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Life and Death

  • 31 Oct 2006
    Life and Death

    Ekklesia has written about and been quoted on the issue of ‘disability’ abortions. Comments have also been made about frozen embryos, euthanasia and living wills.

  • 28 Jan 2012
    Holocaust Memorial Day marked across Britain

    Hundreds of events to mark Holocaust Memorial Day took place as part of the worldwide commemoration on Friday 27 January, with more this weekend.

  • 6 Jan 2012
    Doctors call for end to supply of execution drugs

    An international coalition of medical professionals has called on the pharmaceuticals company Hospira to prevent their products from being used in US executions.

  • 6 Jan 2012
    Assisted dying – ethical challenges

    Assisted suicide should be legalised for terminally ill people, according to the Commission on Assisted Dying, chaired and funded by advocates of legalising assisted dying. No doubt a commission set up by opponents would come to a contrary conclusion. Some will applaud the strict conditions proposed, others fear that such measures would in time lead to euthanasia on a wider scale.

  • 20 Dec 2011
    Europe blocks export of execution drugs

    The European Commission has announced that it is blocking the export of certain key lethal injection drugs which are widely used in US executions.

  • 12 Nov 2011
    Deaths of homeless people remembered at annual service

    The names of homeless people who have died over the last year in London have been read out at an Annual Service of Commemoration.

  • 3 Nov 2011
    Japanese religious bodies discuss suicide and 'voluntary death'

    A Japanese interfaith symposium has explored the attitudes of religious communities to suicide, including the meaning of the term "voluntary death".

  • 21 Oct 2011
    Libyans must seek justice after killing of Colonel Gaddafi

    Amnesty says it is essential to conduct a full, independent and impartial inquiry to establish the full circumstances of Colonel Gaddafi’s death.

  • 19 Oct 2011
    US supplier halts manufacture of execution drug

    The Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva is the latest firm to halt the manufacture of drugs used in US executions.

  • 12 Oct 2011
    Concern for imprisoned dissident blogger in Egypt

    War Resisters’ International says it is extremely concerned for the life of pacifist blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad in Egypt, imprisoned for sedition.