Now it's elderly's turn, we've become so inured to torture

We've become so inured to torture that we've become inured ourselves to it, says Peter Hitner. Putin's state has unleashed a'repellent savagery' on the alleged perpetrators of the March 22 terror attack, he says. Putin has been accused of a string of human rights violations in Russia.

Supporters of assisted dying need to grasp that they will almost certainly get more than they say that they want. You will have to judge whether they really are as moderate as they claim, says Peter Hitchner. The elderly will also have to consider if they really want assisted dying.

Supporters of assisted dying need to grasp that they will almost certainly get more than they say that they want. You will have to judge whether they really are as moderate as they claim, says Peter Hitchner. The elderly will also have to consider if they really want assisted dying.

I fear my bestseller has become an obituary of Britain. One beautiful June day in 1990, I got my heart's desire and went to live in dirty, frightening Moscow. I was living in a country I hated, living in the capital of a country he hated.