2 May 2014 Last updated at 08:07
Victims duped into exposing themselves on webcams, including a Scottish teenager who killed himself after being blackmailed
An attempt to target illegal immigrants and criminals in Kenya has left many Somali residents there feeling harassed.
A Mexican congressional decision this week that allows members of its armed forces to be tried in civilian courts for crimes against civilians is a long-awaited win for Mexico’s human rights, advocates say.
Ukraine pilot killed in Sloviansk military operation
Ukrainian government forces have launched an "anti-terror" operation against pro-Russian rebels in the eastern city of Sloviansk.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said one Ukrainian helicopter pilot had been killed, and other people wounded. Nine rebel checkpoints had been seized.
However, separatists at three Sloviansk checkpoints told the BBC they were still in control there.
Gunmen have shot down at least two army helicopters, capturing one pilot.
The fighting appears to be concentrating on the periphery of the city, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in the regional capital Donetsk.
Philippines police arrest webcam extortion suspects
Victims duped into exposing themselves on webcams, including a Scottish teenager who killed himself after being blackmailed
Philippines police, backed by Interpol, have arrested dozens of suspected members of an online extortion syndicate who duped hundreds of victims into exposing themselves in front of webcams, including a Scottish teenager who killed himself after being blackmailed, officials have said.
At least 58 Filipino suspects in the capital, Manila, and other cities were arrested after investigators from Interpol, the US homeland security department and other police agencies traced online chats from some of the victims' computers, said the Philippines national police chief, Alan Purisima.
Purisima said the syndicate would secretly record victims after tricking them into exposing their bodies or having cybersex, and later threaten to send the videos to their relatives and friends unless they paid $500 to $2,000 (£300 to £1,200).
If Hungary's Ice-T ban can't be beat, drink up
Even ahead of EU elections, conservative Hungary is distancing itself from Europe. That reminded DW Insider Jan Kage of the time he tried to end Budapest's ban on an Ice-T song with a flash mob. It didn't quite work.
He said, "At home I listen a lot to this kind of music, too," and then continued with some lame rock bands after I asked him for credible specifics. "Yeah right," I thought, and instantly knew he just wanted to win our confidence.
He worked for the Hungarian embassy and they'd sent him down to talk to us because he was their young guy and that was the way they looked at us, I assume - as young guys. But he was the kind of young guy that seems old because he's adopted a manner that he seems to think makes him more grow up. It might help his career goals, but the façade is easy enough to see through.
Kenya deaf to outcry over Somali crackdown
An attempt to target illegal immigrants and criminals in Kenya has left many Somali residents there feeling harassed.
Osman Mohamed Osman was born in Thika in central Kenya. A second generation Kenyan, Osman is now a 20-year-old student in Nairobi. Despite being ethnically Somali, he speaks only English and Swahili.
“I identify myself as Kenyan first. It’s not fair to identify yourself by tribe,” said Osman. He feels caught in the middle of a war on terrorism in a country that has been his only home.
Osman’s father has spent three decades in the Kenyan military, an army that since 2011 has been deployed in Somalia as part of an African Union offensive to curb al-Shabab militants.
As Mexico battles drug war, soldiers may face civilian trials for abuse
Mexico's lower house unanimously voted to change a military code that gave the military courts jurisdiction over any crimes committed by on-duty soldiers.
A Mexican congressional decision this week that allows members of its armed forces to be tried in civilian courts for crimes against civilians is a long-awaited win for Mexico’s human rights, advocates say.
Mexico's lower house unanimously voted 428-0 on Wednesday to change provisions in the military code, including a clause that had given the military courts jurisdiction over any crimes committed by on-duty soldiers. The senate passed the changes last week and the bill is now expected to be signed into law by President Enrique Peña Nieto.
The reform is an important step, because a civilian court, “for all its flaws, is not rigged against" civilians as military courts are, Human Rights Watch senior Americas researcher, Nik Steinberg, told The Associated Press in an email. Mexico's civilian system is far from perfect: More than 96 percent of crimes are never solved or punished.
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