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... In the 1960s, when the first right-to-die organizations began helping terminally ill people end their lives in Switzerland, the Swiss gave broad support to a practice widely viewed as a personal choice. Backed by the world's most liberal right-to-die laws, assisted-suicide groups have since then quietly helped thousands kill themselves. Lately, the increasingly controversial activities of Dignitas and its founder, Ludwig Minelli, are pushing even the famously tolerant Swiss too far, prompting calls for changes in the nation's assisted-suicide law. Mr. Minelli has long played the agent provocateur of Switzerland's right-to-die movement, most notably because his group helps the...

Christian Human Rights Lawyer Still Missing One Year Later Contact: ChinaAid Media Office, 432-553-1080, media@chinaaid.org    MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 23, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- A year ago, the brother of persecuted Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng went to the attorney's apartment, where he was under house arrest in China's Shaanxi province, only to discover him gone. To this day, no one knows where he is. Photo: Gao Zhisheng For 23 days, Gao evaded authorities, sneaking into the neighboring province with two sympathizers. Then, Shaanxi officials crossed the border and found him hiding. They whisked Gao into custody and...