б)внешней политике г)межнациональным отношениям д)отношения к церкви е) приоритете гендерных отношений в отношении христианских устоев общества. и т.д.
Let's have more discussion on the importance of living in a free and fair society where ideas and the free flow of information are absolutely essential. Let's also remind ourselves that suppressing views, curtailing freedom of speech and acting in the interests of an elite few, is a path to tyranny.
Journalists and media outlets must also remind themselves of their duty to be objective, report both sides of every story and to ensure that people have enough information to make up their own minds and opinions.
I didn't see so much of that from Swissinfo in 2020.
The new system adopted by SWI is broader, but also a bit convoluted and less usable than before. Previously, almost every article could be commented on, but now it's more complex, and too many times we get caught behind "comments on this article have been disabled" (!) - And why? Do they annoy? Or does the topic seem too delicate? Or is there a fear of "politically incorrect"? Mah.. In the future, I hope for more transparency, at least as much as before.
As for the issues, one should finally have the courage to highlight EVERY human rights violation, whether it comes from the East or the West or whatever. I note, for example, that on Guantanamo and other questionable American affairs, there is an immediate outcry for scandal, while on China (!), Russia or even the Middle East, little is said as soon as the fear arises of being unbalanced in criticizing areas dear to the left (especially China!). The West, which unfortunately now pretends to do business only with a totalitarian country like China, which systematically violates human rights (!) should finally have the courage to denounce it, especially since it was admitted in the WTO: we trade ONLY with countries that respect human rights: Period!
Il nuovo sistema adottato dalla SWI è più ampio, ma anche un po' contorto e meno fruibile di prima. In precedenza, quasi ad ogni articolo si potevano apporre dei commenti, mentre ora è più complesso e troppe volte ci si trincera dietro "i commenti a questo articolo sono stati disabilitati" (!) - E perché? Danno fastidio? Oppure il tema appare troppo delicato? O si teme il "politically incorrect"? Mah.. In futuro, spero in una maggiore trasparenza, almeno pari a quella di prima.
Quanto alle tematiche, si dovrebbe avere finalmente il coraggio di mettere in rilievo OGNI violazione dei diritti umani, che provenga da Est o da Ovest o altro. Rilevo ad es. che su Guantanamo e altre discutibili faccende americane, subito si grida allo scandalo, mentre che su Cina (!), Russia o anche Medioriente, si parla poco non appena sorge il timore di essere sbilanciati nel criticare ambiti cari alla sinistra (soprattutto Cina!). L'Occidente che purtroppo pretende ormai di fare solo affari con un paese totalitario come la Cina, che viola sistematicamente i diritti umani (!) dovrebbe finalmente avere il coraggio di denunciarla, tanto più che fu ammessa nel WTO : si commercia SOLO con paesi che rispettano i diritti umani: Punto!
less censorship
Fully with you
I clicked newest first so the screen shows oldest first!!! ???
Also since you removed my last comment under my user name, Suze, I would like to suggest or request once again that when sending emails with responses please cite the article, preferably with the link, to which they refer.
Thanks for letting us know of these issues! We'll look into them and try to improve the experience.
Ask the editors to stop editing my comments. They currently chop out offending sections and what is left often does not make sense. Instead, send me a message what is unacceptable, and I'll re-write it myself so that it can be approved. Sometimes I wonder if I've broken a rule, or just offended a particular editor with my opinions.
You could cover more how the coronavirus affected human rights, and when they will come (hopefully) back.
Thanks for this suggestion! We strive to cover issues surrounding human rights especially through our coverage of International Geneva and those working on human rights issues there. Here's a recent opinion piece out of Geneva that addresses the topic of Covid-19 and human rights: [url]https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/do-people-still-care-about-human-rights-/46218270[/url]
When sending emails about responses to a comment please can you provide the title of the discussion thread and/or the link. With the number of debates and comments it is very time consuming to scroll through a number of debates and all the comments to find the original comment and the response.
Thanks for this suggestion, we will work on implementing it!
This new system does not allow for spontaneous lively and interesting discussion following articles but rather a short collection of random comments. It rather defeats the object of commenting.
Please may we have up to date information on the new government covid directives from Alain Berset presented this afternoon. Now, today, not tomorrow or days later. They affect us all. Thank you.
You can always find the latest news on the Covid directives on our latest news page, here: [url]https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/latest-news[/url]
Or in our running story on the topic, here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/covid-19_coronavirus--the-situation-in-switzerland/45592192
They had not been published at the time of posting my comment, hence the reason for my comment. The information is important to readers and its publication sometimes tardy.
