Sri Lanka is a conflict where journalists face unjustified restrictions on reporting and there are very few established facts.
Nepal's threat to use violence to prevent anti-China protests when the Olympic torch reaches Mount Everest has been condemned by Amnesty International.
Zimbabweans had little to celebrate on Friday 18 April, the 28th anniversary of their country's independence.
Eight men convicted of undermining the monarchy in Morocco last year have been released after they were pardoned by the King.
Opposition parties in Zimbabwe have complained of violence against people perceived to be their supporters.
Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia has been convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” and sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
Liu Jingmin, Vice-President of the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee, said In 2001 that allowing Beijing to host the Games would “help the development of human rights."
Two human rights activists have been released from prison in Ethiopia having been detained since November 2005.
Three people in Myanmar were sentenced to prison for giving water to monks on the street.
The editor of an Egyptian daily newspaper was been sentenced to six
months in prison on
Wednesday for writing about the health of the President.
