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Assisted suicide: Germany loses Strasbourg court case
BBC – European Court judges in Strasbourg have ruled against Germany in an assisted suicide case, saying a widower’s rights were infringed. Ulrich Koch challenged the German ban on actively helping someone commit suicide. His paralysed wife died after taking poison in Switzerland in 2005. The judges did not rule on the ban, but said the German courts should have examined Mr Koch’s complaint. On assisted suicide, the judges said it was up to individual nations to decide. Read Article
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