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The Observer has revealed that 800 Britons, the majority of whom suffer terminal illness, are on the waiting list of Swiss suicide clinic Dignitas. Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland. In Britain, “anyone who aids, abets, counsels or procures someone else's suicide” is liable to fourteen years imprisonment.
The debate in Britain is a highly charged one for those who travel to Switzerland to help spouses and family members to die. This week, reports The Observer –“an influential group of peers, led by two former ministers in Tony Blair’s cabinet, will seek to end what they see as (an) outdated and inhumane situation”.
A conversation with investigative reporters Stefano Valentino and Giorgio Michalopoulos, who have dissected the dark underbelly of green finance for Voxeurop and won several awards for their work.
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