Group appeals to West to free sons
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BEIRUT: Leaders of the United Nations, the U.S. and France are receiving large Lebanese flags covered in signatures.
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Families of victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protests have urged the government to allow open debate on the subject at next week's annual meeting of parliament and "reveal the truth".
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Parents are urged to take better control after children as young as four are caught house-breaking.
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The public is urged to report parents suspected of neglecting their children due to drug or alcohol abuse.
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Human rights group Amnesty International calls on Iran to halt the execution of child offenders.
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Muslim and Christian religious leaders in the hometown of a British hostage facing death in Iraq have appealed for his captors to free him.
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Families of eight Chinese labourers held hostage by militants in Iraq plead for their release.
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Two members of a terrorist gang known for an anarchic season of kidnappings and killings are petitioning to be released from prison early.
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A human rights group urges the UN to take recruiters of child soldiers to the International Criminal Court.
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Â· Children among captives forced to work for no payÂ· Local officials accused of colluding with traffickers
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Several hundred people rallied Wednesday to demand an end to what they said was the persecution of Christians in the Middle East that has forced thousands to flee the region.
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Some 200 families are to ask the SNCF for compensation over the wartime deportation of Jews.
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The detention of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim's eldest son agitated one of Iraqâs most formidable political movements.
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The family of hostage Kenneth Bigley are appealing for his release in Iraq as the threat of execution hangs over him. Mr Bigley and two Americans were seized in Baghdad on Thursday and threatened with death unless their abductors&#39; demands were met.
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Â· Traditional owners protest at government crackdown Â· Police sent in after report of rampant child sex abuse
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Former cabinet secretary's push to see his child highlights a growing father's rights movement.
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Nine foreign terror suspects who have been held in British prisons without charge for nearly three years began an appeal for their release in a direct challenge to the Government&#39;s emergency anti-terrorism legislation.