Archiv: suicides / Selbstmorde


30.07.2026 - 16:49 [ Common Dreams ]

Two More Israeli Soldiers Kill Themselves Amid Crisis Driven by Horrors of Genocide

According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, two female IDF troops—a combat soldier and an intelligence officer—died by suicide this week. Israeli Military Police said they are investigating both deaths, which bring the number of active duty IDF troops who have killed themselves this year to at least 16. Haaretz said that at least nine former IDF soldiers have also committed suicide after completing their military service in 2026.

The latest deaths underscore what military officials, mental health professionals, and veterans have increasingly described as one of the most severe psychological crises the Israeli military has faced in decades.

26.07.2026 - 16:18 [ Drop Site News ]

India’s Cockroach Protests End as Modi Government Bows to Demands

Hundreds of thousands of these cockroach protesters had been assembling for over a month at Jantar Mantar, which is less than half a mile south of Connaught Place, the central market in the heart of Delhi. They were demanding the resignation of Pradhan, who is also a senior leader in India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the party of Modi. The protesters at Jantar Mantar consider Pradhan to be responsible for failing to prevent “paper leaks”—the unauthorized release of highly competitive national college entrance examinations, often hours and sometimes minutes before the exam is due.

The Jantar Mantar movement emerged in May in response to a leak of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), the countrywide medical entrance exam. Reports suggest at least a dozen students across the country died by suicide after the tests were canceled.

26.07.2026 - 16:10 [ Hindustan Times ]

‚Long way to go‘: What next for CJP leaders after Jantar Mantar protest

CJP leader Dipke said ending the protest did not mean the movement had ended. „This is just the beginning. The Cockroach Janata Party has a long way to go,“ he write on X.

He also demanded compensation for the families of students who died by suicide amid the examination controversy.

„Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned. But the families of the children who committed suicide should receive compensation of one crore rupees. They should get it. One crore rupees compensation to all those families,“ Dipke said.

25.05.2026 - 09:44 [ PressTV.ir ]

Leader’s advisor: Iran will break US naval blockade, exit NPT if attacked again

“If you enter the Persian Gulf, first of all, we will give a tough, painful and unprecedented response and break the naval blockade,” he warned Washington.

“But more importantly, we may withdraw from the NPT. Do you know what will happen to you if we withdraw? So
 don‘t commit suicide.”

01.01.2026 - 13:03 [ CBS News ]

Videos released in Epstein files raise fresh questions about jail footage

Specifics about what cameras were and were not operating comes mostly from a 2023 report by the Department of Justice‘s Office of the Inspector General.

(…)

Among the files released by the Justice Department on Dec. 24 were more than 400 one-hour clips of surveillance videos from MCC. The footage spans non-sequential, seemingly arbitrary time periods dating back to July 5, 2019, more than a month before Epstein‘s death.

According to internal DOJ emails included in the disclosure, the surveillance system was configured to retain only 30 days of footage. That raises an immediate question: Why do videos from July 5 exist at all?

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The new cache of video also includes footage from five more cameras inside the prison. Most notably, the release includes several hours of footage from a camera previously described as non-recording. It provides an unobstructed view of the primary entrance to the SHU and the stairs leading to Epstein‘s tier.

The four non-sequential one-hour videos from this camera are all dated Aug. 12, 2019 — two days after Epstein‘s death. However, Department of Justice correspondence states that the surveillance system stopped recording on July 29 and was not repaired until Aug, 14.

19.07.2025 - 22:38 [ Fox News ]

Justice Department moves to unseal Epstein, Maxwell grand jury transcripts amid calls for transparency

Grand jury proceedings are ordinarily secret by law, or as the motion says, „a tradition of law that proceedings before a grand jury shall generally remain secret.“ But the filing notes this tradition „is not absolute.“

Federal courts have recognized „certain ‘special circumstances’“ where releasing grand jury records is appropriate even outside the usual exceptions, like when a case holds significant public or historical importance.

