Swiss authorities detained Florian Willet, co-founder of The Last Resort, after a woman's death in a Sarco capsule.

Join us on Saturdays for deeper dives from our bureaus across Europe. ZURICH — For decades, Switzerland has been a place where people could find relatively uncomplicated ways to end their own ...

Switzerland has allowed assisted suicide since 1942 but the first death with the Sarco suicide pod has raised questions.

The mother-of-two, who said she had wished to die for 'at least two years' while suffering with a 'very serious illness involving severe pain', reportedly closed the lid of the pod without hesitation.

There are reports that the 64-year-old American woman who used the Sarco ‘suicide pod’ in Switzerland was found with ...

After a 64-year-old American woman took her own life for the first time with the "Sarco" suicide capsule in Switzerland, the president of the euthanasia organization "The Last Resort" is still ...

The Sarco suicide capsule is designed to allow a person ... the National Council that she considers the use of the Sarco in Switzerland to be illegal. 'The Sarco suicide capsule is not legal ...

First person to use Sarco suicide pod, 64, was 'found with strangulation marks': Boss still in custody over US woman's death in Swiss woodland https://t.co/EUHakLiAVT pic.twitter.com/8KLqwfEFot — ...

The woman is said to have travelled to Switzerland specifically to use the suicide capsule, local media reported. But her death has now raised a host of legal and ethical questions in ...