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| Euthanasia doctor held at airport | Euthanasia doctor held at airport |
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| An Australian doctor travelling to the UK to hold workshops on euthanasia has been detained at Heathrow Airport. | An Australian doctor travelling to the UK to hold workshops on euthanasia has been detained at Heathrow Airport. |
| Dr Philip Nitschke was held under the immigration and asylum act after arriving from Australia on Saturday. | Dr Philip Nitschke was held under the immigration and asylum act after arriving from Australia on Saturday. |
| He plans to hold a workshop in Bournemouth, Dorset, on Tuesday to demonstrate his DIY suicide kit. | He plans to hold a workshop in Bournemouth, Dorset, on Tuesday to demonstrate his DIY suicide kit. |
| Dr Nitschke said it was a matter of free speech and that his detention said something about changes to British society which were "quite troubling". | |
| A spokeswoman for the Home Office confirmed that Dr Nitschke had been detained at Heathrow but would not comment further. | A spokeswoman for the Home Office confirmed that Dr Nitschke had been detained at Heathrow but would not comment further. |
| The doctor said he had been allowed into the UK to hold lectures before. | The doctor said he had been allowed into the UK to hold lectures before. |
| This is a very fundamental question of free speech - people want to know about this Dr Philip Nitschke | This is a very fundamental question of free speech - people want to know about this Dr Philip Nitschke |
| Dr Nitschke, who runs Exit International, told the BBC: "We've had ourselves searched and fingerprinted and now we have been told we will be formally interviewed, whether or not what the idea of what I propose would be in breach of British law. | Dr Nitschke, who runs Exit International, told the BBC: "We've had ourselves searched and fingerprinted and now we have been told we will be formally interviewed, whether or not what the idea of what I propose would be in breach of British law. |
| "I mean, this is a very fundamental question of free speech - people want to know about this. | "I mean, this is a very fundamental question of free speech - people want to know about this. |
| "This is an important cutting-edge social issue and to find people thinking about deportation because the message is supposedly so worrying says something about changes in British society which are quite troubling." | "This is an important cutting-edge social issue and to find people thinking about deportation because the message is supposedly so worrying says something about changes in British society which are quite troubling." |
| Alex Russell, the vicar of Pennington and chaplain of Oak Haven Hospice in Lymington, Hampshire, said: "I'm not happy about the views that he expresses or these so-called suicide workshops. | Alex Russell, the vicar of Pennington and chaplain of Oak Haven Hospice in Lymington, Hampshire, said: "I'm not happy about the views that he expresses or these so-called suicide workshops. |
| Lethal injections | Lethal injections |
| "But I would always defend someone's right to voice an opinion about something and to say controversial things. | "But I would always defend someone's right to voice an opinion about something and to say controversial things. |
| "The difficulty may be if people who are psychologically unable to think as clearly as they might, or people who are still quite young and forming their opinions, might be influenced by him inappropriately." | "The difficulty may be if people who are psychologically unable to think as clearly as they might, or people who are still quite young and forming their opinions, might be influenced by him inappropriately." |
| She added: "Clearly, if he is contravening a law then he has to be stopped. | She added: "Clearly, if he is contravening a law then he has to be stopped. |
| "As a hospice chaplain I have had contact with several patients who because of long-term chronic conditions have attempted to take their own lives. | "As a hospice chaplain I have had contact with several patients who because of long-term chronic conditions have attempted to take their own lives. |
| "In every case they have said afterwards that they are glad to be alive and they're glad it didn't work." | "In every case they have said afterwards that they are glad to be alive and they're glad it didn't work." |
| After speaking at the Hamilton Hall Hotel in Bournemouth, Dr Nitschke plans to hold workshops in Brighton, Stroud, Gloucestershire and Glasgow. | After speaking at the Hamilton Hall Hotel in Bournemouth, Dr Nitschke plans to hold workshops in Brighton, Stroud, Gloucestershire and Glasgow. |
| Dr Nitschke, from Darwin, administered lethal injections to end four patients' lives after voluntary euthanasia was made legal in Australia's Northern Territory in 1996. | Dr Nitschke, from Darwin, administered lethal injections to end four patients' lives after voluntary euthanasia was made legal in Australia's Northern Territory in 1996. |
| The Australian federal government overturned the law nine months later. | The Australian federal government overturned the law nine months later. |