From the Marshall Islands: Why the next climate treaty is vital for my country to survive.

Desmond Tutu spoke up for the right to assistance in dying.

The bill being discussed is a step forward, but inadequate, because it is limited to people who probably will suffer for no more than 6 more months even without help. People condemned to decades of boring helplessness should also have this right.

Russia has adopted a law requiring web sites that Russians use to keep data about Russians in Russia.

This will make their data safe from spying by the US, but easily available for spying by Russia.

If this law applied only to only to stores and such, it might be a net improvement for Russians. However, blocking Russians from communicating through a foreign web site is oppressive.

An ethical communications system does not insist that people give their real names or their real locations. Such a system may not know if you're in Russia.

The UK government is looking closely at some documents about its participation in US torture flights.

China is concerned about spying via an iThing feature that finds locations that a person often goes to.