Prosecutors in Milan have asked for
charges to be dropped against right-to-die campaigner and
activist Marco Cappato in relation to the assistance he provided
to two Italians in committing assisted suicide in Switzerland
last year.
The treasurer of the association Luca Coscioni and candidate in
the Monza by-election for the Senate seat left vacant by the
late Silvio Berlusconi had reported himself to police in Milan.
In July 2022 he accompanied terminally ill Elena Altamira, 69,
to the Dignitas clinic in Zurich and then in November he
accompanied 82-year-old Romano, a former journalist and
copywriter who was confined to bed by a severe form of
Parkinson's.
Although assisted suicide is still formally illegal in Italy a
Constitutional Court ruling has provided the basis for some
regions to allow lethal drugs to be taken by some patients
wishing to end their lives.
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