July 28, 2024
Sean Davison Arrested in the UK
On the eve of taking up his new position as head of Pegasos Swiss Association in Switzerland (a fact unknown to Exit), former Exit Swiss program coordinator, Sean Davison, has been arrested at his home in Bournemouth in the UK. Sean has been charged with assisting with the suicide of a UK woman (name withheld) […]
July 28, 2024
The Sarco Project Timeline
The Evolution of a New Idea Sarco Project began back in 2012 when a lawyer in the UK asked Exit International Founder, Dr Philip Nitschke, if he could design a machine that could be used by Tony Nicklinson who was suffering from locked-in syndrome. Philip’s first machine ‘the Deliverance Machine’ that was used in Australia […]
July 28, 2024
Sth African euthanasia activist arrested again in UK
South African euthanasia activist Dr Sean Davison has been arrested for the third time on charges of assisted suicide, this time in the UK. Davison was arrested on 15 July after accompanying a 79-year-old English woman to the Pegasos clinic in Switzerland, where she was assisted in suicide at her request on 29 June. Professor […]
July 28, 2024
First Use of Sarco Aborted
In July 2024, The Last Resort withdrew access to the Sarco for ‘Person X’. Person X had previously been expected to be the first person to use the device. The anticipated Sarco death of Person X (a mid 50s woman from the US) on 17 July has been permanently postponed. This withdrawal followed increasing concerns […]
July 21, 2024
“Press Button To Die” Switzerland To Soon Use Portable Suicide Pods
The person wishing to die must first pass a psychiatric assessment of their mental capacity. Zurich, Switzerland An assisted dying group expects a portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland, potentially within months, providing death without medical supervision, it said Wednesday. The space-age-looking Sarco capsule, first unveiled in 2019, replaces […]
July 7, 2024
CLW Activists Escape Jail Time
Two of the six former members of the Coöperatie Laatste Wil (CLW) were this week found guilty of distributing Middel X (sodium azide) amongst their members. According to a Dutch Court in the southern city of Arnhem, these six activists formed a criminal organisation to enable assisted suicide. All those charged were over the age […]
July 5, 2024
Canberrans want Good Deaths Regardless of State of Health
ACT citizens should congratulate Minister Tara Cheyne MLA and the ACT Legislative Assembly for passing the ACT’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024 in June 2024. It is a monumental achievement to achieve the most progressive voluntary assisted dying (VAD) law in Australia at the first attempt. It will give many Canberrans peace of mind knowing […]
June 16, 2024
June Peaceful Pill eHandbook Update
The June 2024 Peaceful Pill eHandbook Essentials update features a whole-of-chapter update on the Lethal Salts. The sale of sodium nitrite is currently in the headlines as the trial of Canadian former chef (and, according to Wikipedia, ‘sodium nitrite salesman’) edges closer. The number of alleged victims is increasing and the seriousness of the situation […]
