Euthanasia

Peanut gained tens of thousands of followers on Instagram, TikTok and other platforms in the more than seven years since Longo took him in after seeing his mother get hit by a car in New York City.

MAMI Review A Fly on the Wall: Nilesh Maniyar & Shonali Bose’s soul-crushing documentary freezes friend Chika Kapadia’s wilful death on film

MAMI Mumbai Film Festival: Late Chika Kapadia, who was also a standup comic, is full of life in a documentary on his assisted suicide following terminal cancer. Nilesh Maniyar & Shonali Bose's directorial premiered at Busan, showed in Mumbai and goes to Dharamshala.

Health Ministry proposes guidelines for withdrawing life support from terminally ill patients

According to the proposed guidelines, life support can be withdrawn if a patient is brain dead or if their prognosis indicates they are unlikely to benefit from aggressive treatment.

Psychologist becomes first person in Peru to die by euthanasia after years-long court battle

Ana Estrada fought for years in Peruvian courts for the right to choose to die, and became a celebrity in the conservative country where euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal.

Former Dutch PM, wife die 'hand in hand' by euthanasia

Former Netherlands prime minister Dries van Agt and wife Eugenie, both 93, had been in fragile health for some time.

'I'll finally be free': Woman, 23, to be euthanised in Australia. Her last wish is...

South Australia's legalization of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in January was a significant step towards providing compassionate options for individuals facing terminal illnesses.

Passive Euthanasia: Here's what Supreme Court’s new rules signify

In India, crucial Supreme Court judgments have established the constitutional validity of an Advance Medical Directive and Foregoing of Life Support but experts say that the procedure laid down earlier made the norm unworkable in situations in an ICU setting where decisions need to be taken under time-pressure

5 important constitution bench cases that will be heard in 2023

From WhatsApp’s privacy policy to the right to die, two constitution benches will hear a range of cases that have a bearing on fundamental rights.

Colombian man with non-terminal illness dies publicly under new euthanasia policy

"I suffer from my diseases, and I suffer watching my family suffer because of me," Victor Escobar had said in October, gasping for breath. He chose to die on January 7 -- a Friday, so it would be easy for relatives to go to his funeral on the weekend, his lawyer said.

Spain adopts euthanasia law despite conservative opposition

The bill was the result of a lengthy legislative journey that began three years ago and underwent several rounds of revision in parliamentary committees and in the Senate.

Frenchman to livestream death in right-to-die case

Alain Cocq, who suffers from a rare condition which causes the walls of his arteries to stick together, said he believed he had less than a week to live and would broadcast his death from Saturday morning

Passive euthanasia: Death is not always an enemy

The apex court has allowed passive euthanasia but wants strict guidelines to govern the process

Right-to-die movement sees gains as world ages

Right-to-die activists hope more countries will allow assisted suicide or euthanasia in coming years as the world population ages, but opponents are determined to stop them, a dispute that flared ahead of competing conferences in Switzerland.