Amnesty International has accused NATO forces of failing to investigate sufficiently civilian deaths caused by air strikes during attacks on Colonel Gaddafi’s forces.

"Nato officials repeatedly stressed their commitment to protecting civilians," said Donatella Rovera, a senior crisis adviser at Amnesty.

Addressing his successors, Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, stressed the need for political reform, warning against a second Cultural revolution.

A Brazilian judge has blocked attempts by prosecutors to try former army colonel Sebastiao de Moura for human rights abuses committed in the 1970s.

The judge ruled the move would go against Brazil’s amnesty laws.

Judge Matos, the federal judge in Maraba in the northern state of Para, said in his ruling:

Twenty Kurdish activists in London began a four-day hunger strike Wednesday (14th) protesting against repression in Turkey. The event, staged by the Kurdish Federation UK, is taking place in parallel with similar actions within Turkey and across Europe.

The Taliban have suspended talks with the US in Qatar, accusing the Americans of changing their position on the dialogue.

In a statement posted on their website the Taliban said,

"It was due to their alternating and ever-changing position that the Islamic Emirate was compelled to suspend all dialogue with the Americans,"

The head of the armed wing of the Union of Congolese Patriots, Thomas Lubanga, was charged Wednesday at the International Criminal Court (ICC), in the ICC's first conviction.

Lubanga was charged for his part in the killing of thousands during the Democratic Republic of Congo's civil war (2002-2003).

Theo Boutrouche, DRC researcher at Amnesty International, said,

A former soldier has been sentenced to 6,060 years in prison for his role in the massacre of Mayan villagers in Guatemala in the early 1980s during the country's civil war.

201 Mayans were killed by Guatemalan soldiers in the village of Dos Erres over 3 days in 1982, with men, women and children shot and beaten to death.

Speaking to the 15-member UN Security Council, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on all nations to come together on Syria, as she clashed with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday.

Addressing the Security Council, Clinton said,

A US judge has ruled that the former Salvadoran Defence Minister, General Eugenio Vides Casanova, can be deported due to his alleged involvement in war crimes.

General Casanova is accused of taking part in the killing of 6 Americans and several Salvadorans during the civil war in the 1980s.

The International Court of Justice has been requested by Belgium to extradite former Chadian President Hissene Habre.

Mr Habre denies accusation he committed crimes against humanities during his reign.

He is alleged to have killed and tortured tens of thousands of opposition activists between 1982 and 1990.

Thousands of Libyans have protested against moves by tribal and militant leaders to create a semi-autonomous region in the east of the country.

Tribal and militia leaders announced the move to create the semi-autonomous territory of Cyrenaica on Tuesday.

Urging the people of Scotland to seize the chance of independence, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Alex Salmond told delegates at the party's conference on Saturday that "being independent is the most natural thing in this world".

Salmond went on,

Five senior members of the Taliban have agreed to a transfer to Qatar as part of a peace deal.

Afghan government officials announced the agreement after meeting the prisoners earlier this week on a visit to Guantanamo Bay.

The US has not yet approved the transfer but is considering it as part of ongoing attempts to engage in negotiations with the Taliban.