The head of the Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas has ended his life through an assisted death, the group has said. Internationally there has been a significant shift in attitudes towards assisted dying in the nearly three decades since Dignitas was founded. France recently voted to allow some people in the last stages of a terminal illness the right to assisted dying. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and Austria have all introduced assisted dying laws since 2015. About 1,900 people from the UK are members of Dignitas, including the TV presenter and assisted dying campaigner Esther Rantzen.

Source: The Guardian November 30, 2025 17:48 UTC