Civil Liberties
UK-based membership of the Swiss assisted dying centre Dignitas has grown by 50% in the last five years, new figures show. In 2024, there were 2,231 members of non-profit Dignitas (full name DIGNITAS – To live with dignity, die with dignity) compared to 1,430 in 2019. Membership – a prerequisite to having an assisted death… Read more »
Tom Gordon MP has put forward an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill to reduce the deadline for the Government to introduce assisted dying from four years to three. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision have welcomed the amendment. The first draft of the Bill set the maximum time the Government could take… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Protestors return to anti-nuclear camp Anti-nuclear campaigners returned to their post yesterday following a successful appeal court ruling against a “no camping” bylaw which threatened their famous women’s peace camp. The bylaw prohibited “camping in tents, caravans, trees or otherwise” near the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Aldermaston, Berkshire. The ban was… Read more »
By Ian Dunt David Miliband is facing searching questions about his statement to the Commons on Thursday concerning the case of Binyam Mohamed. Earlier in the week, two High Court judges said they could not publish their full summary of the case because Foreign Office counsel told the court the US had threatened to stop… Read more »
