Environmental protesters against a mine in Malaysia could be imprisoned for two years.

About General Haftar whose army or militia may take over Libya.

Separatists in Ukraine agreed to a cease-fire, encouraged by Putin.

Belarus has released human rights defender Ales Bialiatski from prison.

Obama asked al-Sisi to free political prisoners, but al-Sisi sees no need to heed this request.

Al-Sisi knows that Obama's request was for public image only, since the US supports other repressive regimes, notably that of Bahrain.