Fu Ta-Jen, Fu Chun-Hao

Taiwanese broadcaster Fu Ta-Jen, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, chose to have a physician-assisted death in Switzerland on June 7, 2018, with witnesses present. While there is no existing law regarding assisted dying in Taiwan, his decision sparked societal debate on the right to die, largely fueled by his continuous advocacy on Facebook.

Wolfgang Prosinger

51-year-old Ulrich Tanner, who lived in Cologne, suffered from various incurable diseases and took his own life in Switzerland with the help of the organisation Dignitas. Journalist Wolfgang Prosinger accompanied and interviewed Tanner in his last months and wrote a book about his life and his decision to commit assisted suicide.