19.07.2025 - 22:33 [ theHill.com ]

Trump directs Bondi to release relevant grand jury transcripts in Epstein case

Many Trump supporters have pushed for additional disclosures after the FBI and Justice Department last week stated Epstein did not have a client list and that his 2019 death at his New York City jail cell was a suicide. A number of prominent Trump supporters have for years pushed conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death and claims that a client list would reveal ties between Epstein and prominent Democrats.

Epstein, accused in several cases of sex trafficking young girls, ran in high-powered circles with figures that included Trump, former President Clinton, Britain’s Prince Andrew, and several other celebrities and ultrawealthy people. Epstein’s associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been convicted of sex trafficking.

26.02.2024 - 22:00 [ Al Jazeera ]

Suicide vs genocide: Rest in power, Aaron Bushnell

In the aftermath of Bushnell’s self-immolation, the New York Times announced: “Man Dies After Setting Himself on Fire Outside Israeli Embassy in Washington, Police Say” – a rather strong contender, perhaps, for the most diluted and decontextualised headline ever. One wonders what folks would have said in 1965 had the US newspaper of record run headlines like: “Octogenarian Detroit Woman Dies After Setting Herself on Fire, Police Say – An Event Having Nothing Potentially To Do With Said Woman’s Opposition To The Vietnam War Or Anything Like That”.

26.02.2024 - 21:54 [ Assal Rad / Twitter ]

Why did he do it? Four major news outlets have almost the exact same headline for the self-immolation of 25-year old Aaron Bushnell. Not one of them mentions the words “Gaza” or “genocide,” the reason for Aaron’s protest, or the word “Palestine,” his last words spoken.

26.02.2024 - 21:43 [ USA Today ]

Air Force member Aaron Bushnell dies after setting himself on fire near Israeli Embassy

Bushnell began livestreaming to Twitch as he approached the embassy, declaring that he „will no longer be complicit in genocide,“ a person familiar with the matter told the Associated Press. The person was not authorized to publicly discuss the details of the investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

Officials believe Bushnell started the stream, set his phone on the ground, poured liquid over himself, and lit himself on fire.

08.05.2022 - 16:09 [ Frankfurter Rundschau ]

Die Macht steht immer auf der Seite der Macht

(Erstellt: 20.01.2013Aktualisiert: 17.01.2019)

In einer Welt, in der die Architekten der Finanzkrise regelmĂ€ĂŸig im Weißen Haus zu Abend essen“, schreibt Lawrence Lessig, Jura-Professor in Harvard und Autor der Zeitschrift The Nation, „in einer solchen Welt erscheint es lĂ€cherlich, dass Aaron Swartz ein Schwerverbrecher gewesen sein soll.“ Doch den 26 Jahre alten Internetaktivisten Aaron Swartz erwartete tatsĂ€chlich ein Prozess, der mit einer drakonischen Höchststrafe von 35 Jahren GefĂ€ngnis hĂ€tte enden können, dazu eine Geldstrafe in Millionenhöhe. Sein Vergehen: Er hat ĂŒber das Netzwerk einer UniversitĂ€t mehr als vier Millionen wissenschaftliche Artikel heruntergeladen, die kostenpflichtig waren.

08.05.2022 - 15:31 [ Techdirt ]

Why Did The Secret Service Take Over Aaron Swartz‘s Case Two Days Before He Was Arrested

(14.01.2013)

The same filing shows that MIT allowed all of this to happen despite no warrant, court order, or subpoena — just handing over all sorts of info.

08.05.2022 - 15:26 [ CNN ]

How Aaron Swartz helped build the Internet

(15.01.2013)

„Aaron was an embodiment of the Web, and a contributor to many of the aspects that made it great,“ said Matt Mullenweg, who founded the blogging platform WordPress, in a statement. „When I was young and getting into technology Aaron was even younger and literally setting the standards for the Web with contributions to RSS 1.0 and Creative Commons. He inspired a generation to share online, to move to (San Francisco), to not be afraid to start things, and to break down barriers.“
Swartz died Friday of an apparent suicide in his apartment in Brooklyn, New York. He was 26.