I agree with Max. More "happy news" - there is too much gloom and doom nowadays. Plus more local, not international news. Also, like other readers, I'd like the feedback per article to be open again. But not as restrictive. If I comment negatively on the LBTGXYZ community, or about this country, for example, it's my opinion and should not be so strictly controlled. If it's obviously racist, sexist, homophobic, for example, then give me the chance to re-write it, rather than simply deleting my comments without any feedback on what rule I broke. The rules change so fast nowadays that freedom of speech is not so free any more.
I would give you an upvote in agreement but the button is not working, :-)
In a way, your new platform reminds me of the cooking of my mother who once would frankly admit that she did not enjoy it. Nothing really wrong with the meals, except one thing – a lot of the same and the preparation lacking spicing and enthusiasm.
Here is is my wish list for this year. Publish more articles that are pleasant to read and do inspire readers to write their comments. Reviving the cartoons series would also add some spices. The pandemic has very unpleasant consequences and, beyond doubt, you have to keep your audience up to date on the latest pertinent developments. Maybe you have heard about the positive thinking theory. For myself, the consequence was to avoid people who are always complaining and have totally lost their sense of humor. For example, when it is pouring with rain, I say to myself: “Great, enough water for the next shower”...
Thank you for your feedback! We're working hard to bring you many interesting, surprising and hopefully also pleasant and inspiring stories in the new year. You mentioned stories about cartoons - here is our latest on that topic: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/2020---a-lonely-but-golden-year-for-swiss-cartoonists/46239556
Thank you for your reply. Good to know that the cartoons are back. The link about News In Brief that you indicated to another reader is very useful - added to bookmarks. Thanks to your newsletters I have read a number of interesting articles. The Front and Focus pages would not have been as helpful because they contain mostly static items. Presumably this was not the intended purpose and some design changes would be a good idea, would it not?
Thanks for your feedback, glad we could help on a few points. The front page is regularly refreshed, and the content of the focus pages changes when there is a significant development to the story, or more content to add. We also frequently add more focus pages on a variety of topics.
Hello.. At first, we wish you health and safety at the beginning of the new year.. Only two topics are of concern to the whole world these days and we hope that it will be passed away from all sides. First, the COVID-19 pandemic: We want to cover the issue of vaccine and the stages of development of the epidemic, where has the forgotten treatment issue become, and where is the role of Swiss pharmaceutical companies in this aspect? Second: the economy — The extent of its impact on the lives of citizens in the light of the pandemic? What Swiss measures are needed to get rid of economic decline domestically and globally. Thank you for everything and good luck.
مرحبا.. في البداية نتمنى لكم الصحة والسلامة في بداية العام الجديد.. موضوعان فقط يشغلان كل العالم هذه الأيام ونتمنى أن توفوه حقه من كل الجوانب. أولا: جائحة كوفيد -19: نريد أن تغطوا مسألة اللقاح ومراحل تطور الوباء وأين أصبحت قضية العلاج المنسية وأين دور شركات الدواء السويسرية في هذا الجانب؟ ثانيا: الاقتصاد.. ومدى تأثيره على حياة المواطن في ظل الجائحة؟ وماهي الإجراءات السويسرية اللازمة من أجل التخلص من التراجع الاقتصادي محليا وعالميا. شكرا لكم على كل شيء ونتمنى لكم التوفيق.
Thank you and in turn we wish you good health. As for the two proposed topics, we have followed them since the beginning of the pandemic and we are continuing, of course. Follow us regularly and search our archives carefully and you will see that these issues are almost never absent from what we publish periodically. It remains that the issue is usually related to the time available and the size of the available human resources.
شكرا لك وبدورنا نتمنى لك تمام الصحة والعافية. بالنسبة للموضوعين المقترحين، قمنا بمتابعتها منذ بداية الجائحة ونحن مستمرون بطبيعة الحال. تابِعْنا بانتظام وابحث جيدا في أرشيفنا وسترى أن هذه المسائل لا تكاد تغيب عما ننشره دوريا. يبقى أن المسألة عادة ما ترتبط بالوقت المتاح وحجم الامكانيات البشرية المتوفرة.
Unlike many of those who made comments here, I think Swissinfo.ch does a very good job. In particular, I like the thoughtful approach and would be very sorry if SWI reverted to the breathless "urgent" presentations found in traditional online newspapers. Also, making previous articles available when they are relevant to the subject is helpful (to me, at least).
Thank you for your kind feedback!
