Desmond Tutu: a dignified death is our right – I am in favour of assisted dying

Desmond Tutu: a dignified death is our right – I am in favour of assisted dying

Desmond Tutu says that the way his friend Nelson Mandela was treated towards the end of his life was an affront to his dignity. Photograph: Media24/Gallo Images/Getty

The manner of Nelson Mandela’s prolonged death was an affront. I have spent my life working for dignity for the living. Now I wish to apply my mind to the issue of dignity for the dying

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