Euthanasia

Gyanvapi case: Why has a Hindu petitioner sought President's nod for euthanasia?

Rakhi Singh, the lead plaintiff in the Gyanvapi Masjid case fighting for the daily right to worship at the Varanasi mosque, has written a letter to President Droupadi Murmu seeking permission for euthanasia. She has also accused the other four women petitioners and their lawyer of defaming her

Noor Jehan: The ailing elephant in Pakistan who may be euthanised

The 17-year-old African elephant underwent emergency treatment for a tumour in Karachi on 5 April, but collapsed days later and has since lain stricken on its side

Netherlands to allow euthanasia for children below 12: Which other countries legalise assisted dying?

The Netherlands has planned to expand its euthanasia rules for terminally ill children under 12 suffering ‘unbearably and without hope’. It is the second country in the world after Belgium to allow doctors to assist in the death of kids of all ages

France's Emmanuel Macron opens way to potential assisted dying legalisation

Macron's intervention marks a welcome change on an issue close to his heart, after facing months of protests over a massively controversial pension reform

French director Jean-Luc Godard dies by assisted suicide: What is it? Where is it legal?

Assisted suicide is regulated in Switzerland where Jean-Luc Godard lived as a virtual recluse and permitted if offered without a selfish motive to a person with decision-making capacity to end their own suffering. France lets doctors keep the terminally ill sedated but stops short of allowing it

Woman withdraws plea in Delhi HC to stop friend from travelling abroad for euthanasia

The lawyer appearing for the petitioner apprised the bench of Justice Yashwant Varma that he had instructions to withdraw the petition after she got to know that her friend was deeply traumatised by the filing of the case

Woman moves HC to stop close friend to travel abroad for euthanasia: What the rules in India say

A Bengaluru-based woman has filed a plea in the Delhi High Court to stop her friend from travelling to Switzerland for euthanasia. The case has once again reignited the debate on the practice of 'mercy killing' which is not legal in India

Delhi: Woman files plea in HC to stop friend from travelling abroad for euthanasia

In her plea, the petitioner has sought a direction to the Centre not to grant emigration clearance to her friend, in his late 40s and suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

‘Allow me euthanasia if demand not met’: Chhattisgarh CM's father writes to President over ballot papers

Bhupesh Baghel's father Nand Kumar Baghel urged President Ram Nath Kovind to issue an order to conduct elections using ballot papers in place of EVMs in the larger interest of healthy democracy

'God does not like to see people suffer': Colombian man ends life under new euthanasia policy

Colombia depenalized assisted death in 1997, and in July 2021 a high court expanded this 'right to dignified death' to those not suffering from a terminal illness