Best wishes for a safe and happy new year.. Thank you for your efforts over the past years, and I hope to find extensive reports, analysis and dialogues on topical issues in various Arab and international capitals, especially Palestine, by developing specialized political angles.
With appreciation,
Mohammed Rantisi
أطيب الأمنيات بعام جديد آمن وسعيد.. شكراً لجهودكم على مدار السنوات الماضية، وأتمنى أن نجد تقارير وتحليلات وحوارات موسعة حول قضايا الساعة في مختلف العواصم العربية والعالمية، وفي مقدمتها فلسطين، باستحداث زوايا سياسية متخصصة.
مع التقدير،،
محمد الرنتيسي
Thank you and happy new year. We certainly care about current issues, but in our own way and from Swiss perspectives or those related to Switzerland. Your proposal to create “specialized political corners” is not possible now. Although half a year ago we created a special section called “Issues in Focus” (https://www.swissinfo.ch/ara/focus). We invite you to review it and contribute opinion and comment.
شكرا لك وكل عام وأنت بألف خير. نهتم بقضايا الساعة بالتأكيد ولكن بطريقتنا الخاصة ومن زوايا نظر سويسرية أو على علاقة بسويسرا. أما اقتراحك باستحداث "زوايا سياسية متخصصة" فليس واردا الآن وإن كنا قد استحدثنا قبل نصف عام قسما خاصا تحت مسمى "قضايا تحت المجهر" (https://www.swissinfo.ch/ara/focus) ندعوك للاطلاع عليه والاسهام بالرأي والتعليق.
Thank you for the coverage in 2020 and I hope to enrich the tourist content more. There are beautiful villages in Switzerland that need highlights.
شكرا لكم على التغطيات في سنة ٢٠٢٠ واتمنى اثراء المحتوى السياحي أكثر توجد قرى جميلة في سويسرا تحتاج من يسلط عليها الضوء ..
You're always welcome. It is true that we do not care much about tourism-related issues for reasons related to the priorities of our institution's editorial line, but Swiss villages are not absent from our comprehensive coverage of many vital areas. Thank you for your interest.
مرحبا بك دائما. صحيح أننا لا نهتم كثيرا بالمسائل ذات الطابع السياحي لأسباب ترتبط بأولويات الخط التحريري لمؤسستنا ولكن القرى السويسرية لا تغيب عن تغطيتنا الشاملة للعديد من المجالات الحيوية. شكرا على اهتمامك.
Peace be upon you. I ask you to open an investigation into the conditions of foreign workers in the offices and houses of Arab missions and embassies, especially under the cover of diplomatic immunity, which has become the immunity of slavery and tyranny in the country of freedoms, and thank you.
السلام عليكم. أرجو منكم فتح تحقيق حول ظروف العمال الاجانب في مكاتب وبيوت البعثات والسفارات العربية خاصة تحت غطاء الحصانة الدبلوماسية التي أصبحت حصانة العبودية والاستبداد في بلد الحريات، وشكرا.
Thank you for your suggestion. Actually, we touched on this topic on more than one occasion (here you find an example: https://bit.ly/356Udkx). We may get back to him at another chance if it takes. Why not?
شكرا على اقتراحك. فعلا، تطرقنا إلى هذا الموضوع في أكثر من مناسبة (هنا تجد مثالا على ذلك: https://bit.ly/356Udkx). قد نعود إليه في فرصة أخرى إن تطلب الأمر ذلك، لم لا؟
On a French version comments were always closed, not every topic gets a discussion option to it. In the end questions are transformed to exclude sertain answers. Overall agree with everyone who asks for comment section return and making comments available under all articles. So many political ones were closed for comments. Like one about how army man were to help with covid and how greatly organizational went with their arrival, which was a huge lie. For 2 days they were driven around, on a first day they were outside on their bags form 11 in the morning till 1 at night, to wake up at 5 in a morning for another move because they just called everyone and later thought about food, shelter and etc.
Thanks for your feedback; we certainly take on board users' desire to be able to comment on more articles. This is the direction we are heading in with our comment strategy, and the reasons why we have made the recent changes: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/changes-at-swi--we-want-to-hear-about-your-expertise-and-experiences/45948524
We need more up to the minute news rather than repeating articles that appeared days before. Of course, more in-depth coverage on Covid and its effects on life here is a priority. Governmental updates on all topics that affect citizens are key to our being informed too. T As an artist, I would like to see more articles on expat artists and their work here, particularly since many are impacted by Covid. We need the media's support. Thank you for what you already provide us. It's very valuable.
Thanks for your feedback; you can find our constantly updated news coverage here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/latest-news
You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here. Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.