In the first three months after it became legal, at least 28 New Zealanders have been assisted in dying. After two-thirds of Kiwis (65.1%) voted it through in the 2020 referendum, the End of Life Choice Act went into effect on November 7, allowing qualified terminally ill New Zealanders to choose to end their lives.

'End of life choice act': 28 assisted deaths in first three months of new law

Colombian Victor Escobar sent a heartfelt message before his death by euthanasia on Friday (January 7). He became the first Colombian to be euthanised despite not being in a terminal condition.

'We will meet again': 60-year-old becomes first in Colombia to undergo euthanasia for non-terminal illness

French movie director Francois Ozon tackles the thorny issue of euthanasia in his latest movie at the Cannes Film Festival, with a story of two sisters grappling with their sick father`s desire to end his life.

French film in Cannes follows a family's tussle with euthanasia

Lawmakers in Spain have passed a law to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. Can a person end their own life to escape pain? WION's Palki Sharma asks - Can the inevitability of death be preponed?

Gravitas: Can a person end their own life to escape pain?

Spain's parliament voted through a law legalising euthanasia Thursday, becoming one of the few nations to allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their own suffering.

Spain legalises euthanasia, assisted suicide

Spain's parliament is expected to give final approval to a law legalising euthanasia. It will allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their own suffering.

Spain: Country poised to legalise euthanasia, assisted suicide

Ana Estrada on Tuesday won a historic battle over the right to die in Peru - a Roman Catholic country where euthanasia remains illegal. Confined to her bed, Estrada told Reuters that she feels "happy and content" about the decision after the government decided against appealing a court ruling which recognised her right to die.

Peruvian woman wins historic battle over 'right to die'

Portugal parliament is expected to pass a law that will allow medically assisted euthanasia. The law, if passed will make Portugal fourth country in Europe to legalise euthanasia.

Portuguese parliament to vote on euthanasia legalisation

New Zealanders overwhelmingly supported legalising euthanasia in a referendum held on October 17, preliminary data showed. However, vote on permitting recreational cannabis set to fail with 53 per cent opposing the move, as per the initial data.

New Zealand: Euthanasia gets immense support, suspense on marijuana continues

Facebook has blocked a terminally ill French euthanasia campaigner from livestreaming his own death. Alain Cocq, who has been suffering for 34 years from a rare and incurable degenerative disease, has stopped taking food, drink or medicine, and says he wants his death to be seen to help persuade French authorities to lift a ban on medically assisted suicide.

Facebook blocks livestream of euthanasia campaigner's death

A court in Germany has said that a 2015 law banning professional assisted suicide was "unconstitutional". Also Read: New Zealand parliament backs euthanasia referendum Assisted suicide services are no longer banned in the country.

German court overturns ban on assisted suicide

Portugal's lawmakers on Thursday approved a set of bills aimed at decriminalisation of euthanasia amid protests from religious groups. Also Read: New Zealand parliament backs euthanasia referendum The vote was approved with 127 votes in favour, 86 votes against and 10 abstentions in the 230 member Parliament as several hundred Portuguese protested outside the House.

Portuguese lawmakers take first step to decriminalise euthanasia amid protests

The decriminalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide is a step closer to becoming a reality in Portugal after lawmakers approved a set of bills on Thursday (February 20), a move applauded by many but opposed by religious groups and conservatives.

Pro-euthanasia bills get green light in Portugal, negotiations ahead

New Zealand lawmakers narrowly backed a plan Wednesday to hold a referendum on legalising euthanasia alongside next year's general election. The proposal to put the issue to a public vote passed 63-57 during a heated late-night debate in parliament.

New Zealand parliament backs euthanasia referendum

Terminally ill Australians can for the first time apply to end their own life after new laws went into effect in the state of Victoria Wednesday. The country's second most populous region made voluntary euthanasia legal under closely specified circumstances, a first for the country.

Euthanasia becomes legal in the Australian state of Victoria

The switching off from Monday of the life support for a Frenchman who has been in a vegetative state for 10 years comes after a six-year legal dispute between his relatives, which rekindled the country's heated debate over euthanasia.

France's six-year battle over a man's life support

Goodall will receive voluntary euthanasia at a clinic in Basel, Switzerland

Australian academic David Goodall leaves for Switzerland to end his life

The farmers said they were not being paid remunerative prices for their crops or adequate compensation for their land acquired by the government

91 Maharashtra farmers write to Governor, seek euthanasia

Historically, various religions have also practised this form of euthanasia.

Opinion: Passive euthanasia brings in a new wind of change

India, for over a decade, had been debating whether or not patients suffering from incurable terminal disease be given the right to say no to life support systems

Factsheet: A look at legality of euthanasia across the globe

With apex court's move, it gets important to throw light on other terms that most of us may come across in association with euthanasia

Euthanasia debate: Key terms you need to know

The SC said the right to a dignified life extends up to the point of having a dignified death

Opinion: Euthanasia - dignified death to a dignified life

Narayan Lavate (88) and his wife Iravati (78), who have no children and say their siblings are also no more, are of the view that keeping them alive against their wishes is a 'waste of the country’s scarce resources as well as theirs'

Elderly Mumbai couple ask to end lives, say they are 'waste of country's scarce resources'

While working as a nurse in a hospital at Mumbai, Aruna was attacked by a ward boy, Sohanlal Bhartha Walmiki in 1973, following which she remained in a vegetative state for the next 42 years until her death in 2015

Euthanasia and Aruna Shanbaug: The case that started it all

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