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February 26, 2024
Canada’s assisted dying laws in spotlight as expansion paused again
Canada’s assisted dying laws in spotlight as expansion paused again Canada has one of the highest rates of euthanasia in the world, with 4.1% of deaths aided by doctors, but moves to make it more accessible are being questioned. When Canada’s justice minister announced plans to legalise medically assisted dying nearly a decade ago, she […]
February 18, 2024
Going Together
Last week, former Dutch Prime Minister, Dries van Agt died at his home in Nijmegen. His wife Eugenie died alongside him. These deaths have sparked significant international media coverage, making much mention of the fact that they died holding hands. Both were 93 years. Both were very ill. Despite much of the reporting, the chances […]
February 17, 2024
Calling all Swiss Exit Supporters to Join our Committee
News Alert With the use of the Sarco now imminent the time has come to activate our new Swiss association. We are, therefore, calling all Swiss supporters to get involved. We are calling for expressions of interest for Committee Members (but only if you are Swiss – a stipulation of Swiss law). We are also […]
January 31, 2024
Distraught mother warns other families about ‘Cowboy Clinic’ Pegasos
A 47-year-old schoolteacher with no diagnosed illness paid more than £10,000 to die at a Swiss suicide clinic – which then kept his death a secret from his family. The Mail on Sunday can reveal that chemistry teacher Alastair Hamilton told his parents he was visiting a friend in Paris when instead he was flying […]
January 26, 2024
Alabama Carries Out First U.S. Execution by Nitrogen
Alabama Carries Out First U.S. Execution by Nitrogen Alabama carried out the first American execution using nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, killing a convicted murderer whose jury had voted to spare his life and opening a new frontier in how states execute death row prisoners. The execution of the condemned prisoner, Kenneth Smith, 58, began […]
January 25, 2024
Alabama plans first nitrogen execution on lethal injection survivor
Alabama plans first nitrogen execution on lethal injection survivor reports the Washington Post. When Kenneth Eugene Smith enters the death chamber at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., on Thursday night, he will be in a place that is at once familiar and entirely unknown. Smith, 58, is expected to be placed […]