Assad's forces are now directly fighting the Syrian Kurds, which threatens to lead to fighting between the US and Russia.

Mexican journalist Noé Zavaleta has been forced to flee Veracruz by threats, after publicly criticizing the governor.

In Mexico, as in the US, people accused of minor crimes may be jailed for years awaiting trial.

The UK government refuses to say whether it intervened to block prosecution of the officials that turned over Libyan dissidents to Qadhafi to be tortured.

India is telling web users that merely looking at certain blocked web pages is a crime and threatening them with three years in prison.

US farm policy encourages practices that are wasteful, and degrade land and water.