  Assisted suicide

The 25-year-old Noelia Castillo died by legal euthanasia in a Catalan hospice on Thursday. She had applied for the procedure two years ago, but her father had taken legal action to prevent it. Castillo, who had been placed in foster care by the state, had attempted suicide after experiencing traumatic sexual violence; she had been paraplegic ever since and suffered from chronic pain.

Slovenians rejected a new law on assisted dying in a referendum on Sunday. With a turnout of 41 percent, around 53 percent of those who cast their ballots voted against it. The law would have legalised assisted dying for terminally ill patients in certain circumstances. Conservative and religious groups campaigned against it.