Voltaire escapa à censura

Voltaire doit se retourner dans sa tombe. 264 ans après l'écriture du Fanatisme ou Mahomet le Prophète, des musulmans voudraient clouer le bec de son auteur défunt: Voltaire. Hier soir, une lecture de cette tragédie, proposée par le metteur en scène Hervé Loichemol, a eu lieu à Saint-Genis-Pouilly, en France voisine. Et ce malgré la demande d'annulation formulée par plusieurs associations musulmanes du Pays de Gex et par la Mosquée de Genève qui jugent la pièce «blasphématoire». En 1994, lors du tricentenaire de la naissance du philosophe des Lumières, les villes de Genève et de Ferney-Voltaire avaient renoncé à soutenir la pièce que proposait M. Loichemol. Sa présentation n'avait pu se faire. Cette fois, la municipalité de Saint-Genis-Pouilly a refusé «au nom des principes laïcs de la République» que «des pressions religieuses viennent contester une programmation culturelle». [...]

Ver notícia no Le Courrier

Pode ser a cidade mais liberal da Europa - mas se for gay é melhor ter cuidado

When the editor of one of America’s leading gay magazines visited the world’s gay capital a fortnight ago, he assumed that he would be safe.

But as Chris Crain, editor of the Washington Blade, was walking hand in hand with his boyfriend near one of the gay districts in Amsterdam, two men standing on a street corner spat at his face. He stopped to ask why, was called a “fag” and suddenly the two youths turned into seven.

Surrounded, Mr Crain was kicked to the ground by the gang and ended up in hospital with a broken nose and badly bruised face.

His attackers were Moroccan youths, blamed by Dutch gay rights groups for a disturbing rise of gay-bashing, as conservative Islamic culture clashes with Dutch liberalism. [...]

Ver notícia no jornal Times

A implementação de códigos de ética na Alemanha: o caso da Wal-Mart

In June 2005, a German local labour court ruled against parts of Wal-Mart's code of conduct for employees in Germany. The code of conduct, similar to the one implemented at stores in the United States, was found by the court to contradict German labour laws. The ruling could have far-reaching effects for U.S. companies with staff in Germany. So-called “codes of conduct” or “codes of ethics” are standard in U.S. corporate culture and increasingly common in Europe. The judgement sets a precedent for the implementation of business ethics codes in Germany. [...]

Ver artigo de Ingebjörg Darsow