Five activists were arrested for shutting off tar sands pipelines. People who came to make videos were arrested too.

Here are their statements.

It is true that the proposals of the politicians are all inadequate to prevent global disaster that is likely to kill hundreds of millions of people, if not billions.

The stronger Israel's strategic situation becomes, the more its leaders say it is in danger of being destroyed at any moment. They equate solidarity boats carrying peace activists to missiles.

They also equate Gazans that need treatment for cancer with terrorists.

Pakistan has cancelled the travel ban on reporter Cyril Almeida.

A Brazilian court ordered blocking of access to Facebook from all of Brazil because Facebook refused to censor an account that published a parody of a politician.

On this one occasion, Facebook is doing the right thing. That's not enough to compensate for all that is bad about Facebook, however.

The judge, by trying to censor legitimate free speech, opposes human rights.

Interviews with people from Mosul: some still there, some who have fled.