08.05.2022 - 15:12 [ Harvard Magazine ]

RSS Creator Aaron Swartz Dead at 26

(14.01.2013)

Aaron Swartz, the 26-year-old computer genius, activist, and technology innovator known as a hero of the open-access movement—which promotes use of the Internet to provide free and easy access to the world’s knowledge—committed suicide last Friday in New York City, according to authorities and various media outlets. He was a Safra fellow studying ethics at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society in July 2011 when a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of gaining illegal access to JSTOR, a subscription-only service for distributing scientific and literary journals, and downloading five million articles and documents—nearly the entire library, according to Insidehighered.com.

29.11.2021 - 05:41 [ ORF.at ]

Suizidversuche von Jugendlichen verdoppelt

Die Pandemie macht besonders Jugendlichen zu schaffen. Depressionen und Essstörungen sind gestiegen. Und Suizidversuche haben sich laut AKH Wien im Vergleich zum Vorjahr verdoppelt. Im ersten halben Jahr sind dort 110 FÀlle behandelt worden.

01.10.2021 - 01:56 [ ORF ]

Frankreich: Polizist als Serienmörder ermittelt

Nach einer Vorladung zum Verhör habe der 59 Jahre alte Ex-Beamte gestern Abend in der NĂ€he von Montpellier Suizid begangen, berichtete die Zeitung „Le Parisien“ gestern.

ZurĂŒckgelassen habe er ein Schreiben, in dem er gestanden habe, der seit Jahren gesuchte Mörder und Vergewaltiger zu sein.

10.07.2021 - 17:22 [ UK Medical Freedom / Twitter ]

25 under-18s in England died from the CV19 between 3/20 and 2/21, or 1 in 481,000. In the same period, 124 children died from suicide and 268 died from trauma due to pandemic response. Lockdown “may prove a greater risk than
 SARS-CoV-2 itself”

(09.07.2021)

24.06.2021 - 08:34 [ ZDF ]

Software-Pionier – McAfee tot in GefĂ€ngniszelle gefunden

Möglicherweise handle es sich um Selbstmord, hieß es in einer ErklĂ€rung.

Stunden zuvor hatte das Oberste Gericht Spaniens grĂŒnes Licht fĂŒr die Auslieferung des 75-JĂ€hrigen an die USA gegeben. Die Staatsanwaltschaft im US-Staat Tennessee wirft dem britisch-amerikanischen Programmierer Steuerhinterziehung vor.

02.10.2020 - 20:15 [ ORF.at ]

Russische Journalistin verbrannte sich selbst

Mitglieder der russischen Opposition erklĂ€rten, Slawina sei seit Langem unter dem Druck der Behörden gestanden. „In den vergangenen Jahren war sie wegen ihrer AktivitĂ€ten fĂŒr die Opposition endlosen Verfolgungen durch die Behörden ausgesetzt“, schrieb etwa der Politiker Dmitri Gudkow auf Instagram. „Was fĂŒr ein Alptraum“, twitterte der Kreml-Kritiker Ilja Jaschin. „Die Regierung bricht die Menschen psychisch.“

11.07.2020 - 16:28 [ Fox News ]

Army‘s ‚Captain America‘ dies by suicide after nearly a dozen combat tours

Marckesano’s suicide was the 30th from this battalion. He is one of the 20 combat veterans taking their lives each day —

20.06.2020 - 08:41 [ LA Times ]

Family says Malcolm Harsch, Black man found hanging from tree, died by apparent suicide

As the investigation into the May 31 death of Harsch continued, detectives obtained surveillance video from a vacant building near where his body was discovered. The video confirmed the absence of foul play, authorities said.

Detectives also met with Harsch’s family members. The evidence from the case, including the surveillance video, was shown to the relatives per their request.

30.04.2020 - 01:48 [ Stars and Stripes ]

Defense Department report reveals military occupations with highest suicide rates

There were 325 deaths by suicide identified among active-component service members,” the report states.

