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89 days ago

Ludwig Minelli founded the group in 1998, which has since helped thousands of people to die.

Ludwig Minelli, whose work had a lasting influence on Swiss law, founded the group in 1998

The head of the Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas chose to end his life through an assisted death, the…

Dignitas founder Ludwig Minelli has ended his life aged 92 at one of his own assisted dying clinics, just days before his birthday.

4 months ago

The 59-year-old's husband, Anthony, who was suffering from motor neurone disease, died at the Dignitas clinic in Zurich on December 5 last year.

9 months ago

Louise Shackleton is being investigated for taking terminally ill Anthony, 59, to Switzerland to assist his suicide, after he had suffered from motor neurone disease for six years.

10 months ago

A pensioner who was given a devastating terminal diagnosis and booked himself into Dignitas - before discovering he actually had a treatable condition.
Louise and Anthony Shackleton spent a 'peaceful' hour walking in the sunshine, taking in the views of the Alps and talking, before Mr Shackleton turned to his wife and said: 'It's time'.

11 months ago

Paola Marra, 53, had been struck with breast and bowel cancer and opted to end her life at the Dignitas clinic in March last year, using her final statement to call for a change in UK law to legalise…

12 months ago

After hearing that he may have just six months to live Peter Sefton-Williams realised he was too afraid to cope with the deterioration of his body.

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