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Woman ‘almost immediately’ ended her life in controversial suicide pod, creator says

The 64-year-old died in the 3D-printed suicide capsule in the forests of northern Switzerland on Monday

The Independent UK

Switzerland opens probe into use of suicide booth

Police have detained several people over the death of a woman in Sarco suicide capsule.

Al Jazeera

Several people are detained in Switzerland in connection with suspected death in a 'suicide capsule'

Police in northern Switzerland say several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.”

The Independent UK

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Switzerland to ‘soon’ use first suicide pod for assisted dying

The pod was invented by the founder of Exit International, Philip Nitschke, who has been nicknamed ‘Dr Death’

The Independent UK

First Suicide Pod Use 'Soon' In Switzerland: Campaigners

An assisted dying group expects a new portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland potentially within months to provide death without medical supervision, they said Wednesday.

Latin Times

First Suicide Pod Use 'Soon' In Switzerland: Campaigners

An assisted dying group expects a new portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland potentially within months to provide death without medical supervision, they said Wednesday.

International Business Times

Australia's Dr Death fights for condemned killer in US

Australia's Dr Death has taken the stand in defence of a condemned man, warning US officials who botched his first execution could be about to do it again

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Last Cab to Darwin taxi recovered on Philip Nitschke's bush block to be assessed for NT museum

Max Bell was a 65-year-old taxi driver in outback New South Wales who was dying from stomach cancer. When the NT government decided to legalise euthanasia, he saw a way out.

ABC News

Author Charlotte Raven: ‘At this point of no return, assisted dying feels like the best solution’

The writer, who suffers from a degenerative disease, says experiencing first-hand the horrors of a failed palliative care system made her realise other options are needed

The Guardian - UK

Euthanasia advocates blast Territory Labor government over inaction on a vote before next NT election

Once a world leader on voluntary assisted dying, advocates say the Northern Territory is now lagging behind the rest of Australia.

ABC News

Doctor Philip Nitschke to lobby for progressive euthanasia laws in the Northern Territory, as others call for caution

Many people are asked by parents, "please help me die". But how much freedom and protection should the Northern Territory give to those ready to go under its planned assisted dying laws?

ABC News

Scientist calls for Scotland to back 3D printed 'do-it-yourself death pods'

Dr Nitschke has urged a Scots MSP to back the pods, saying "they lead to a peaceful, even euphoric death".

Daily Record

Outrage as scientist wants 'do-it-yourself death pods' to be installed in UK city

Australian former doctor Philip Nitschke launched the 3D printed Sarco pods in Switzerland in 2021 and the technology is now available to be used in the country's legal assisted suicide clinics

Daily Mirror

Renowned NYC musician dies by assisted suicide in Switzerland after having ‘completed life’

Anton Fier, 66, was a prominent figure in the New York music scene in the 1980s and 1990s, and had fallen on difficult times, friends said

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The Independent UK

Swiss assisted suicide clinic where Arizona sisters died faces legal threat from family of another American woman

Krista Atkins rejected her family’s concerns just before her death by suicide in June 2020

The Independent UK

Brother of assisted suicide sisters hits out at Swiss clinic that let them take ‘the easy way out’

Exclusive: Cal Ammouri says his sisters Lila Ammouri and Susan Frazier were cremated and asked to have their ashes ‘scattered over the countryside’ in Switzerland

The Independent UK

Arizona sisters who died by assisted suicide in Switzerland were ‘tired of life’

Lila Ammouri, 54, and Susan Frazier, 49, were suffering from medical ‘frustrations’ and decided it was ‘time to go’

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