Newspaper Media
June 17, 2025
Solothurn Municipality of Nunningen shuts down Pegasos Swiss Association
Solothurn Municipality of Nunningen shuts down Pegasos Swiss Association according to Swiss newspaper, Blick. The [president of] Pegasos association [Ruedi Habegger], which specialises in assisted suicide, has never received permission to build for its activities in Nunningen. This is the conclusion reached by the public works department of the canton of Solothurn. For the past […]
June 8, 2025
Was the late Sarco euthanasia assistant Willet wrongfully held in custody in Schaffhausen?
Was the late Sarco euthanasia assistant Willet wrongfully held in custody for too long in Schaffhausen? Euthanasia assistant Florian Willet helped a woman take her own life using a suicide capsule, came under the scrutiny of the Schaffhausen criminal justice system – and then chose to take his own life. Now, documents are raising new […]
June 6, 2025
Euthanasia Advocate Dies in Germany
Dr. Florian Willet had been under investigation in Switzerland after being present when an American woman died using a so-called suicide pod. Florian Willet, a euthanasia advocate who was detained by Swiss authorities last year after being present when an American woman ended her life using a chamber-like device, has died. Mr. Willet’s death was […]
May 3, 2025
What would you do? Mothers & Dementia
Each week, hundreds of newspapers around the world publish reader feedback on a range of questions. Last week the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant asked ‘what would you do’ about your mother and dementia. This is what the readers said … My mother (over 80, highly educated) sometimes communicates in such a way that her children […]
March 30, 2025
Swiss clinic helps UK woman die without her family’s knowledge
Swiss clinic helps UK woman die without her family’s knowledge An assisted dying clinic in Switzerland has helped a British woman to end her life without informing her family, despite reportedly claiming to have changed its practices after a similar incident in 2023. Anne Canning, 51, from Wales, travelled to the Pegasos clinic near the […]
March 25, 2025
Euthanasia Trends Upwards in the Netherlands
Last year, a total of 9,958 euthanasia cases were registered with the review committees reports Eva Klute for de Volkskrant. This increase can be partially explained by the ageing population, but the number of euthanasia notifications also rose in relation to the total mortality rate: from 5.4 to 5.8 percent. There is no reason to […]
