UN human rights experts have said that Turkey is using a vague counterterrorism law to prosecute activists, lawyers and journalists.

The UN Human Rights Committee reviewing Turkey’s human rights record said that some provisions within its Anti-Terrorism Law are incompatible with international law and that there have been severe restraints on the right to due process since the law’s passing in 1991.

An alleged spokesperson for the Nigerian radical Islamist group Boko Haram has said that the group is willing to enter into peace talks, on the premise that they are held in Saudi Arabia and headed by Muhamed Buhari, a Muslim colonel who ruled Nigeria for 20 months after seizing power in 1984.

The spokesperson, Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulaziz, claiming to be representing Boko Haram’s leader said:

Gujurat's chief minister Narendra Modi, who was previously shunned by the West following the 2002 Godhra riots, is now free to apply for a US visa.

The US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, said that Modi the US has "very good" relations with the state of Gujurat, and that it was a "very, very important" market for American companies.

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has warned the Syrian opposition of attempts by radical groups to “hijack” the Syrian revolution.

The opposition Syrian National Council is based in Turkey and has no control over the escalating violence.

Dozens of British protesters condemned alleged torture in Indonesia as the Indonesian President, Susilo Banbang Youdhoyono, received a royal welcome upon his first visit to Britain in over 30 years. The president will address parliament and open a new ‘Indonesia-UK Business forum’ during his 3 day visit.

The former Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army, Momčilo Perišić, is appealing against a 27-year prison sentence, after being found guilty of war crimes in September last year.

Perišić’s appeal is due to start on Wednesday, with the former General arguing that he was not aware of or responsible for any atrocities.

The Bahraini government has banned all protests and public gatherings as violence between anti-government protesters and police intensifies.

The interior minister, Sheikh Rashid Al Khalifah, said protests would only be permitted once secuirty and stability were returned, and "repeated abuse" of the rights of freedom of speech and expression (ie. the protests), could not be tolerated.

The Vietnamese government has jailed two song writers for criticising government policy in their songs.

Tran Vu Anh Binh and Vo Minh Tri were jailed for six and four years respectively by a court in Ho Chi Minh City.

Their songs criticised China over the South China Sea dispute and Vietnam’s handling of the crisis.

Tensions between the Greek media and government escalated following the interruption of state television , ERT, broadcasts by a journalists’ union announcement.

A morning chat show was interrupted by an announcement condemning the recent suspension of two presenters who were seen as critical of the government.

A commander within the Basque separatist organisation, Eta, was arrested by French police 70km north of Lyon this weekend.

Izaskun Lesaka, who is believed to be the military commander of Eta, was arrested along side her boyfriend, Joseba Iturbe Otxoteka.

The operation was a joint venture by RAID, an elite French police unit, and the Spanish Civil Guard.

The Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reshuffled his cabinet on Sunday, said to be the 'last reshuffle' of his term before the 2014 general elections.

Promoting younger members of the Congress Party that have been supported by Rahul Gandhi, the move has been seen as heavily influenced by Rahul, prompting speculation that he could be Congress' next working president or secretary general.

See here for analysis by Times of India.

Following SM Krishna's sudden departure on Friday from his role in the minister of external affairs, Salman Khurshid will take up the role.

In its editorial, The Hindu commented,

'The biggest upheavals have been in the ministries of External Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas. Salman Khurshid is a natural choice to fill the vacuum created by S.M. Krishna’s exit. Mr. Krishna may have been slow to get off the block but he leaves behind a Ministry that is focused and efficient and in whose performance he played no small role.

The United Nation has warned that their figure of 28,000 displaced is likely to rise, as refugees in several areas along the western coast are yet to be counted.

The UN’s Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Ashok Nigam, said that around 27,300 of the displaced are Muslim.

The bombing of a church in northern Nigeria on Sunday, has sparked reprisal attacks by angry Christian youths.

Eight people were killed, and over 100 people wounded, when a car packed with explosives was driven into St Rita's church in the Malali area of Kaduna.