An engineer who was left paralysed and disfigured after an acid attack allegedly carried out by his jealous ex-girlfriend died in a euthanasia clinic 15 months later having decided he could not face a life of pain. Read more >>
Continue reading UNITED KINGDOM: Man died in euthanasia clinic after acid attack, murder trial toldIn 2015, 965 Swiss residents used assisted suicide services in Switzerland, according to the latest figures from the Swiss statistics office. That’s up from 742 the year before and a remarkable rise on the year 2000 when only 86 people resorted to assisted suicide. Read more >>
Continue reading SWITZERLAND: Assisted suicide increasingly popular in SwitzerlandThe Dutch News reported that the number of reported assisted deaths increased by 10% in 2016 to 6091 reported assisted deaths, representing 4% of all deaths in the Netherlands. Read more >>
Continue reading NETHERLANDS: Netherlands 2016 euthanasia deaths increase by another 10%As reported by The Guardian News, the number of euthanasia deaths will exceed 7000 in 2017 representing, at least, a 67% increase in deaths since 2012. Read more >>
Continue reading NETHERLANDS: Euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands increasing quicklyThe number of people euthanised in the Netherlands this year is set to exceed 7,000 – a 67% rise from five years ago – in what has been described by the director of the country’s only specialist clinic as the end of “a taboo” on killing patients who want to die. Read more >>
Continue reading NETHERLANDS: ‘Any taboo has gone’: Netherlands sees rise in demand for euthanasia