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Advocacy groups suspend use of 'suicide capsule' pending Swiss criminal probe into its first use

Advocacy groups have suspended applications for the suicide capsule, which had over 370 applicants, due to a criminal investigation into its first use in Switzerland.
Florian Willet, the president of The Last Resort in Switzerland, is in pretrial detention, as reported by the group and Exit International.
On the day of the woman's death, Swiss Health Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider stated that the use of the Sarco would not be legal.

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Swiss probe into woman’s voluntary death causing advocacy groups behind ‘suicide capsule’ to suspend its use

Advocacy groups behind a “suicide capsule” announced Sunday they have suspended applications to use the device until authorities in Switzerland complete a criminal investigation into a woman’s voluntary death from its first use. The president of Switzerland-based The Last Resort, Florian Willet, is being held in pretrial detention, according to the group and Exit International, an affiliate founded in Australia. Both organizations advocate for t…

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Swiss probe into woman's voluntary death causing advocacy groups behind 'suicide capsule' to suspend its use

Advocacy groups behind a "suicide capsule" announced Sunday they have suspended applications to use the device until authorities in Switzerland complete a criminal investigation into a woman's voluntary death from its first use.The president of Switzerland-based The Last Resort, Florian Willet, is being held in pretrial detention, according to the group and Exit International, an affiliate founded in Australia. Both organizations advocate for th…

5 months ago·New York, United States

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Newser

Use of 'Suicide Capsule' Suspended After Arrests

Advocacy groups behind a so-called suicide capsule said Sunday they have suspended the process of taking applications to use it—which numbered over 370 last month—as a criminal investigation into its first use in Switzerland is completed, the AP reports. The president of Switzerland-based The Last Resort, Florian Willet,...

5 months ago·Miami, United States

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The Epoch Times

Advocacy Groups Suspend Use of ‘Suicide Capsule’ Pending Swiss Criminal Probe of Woman’s Death

Advocacy groups behind a so-called suicide capsule said Sunday they have suspended the process of taking applications to use it—which numbered over 370 last month—as a criminal investigation into its first use in Switzerland is completed. The president of Switzerland-based The Last Resort, Florian Willet, is being held in pretrial detention, said the group and Exit International, an affiliate founded in Australia over a quarter century ago. Swis…

5 months ago·New York, United States

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WION

Advocacy groups behind 'suicide' pod in Switzerland suspend its use. Know why

Advocacy groups in Switzerland behind a so-called suicide capsule said on Sunday (Oct 6) that they suspended the process of taking applications to use it - as an investigation into its first use in the country was completed. A report by the news agency Associated Press said that the president of Switzerland-based The Last Resort, Florian Willet, was being held in pretrial detention.

5 months ago·Noida, India

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Use Of Sarco 'Suicide' Pod Suspended Amid Swiss Criminal Investigation

Advocacy groups behind the controversial ‘Sarco' suicide pod have suspended applications for its use, pending a criminal investigation into its first deployment in Switzerland. The decision comes after a 64-year-old American woman died using the device. At least 371 applications submitted till September 23 will remain on hold until the conclusion of the probe. Florian Willet, president of The Last Resort, a Switzerland-based advocacy group, is c…

5 months ago·New Delhi, India

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