Only 37 countries still use the death penalty, but some of them are going at it like vicious demons.

Banksy, whose work famously criticizes surveillance, is demanding visitors to his theme show present their IDs.

The article does not say so, but it seems clear that people are required to give their names to buy a ticket. That in itself is wrong.

When event organizers ask their attendees to identify themselves, they participate in constructing a society of total surveillance. That is why the Free Software Foundation welcomes people to attend its events anonymously, paying cash on arrival. All events have a moral obligation to do this.

If an event which is open to the general public asks you to identify yourself, for freedom's sake insist they stop contributing to mass surveillance.

Ukraine has received debt "restructuring", which means it can pay later and less.

Contrast with Greece.

The warring tribal factions in South Sudan have signed another peace deal, but one cannot be confident it will hold.

Malaysia threatens to crush an anticorruption protest rally with the army, after blocking access to the web sites that promote it.

Malaysia is one of the countries I will no longer visit because it demands fingerprints from visitors.