October 6, 2014
British label Australia’s Dr Nitschke as ‘very dangerous’
By Paul Gallagher, The Morning Bulletin
The controversial Australian doctor who has opened a euthanasia clinic in the UK advising people on how to end their lives is encouraging people to visit his clinic “before they get too sick”. Dr Philip Nitschke said the arrival of his non-profit organisation Exit International, which held its inaugural event in London on Saturday, was […]
October 3, 2014
Cruel and Usual Punishment: Is There a Humane Alternative to Prison?
Prison time is a very severe punishment. John Stuart Mill likened it to being consigned to a living tomb. Any society that employs it should do so with care and restraint. Yet we do not. Partly because we think that prison is a humane punishment, it is drastically over-used in many countries, to the point […]
October 3, 2014
Call for prisoners with no release prospects to be given option of euthanasia
CHRIS UHLMANN: Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke has called for Australian prisoners, jailed with no prospect of release, to be given the option of euthanasia. It follows a decision in Belgium to allow a killer jailed for the rest of his life for horrific crimes to kill himself – assisted by doctors under Belgium’s controversial […]
October 3, 2014
Euthanasia campaigner Nitschke investigated over more deaths
Embattled euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke is being investigated by police in every Australian state over his possible role in nearly 20 deaths in the past three years, all of them apparently suicides. The latest investigation, by Victoria Police, concerns the death of a 55-year-old Geelong man who allegedly killed himself using a do-it-yourself kit […]
September 28, 2014
Euthanasia: A Rational Option for Prisoners Facing Torture of Life in Jail
Life in prison with no parole is tantamount to torture, and a civilised Australia shouldn’t support it. This is why we should follow Belgium’s lead, and help prisoners to die In 2007, at a bioethics forum at the University of Tasmania, I made what I thought was a fairly common sense statement: if the Port […]
September 28, 2014
Nitschke Faces Probe
By Julie-Anne Davies, The Sunday Age
September 28, 2014 Embattled euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke is being investigated by police in every Australian state over his possible role in nearly 20 deaths in the past three years, all of them apparently suicides. The latest investigation, by Victoria Police, concerns the death of a 55-year-old Geelong man who allegedly killed himself using […]
September 28, 2014
Australia’s Dr Death starts UK Suicide Club
By Stephen Adams for The Mail on Sunday
Australia’s Dr Death starts UK ‘suicide club’: Workshops and online guide will cause ‘endless tragedies’ Published: 08:15 AEST, 28 September 2014 | Updated: 08:15 AEST, 28 September 2014 Pro-euthanasia group Exit International was setup by Dr Philip Nitschke. The group has 1,000 UK members and has now opened a London office. Membership restricted to over-50s […]
September 24, 2014
Shakeup in Mexican Mail Order Nembutal
Reports received by Exit of the temporary closure of a major distributor of Mexican veterinary Nembutal have prompted an urgent revision on The Peaceful Pill eHandbook. Details of the Mexican changes will be published in the October 1st update and those considering using Mexico as the source of the premier euthanasia drug are urged to […]