It is a testimony of rare intensity that Charles Biétry delivered, in Seven to EightSunday January 26, 2025. The journalist suffering from Charcot's disease lost the use of speech and accepted that his answers to Audrey Crespo-Mara's questions be transcribed using artificial intelligence. Once again, he recalled his right and his desire to die with dignity. “It's already hard to die, but to die badly is a double punishment“, he said first before adding: “to suffer in the depths of a hospital bed, to suffocate, to no longer have the slightest exchange with those you love and who are sad to see you hoping for death while knowing that there is no way out, it's hard“Today, the journalist can no longer speak, and has great difficulty moving around. Eating is also difficult for him.
Charles Biétry: “Going to commit suicide in Switzerland is not my end-of-life dream”
“When we hear on television those who campaign against us who want to leave with dignity or simply choose in complete freedom, it is despicable. A law will give serenity in freedom“, he said again. “I am waiting for the deputies to vote for this law unanimously and for me to be able to wait for death peacefully without being a burden for my loved ones..” Before seeing the hope of this law, he said to himself that he would go to Switzerland, where assisted death (…)
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