27.04.2020 - 00:26 [ i24NEWS ]

Gov‘t should reopen Jerusalem market ‚immediately,‘ deputy mayor tells i24NEWS

„There are people there who have been at the market for 50, 60 years, since the beginning of the State, have no other way of making a living, their income is completely frozen.“

14.03.2020 - 01:48 [ Jonathan Turley / antikrieg.com ]

Gericht lÀsst Chelsea Manning nach Selbstmordversuch endlich frei

Ich habe mich schon frĂŒher dagegen gewehrt, dass das Justizministerium Gand Jurys einsetzt, um bestimmte Personen zu bestrafen, die sich weigern, mit Bundesermittlungen zusammenzuarbeiten.

28.10.2019 - 16:57 [ junge Welt ]

Polizeigewalt: Phantasiereich abgewĂŒrgt

»Damit stellt sich das OLG Naumburg in allen wesentlichen Punkten hinter die vom Generalstaatsanwalt vorgebrachten, unwissenschaftlichen und phantasiereichen Argumentationsketten«, kommentierte die Initiative dieses »Ende der juristischen Nicht-AufklĂ€rung« der Dessauer TodesfĂ€lle Jalloh, Rose und Bichtemann. Es verschließe sich somit »allen bislang gewonnenen Fakten und Expertenmeinungen bzw. interpretiert diese in unhaltbare Überzeugungen um, die nicht der RealitĂ€t entsprechen«.

26.12.2018 - 17:10 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Tunesien: Selbstverbrennung löst Proteste aus

Die Selbstverbrennung eines tunesischen GemĂŒsehĂ€ndlers hatte Ende 2010 den Arabischen FrĂŒhling ausgelöst: Am 17. Dezember 2010 hatte sich in Sidi Bouzid der junge Mohamed Bouazizi aus Verzweiflung ĂŒber seine Lage angezĂŒndet und damit landesweite Proteste ausgelöst – auch in Kasserine.

17.12.2018 - 17:06 [ WSWS ]

Amad Ahmad: Brandgutachten weckt Zweifel an Selbstmordversion

Ein vom ARD-Magazin Monitor in Auftrag gegebenes Brandgutachten gelangt eindeutig zum Schluss, dass der Zellenbrand in der Justizvollzugsanstalt Kleve, bei dem der FlĂŒchtling aus Syrien Amad Ahmad ums Leben kam, nicht so abgelaufen sein kann, wie die Staatsanwaltschaft dies behauptet. Dadurch wird auch die von den Behörden verbreitete Version, Ahmad habe den Brand selbst gelegt, immer fraglicher. Der junge Kurde hatte aufgrund einer skandalösen Verwechslung zehn Wochen lang zu Unrecht im GefĂ€ngnis gesessen.

11.10.2018 - 00:19 [ Zero Hedge ]

Goldman CEO‘s Former Assistant Commits Suicide After Confessing To $1.2 Million Wine Theft

De-Meyer eventually decided to use the alias Mark Miller to sell bottles to a North Carolina-based wine dealer. After discovering the theft in November 2016, Solomon confronted De Meyer, who quickly confessed and promised to pay Solomon back. However, he soon fled the country and over the following 14 months traveled to Rome, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires before returning to the US, where he was arrested earlier this year after landing at LAX. He spent the next two months in federal custody before his mother pledged her home to put up his $1 million cash bond.

09.06.2018 - 18:28 [ Reuters ]

Euro partners warn new Italy government against ‚suicide mission‘

(24.5.2018) Italy’s partners in the euro lined up in Brussels on Thursday to urge the new government in Rome to stick to EU budget rules or risk following Greece into financial calamity that would hurt the whole of Europe.

28.03.2018 - 09:10 [ Insider Monkey ]

17 Cities with the Highest Suicide Rate Per Capita in 2018

On the more bright side, one of the least suicidal countries is surprisingly (or not) Saudi Arabia, followed by Syria and Lebanon, Kuwait, Oman, and Jamaica, as the data from 2012 suggests. But, more interestingly, countries that are marked as the “happiest countries” in the world are showing a high rate of suicides. Such as the example of Switzerland where around 1,000 suicides are committed annually. There are also the Nordic countries like Finland or Denmark which also show a high percentage of suicides.