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September 15, 2026
Assisted dying campaigner plans ‘Swiss pop-up advice office’ in UK
Philip Nitschke, an Australian former GP, said many Britons had lost confidence that assisted dying would ever be legal in Britain reports Sanchez Manning, Social Affairs Correspondent
A right to die campaigner says he plans to open a “pop-up office” in London to advise Britons on going to Switzerland for assisted suicide.
Philip Nitschke, founder …
September 7, 2026
New, Swiss-Style Group Emerges in US
September 2026 – PPeH Update No. 2
This week, a new Swiss-style organisation has emerged.
The one point of difference is that this group is in New York, not in Basel or Zurich.
But the services offered are much the same, as is the price tag.
The business model is innovative as the group seeks …
August 30, 2026
Doctor behind first legal VAD welcomes new law
Reports ports Jane Bardon
VAD passed in parliament on Thursday night after all NT government cabinet members, and a majority of backbenchers, voted the bill through.
In short:
Dr Philip Nitschke, the first doctor to help a terminally-ill patient access legal voluntary assisted dying, has welcomed the NT passing VAD laws.
He has questioned the …
August 23, 2026
Top India court allows passive euthanasia
New Delhi, India – In a crowded ward of New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India’s premier public hospital, a mother sits quietly beside her 29-year-old son, Piyush Singh*.
Diagnosed with stomach cancer a year ago, Singh has already undergone five rounds of chemotherapy.
He now lies in the hospital’s palliative care …
August 16, 2026
Law on assisted dying wins constitutional approval in France
France’s Constitutional Council on Friday approved a law creating a right to assisted dying, removing the last major legal obstacle before the measure can be enacted and implemented.
France’s top constitutional authority has upheld the country’s new assisted dying law, clearing the way for President Emmanuel Macron to promulgate the measure within 15 days.
The …
August 11, 2026
Assisted Dying Advocate Predicts Irish Government Won’t Legislate
Reports James Wilson for News Talk
An advocate of assisted dying and former TD has said he does not believe that the practice will be legalised within the lifetime of the current Dáil.
In 2024, just a few months before the General Election, a Special Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying called for the Government …
July 11, 2026
Why is Euthanasia Increasing in Netherlands?
Why is euthanasia increasing? Study points to aging population, assertive patients, and a healthcare system falling short’ by Christiaan Pelgrim.
Over the past 25 years, the number of euthanasia cases in the Netherlands has risen sharply — from around 2,000 to roughly 10,000 per year.
In relative terms, euthanasia accounted for 1.6% of all deaths …
July 5, 2026
Swiss Court Rules No Legal Privilege in Sarco Case
This week, the Swiss Federal Court ruled that a lawyer and his employee, at a prominent Zurich law firm, who was retained by Exit for legal advice with regard to the first use of the Sarco in the canton Schaffhausen in September 2024, are co-accused in the matter and, as such, professional lawyer-client privilege does …
June 13, 2026
Supreme Court Blocks Alabama From Executing Inmate Using Nitrogen Gas
The Supreme Court blocked Alabama on Thursday night from using nitrogen gas to execute a convicted murderer, rejecting a last-minute appeal by state officials after lower-court judges found that the method was “likely unconstitutional” in this case.
The Supreme Court’s decision was unsigned and included no reasoning, which is typical in such emergency rulings. Dissent …
May 29, 2026
Poison Seller Linked to nearly 150 Deaths around the World
Law, who pleaded guilty in connection with 14 deaths in Ontario, is not charged elsewhere reports Thomas Daigle of CBC News.
Products sold by Kenneth Law are linked to the deaths of nearly 150 people around the world, including the following people.
The new estimate is based on information requests and interviews with families, as …
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