right to die – World Justice News

Right-to-die cases no longer need court approval after landmark ruling

September 21, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Caroline Mortimer Doctors and relatives of patients with debilitating illnesses will no longer have to get court permission before withdrawing life support treatment, a high court judge has ruled. It means that if relatives […]

Terminally ill man in right-to-die fight

July 17, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Fergus Walsh The High Court is to begin hearing the legal challenge of a terminally ill man who wants the right to die. Noel Conway, who is 67 and has motor neurone disease, wants […]

Geneva: Brothers Go to Court to Prevent Assisted Suicide of Sibling

October 26, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Two men have filed a legal bid to prevent the Swiss assisted suicide association Exit from helping their older brother kill himself. The exceptional case is being heard by a civilian court in Geneva. An 82-year-old […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]