{"id":1352,"date":"2015-04-28T19:01:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T10:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peacefulpillhandbook.com\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2021-02-21T21:24:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T12:54:28","slug":"philip-nitschke-interview-bbc-hardtalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/pph\/philip-nitschke-interview-bbc-hardtalk\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Nitschke Interview BBC HARDtalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philip Nitschke Interview BBC HARDtalk was first screened in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Philip is the founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exitinternational.net\">Exit International<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Philip says he believes the right to die should be recognised as a fundamental human right, rather than as a medical privilege.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we&#8217;re going to acknowledge the right to life, we&#8217;ve got to be able to recognise the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacefulpillhandbook.com\/about-the-handbook-assisted-dying-book\/right-to-die-philosophy\/\">right to dispose of that gift<\/a>. And that&#8217;s a right to death,&#8221; he tells <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HARDTalk\">HARDtalk<\/a>&#8216;s Zeinab Badawi.<\/p>\n<p>In this 2015 interview on BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/n13xtmdc\">Hardtalk<\/a> with Zeinab Badawi, Philip Nitschke discusses euthanasia and assisted suicide.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wikipedia, HardTalk (styled as HARDtalk) is a BBC television and radio programme broadcast on the BBC News Channel, on BBC World News, and on the BBC World Service. HARDtalk is broadcast Monday to Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The interview teaser is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p02q6gzl\">BBC site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The full interview is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=id4-NtZyU1Y\">Youtube.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p02pr0xb\"><strong>View HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>27 April 2015 Last updated at 18:01 BST<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5843 size-full\" title=\"Philip Nitschke interview BBC HARDtalk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peacefulpillhandbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Philip-Nitschke-interview-on-BBC-HARDtalk.jpeg\" alt=\"Philip Nitschke interview BBC HARDtalk\" width=\"557\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/pph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Philip-Nitschke-interview-on-BBC-HARDtalk.jpeg 557w, https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/pph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Philip-Nitschke-interview-on-BBC-HARDtalk-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/pph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Philip-Nitschke-interview-on-BBC-HARDtalk-220x176.jpeg 220w, https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/pph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Philip-Nitschke-interview-on-BBC-HARDtalk-130x104.jpeg 130w, https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/pph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Philip-Nitschke-interview-on-BBC-HARDtalk-24x19.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/pph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Philip-Nitschke-interview-on-BBC-HARDtalk-36x29.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/pph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Philip-Nitschke-interview-on-BBC-HARDtalk-48x38.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About BBC HARDtalk<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>HARDtalk is the hard-hitting flagship news programme shown on BBC World News and the BBC News channel.<\/p>\n<p>The half hour interview is the result of detailed research and in-depth investigations.<\/p>\n<p>HARDtalk asks the difficult questions and gets behind the stories that make the news &#8211; from international political leaders to entertainers; from corporate decision-makers to ordinary individuals facing huge challenges.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zeinab_Badawi\">Zeinab Badawi<\/a>, the main presenter of HARDtalk is Stephen Sackur.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philip Nitschke Interview BBC HARDtalk was first screened in 2015. 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