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July 21, 2024
Press Button To Die -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 the oxygen inside it with nitrogen, causing death by hypoxia. It would cost $20 to …
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
‘Tesla of euthanasia’ death capsule that kills in seconds
Tesla of euthanasia’ death capsule that kills occupant in seconds to be used for first time
The case fills with nitrogen to starve the occupant of oxygen, rendering the patient unconscious before they die – but the capsules have been criticised by pro-life campaigners
A ‘death capsule’ designed to carry out assisted suicides is due …
June 16, 2024
New Revised Lethal Salts Chapter
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 …
June 11, 2024
Execution by nitrogen hypoxia not headed for widespread adoption
Execution by nitrogen hypoxia not headed for widespread adoption as bills fall short and nitrogen producers object reports Dakin Andone at CNN with Micah Green/Reuters.
The day after Alabama carried out the first-known US execution using nitrogen gas, its attorney general sent a clear message to death penalty states that might want to follow suit: …
June 1, 2024
Alejandro Vasquez Indicted for Importing Suicide Drug
CHICAGO — A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted a Mexican resident on drug charges for allegedly illegally importing the drug pentobarbital into the United States from Mexico for use in committing suicide.
The indictment followed a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Chicago investigation.
A superseding indictment returned May 28 in U.S. District Court in Chicago …
April 14, 2024
Belgium’s Cutting-Edge Debate
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 …
March 17, 2024
Princess Di used as Click Bait by Right to Die France Youth Group
Friends of Princess Diana have reacted with anger and revulsion after a ‘vile’ advert used her fatal car crash to promote euthanasia.
The sickening campaign shows a picture of a mangled car in a tunnel with the caption: ‘Diana. She did not choose her death… in 2024, we should have the choice.’
It provoked an …
March 2, 2024
Poison seller tied to suicide forum tracked down by BBC
By Angus Crawford and Tony Smith
A Ukrainian man selling a poison thought to be linked to at least 130 UK deaths has been identified by the BBC.
Leonid Zakutenko advertised his services on a website promoting suicide and he told an undercover reporter he sent five parcels a week to the UK.
He has …
February 26, 2024
Man took assisted dying drugs meant for someone else
A man who took a voluntary assisted dying substance intended for someone else was found dead at home by his adult daughter, an inquest has heard.
“I thought he was asleep in the chair. I put my arms around him. He was cold,” the woman said.
The Coroners Court in Brisbane on Tuesday opened the …
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