A Kigali resident sent us photos of the procession from his iPhone. He explains why he took part in the demonstration. Read more and see his photos...

For replacing "God, The Nation, The King" with "God, The Nation, Barcelona" on the blackboard at school, a Moroccan football fan was condemned to 18 months in prison. His father tells us that after calling for appeal, his has been released on bail, but he faces a retrial on November 5. Read more...

An Afghan student has been condemned to 20 years in prison for having downloaded and handed out a text, found on an Iranian blog, about sexual inequality in the Koran. Read more...

The Chinese blogosphere is panicking over the tainted milk scandal that has already killed three babies and hospitalised more than 6,000 others. Web users are sceptical about the official government line - that it's the fault of the milk farmers, and not the manufacturing companies. Read more...

Beaten, tormented and tortured; lynching is still the unofficial punishment for suspected criminals in some rural areas of India. Our Observers in the country explain why the backward practice is still going on. Warning: you may find the images upsetting. Read more...

Images taken from a mob lynching in north-east India on 23 Feb. 08