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May 27, 2024
Swiss Clinic Pegasos Apologises for Failures
As the debate around assisted dying gains pace in the UK, a clinic in Switzerland has apologised to the family of a man who took his own life without them knowing. ITV News UK Editor Paul Brand reports A clinic in Switzerland which helps hundreds of people to die each year has apologised to the […]
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May 12, 2024
Dutch Court Prosecution is Blamed for the Death of Loek de L.
This obituary was originally published in the newsletter of Cooperation Last Will organisation in the Netherlands. The author is Hans Peltenburg. Seven members of this group are currently being prosecuted for supplying sodium azide amongst themselves to their members. One of those being prosecuted was Loek de L. So now there are six… Loek died […]
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May 1, 2024
93 Year Old Sentenced to 9 Years Jail for Murdering his Elderly Wife
By Elizabeth Byrne Canberra’s oldest killer will die in custody after he was sentenced to nine years in jail for the murder of his wife by the ACT Supreme Court on Monday. Donald Morley, 93, pleaded guilty after suffocating Jean Morley, 92, in her bed in July last year. It was the last act in […]
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April 21, 2024
Prosecutor Demands Prison Sentences in Middel X Case
Six (former) members of Coöperatie Laatste Wil have been given prison sentences ranging from 30 to 6 months in the mega criminal case concerning the distribution of suicide powder Middel X. The public prosecutor is seeking a single acquittal, against former board member Petra de Jong. The prosecutor has painted a picture of ‘profound idealism’: […]
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April 14, 2024
A Public Debate about Tired of Life in Belgium?
In Belgium this week, the Chairman of the health fund, Christian Mutual, Luc Van Gorp, has said that those who feel that their life is complete, should be able to end it. In an interview with the Belgian newspaper, Nieuwsblad, Luc Van Gorp said that he wants people at the end of their lives to […]
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April 8, 2024
The Meaning of Life in an Eclipse by Philip Nitschke
In 2002 during the filming of Janine Hosking’s documentary, Mademoiselle and the Doctor, Exit founder Philip Nitschke got to experience a total eclipse in the Australian outback. Hosking used the occasion to ask Philip about his religious beliefs and what the eclipse meant to him.
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