May 26, 2024
Physically healthy woman, 28, dies by euthanasia over ‘crippling depression’
A physically fit woman has tragically ended her life through scheduled euthanasia due to severe depression. Zoraya ter Beek, 28, resided in a quaint village in the Netherlands near the German border and chose to end her life via assisted suicide. Zoraya, who lived with her partner and two cats, opened up to local Dutch […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’: […]
April 21, 2024
The Swiss Program History: Condensed
After joining Exit in December 2022, Sean Davison was eager to get started. However, his skills set was hard to place. After trying all manner of tasks, the fit remained frustrating, for him and for Exit. Sean would later put this down to being in the university all his working life. In his resignation letter […]
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 […]
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.
April 7, 2024
Cooperation Last Will Members’ Trial Begins 8 April
From the CLW Website: From 8 April, the fight for the right to a humane, self-determined end of life moves to the courtroom. This is a great opportunity to wake up politics, legislation and the rule of law that self-determination should not be a criminal offence. We should make it a right, not a court […]
