Montag, Dezember 15, 2008

Seht die gute Zeit ist nah... mit Musik von Traugott Wettach

Quelle: Badische ZeitungEMMENDINGEN (BZ). Die Evangelische Paulusgemeinde hat am Nachmittag des zweiten Advent zur Adventsmusik "Adventliches 2008" eingeladen. Es wurde eine Stunde, erfüllt vom Singen der 80 Kinder und Jugendlichen der drei Kinderchorgruppen und des Jugendchors.
(...) Es folgten zwei für das diesjährige Weihnachtsfest geschaffene Lieder "Vorweihnachtszeit" und "Auf den Inhalt kommt es an" mit Texten von Traugott Wettach und Musik von Jens Uhlenhoff, die einen Weg zu zeigen versuchen vom Vielerlei der Adventszeit zum Eigentlichen der Weihnacht. Die Gemeinde ließ sich auf diesen Weg mitnehmen durch das Lied "Seht, die gute Zeit ist nah".
(...) Gekonnt begleitet wurden sie von Angelika Kuen-Durando und Stella Maré Moritz, Flöten, Ute Wettach, Fagott, (...)

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Donnerstag, Dezember 11, 2008

Pierre Wettach in Gaza: Still no ICRC access to Gilad Shalit

Pierre Wettach (ICRC)It has been almost 900 days since the Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, was captured by Palestinian armed factions from Gaza. To date, the ICRC's attempts to visit him and to establish contact between him and his family have been unsuccessful. Pierre Wettach, the ICRC's head of delegation in Israel and the occupied territories, explains.

Q: What has the ICRC been doing to gain access to Gilad Shalit and find out what happened to him?

A: First, let me express once again our deep sympathy with Gilad Shalit's family. Because ICRC delegates around the world are in regular contact with families in similar situations waiting for news of their loved ones, we are acutely aware of the distress and anger they feel.

Since Gilad Shalit was captured by Palestinian armed factions on 25 June 2006, we have been working hard to obtain access to him. We have repeatedly reminded those holding him of their legal obligations, calling on them both publicly and through our direct contacts to treat him humanely.

The ICRC has repeatedly asked to be allowed to visit Gilad Shalit and to convey family messages to him. In early November, the ICRC requested that Hamas forward to him thousands of letters and greeting cards from various organizations, individuals and schoolchildren. Unfortunately, all these requests have been refused.

Although our attempts have so far been unsuccessful, we will continue to do everything we can to obtain information on Gilad Shalit's condition, to gain direct access to him, and to establish contact between him and his family. We would like to meet him in private to make an independent assessment of the conditions he is held in and of his state of health. (...)

Q: What problems does the ICRC face in its work on behalf of Gilad Shalit and other detainees and missing people?

A: There are limits to what we can do and to what international humanitarian law entitles us to do when it comes to visiting people in detention or to finding out what happened to people who go missing in an armed conflict.

In the case of Gilad Shalit, we deplore the fact that political considerations have outweighed humanitarian concerns, and respect for basic humanitarian principles, making it virtually impossible to help him or his family. (...)

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Dienstag, Dezember 02, 2008

Tanja Wettach legt auf Zypern und in Beirut auf

Tanja Wettach alias Tanja LaCorix, Quelle: 20min.chDie St. Galler DJane Tanja La Croix geht auf Reisen: Am Mittwoch fliegt sie nach Zypern, wo sie am Freitag in der Hauptstadt Nicosia auflegt.
Weiter geht es dann in den Libanon. In Beirut ist am Sonntag und Montag je ein Club-Set geplant. Tanja Wettach, wie die House-­DJane mit bürgerlichem Namen heisst, freut sich: «In unbekannten Ländern aufzulegen, ist immer aufregend», sagt die 26-Jährige, die schon in Sibirien und in China an den Plattentellern stand. Über ihre Erlebnisse wird sie ab Freitag auf 20 Minuten Online mit Tagebuch und Bildern berichten.
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