Suicide tourism have repeatedly criticized suicide assistance for foreigners, branding it "suicide tourism" ("Sterbetourismus" in German). In 2007, Dignitas launched an effort to gain legal permission for healthy foreigners, including married couples committed to suicide pacts, to end their lives in Switzerland. In July 2009, British conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Joan died together at a suicide clinic outside Zürich "under circumstances of their own choosing." Sir Edward was not terminally ill, but his wife was diagnosed with rapidly developing cancer. In March 2010, the PBS Frontline TV program in the United States showed a documentary called "The Suicide Tourist"
Sir Edward Hughes (1784 EIC ship) and was carrying 180 slaves. The Royal Navy purchased "Sir Edward Hughes" in May 1804 in India for £35,000. However, the notice of her capturing "Jeune Clementine" in July still refers to "Sir Edward Hughes" as belonging to the EIC. Furthermore, some records state that the EIC presented her to the Navy in 1805. The Royal Navy commissioned "Sir Edward Hughes" in 1805 under the command of Commander Hood Christian. Immediately Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station, had her escorting convoys. In 1806 Captain Gilbert Heathcote replaced Christian. On 6 June 1806 "Sir Edward Hughes" escorted