https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A surgeon who cut off a four-year-old boy’s penis during a circumcision operation that went wrong has been acquitted of causing bodily harm through negligence. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170419/geneva-doctor-acquitted-of-negligence-after-severing-boys-penis Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:20:33 +0200 geneva-doctor-acquitted-of-negligence-after-severing-boys-penis An expat living in the canton of Zurich was fined 1,350 francs ($1,480) for circumcising her son without getting approval from the child’s father, 20 Minuten newspaper reported online on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131118/mum-fined-in-zurich-for-circumcising-son Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:12:00 +0100 mum-fined-in-zurich-for-circumcising-son A Swiss hospital announced on Friday that it has lifted a moratorium on religiously-motivated circumcisions imposed in July in the wake of a court ruling in neighbouring Germany. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120813/zurich-childrens-hospital-lifts-circumcision-ban Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:28:09 +0200 zurich-childrens-hospital-lifts-circumcision-ban A new survey has shown that some 64 percent of Swiss think that religious circumcision should be banned. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120731/majority-of-swiss-want-religious-circumcision-banned Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:17:00 +0200 majority-of-swiss-want-religious-circumcision-banned A decision by a Zurich hospital to stop performing circumcisions is not finding any followers at other Swiss healthcare facilities. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120724/swiss-hospitals-shun-zurich-circumcision-ban Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:19:00 +0200 swiss-hospitals-shun-zurich-circumcision-ban Zurich University Children’s Hospital has decided to stop performing circumcisions in the wake of a controversial German court decision. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120720/zurich-hospital-halts-circumcisions Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:34:00 +0200 zurich-hospital-halts-circumcisions