Over 10,000 Ethiopians staged an anti-government demonstration today  in the first large-scale protest in almost 8 years.

The protests called for the release of detained political leaders and journalists. Speaking to the Guardian, the organiser of the protest and chairmen of the Semanayawi (Blue) party, Yilekal Getachewm said,

Former leaders of the Khmer Rouge, who are now facing trial for charges of genocide in Cambodia, have expressed their regret over atrocities committed by the regime during their trial this week.

Nuon Chea, the organisation’s main ideologist,and "brother number two",  expressed “condolences” and said on Thursday,

"I am responsible for what happened during the time of Democratic Kampuchea".

The International Criminal Court's pre-trial chamber has ruled that Libya is not ready to try Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam.

He was indicted on war crimes charges in 2011 and at the time the ICC said it could allow Libya to try Gaddafi, if conditions were right. However in a statement the ICC said that Libya continues to "face substantial difficulties in exercising fully its judicial powers across the entire territory".

Libyan officials are seeking to try Gaddafi in the country, as it would revive faith in the justice system.

Mothers of victims of China's Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 slammed the President Xi Jinping for failing to launch political reform stating that he was taking China "backwards towards Maoist Orthodoxy".

Demanding justice for those that were killed by China's state forces, the group of mothers published an open letter via Human Rights Watch, arguing that hope for political reform had descended into despair.

The group, Ding Zilin, said:

In a letter to The Guardian, Desmond Tutu and a group of politicians, actors, playwrights and sports personalities, urged UEFA not to hold the Under-21 European Championship in Israel.

Citing a London Congress last week, where UEFA decided that heavier punishments should be in place to tackle racism amongst footballers, the signatories argued that the same principle should be applied for Israel.

The head of the Eritrean consulate in Toronto has been ordered to leave Canada after breaching UN sanctions.

Semere Ghebremariam Micael is alleged to have demanded a 2% “diaspora tax” and “national defence fees” from Eritreans in the country, in violation of Canadian law and the sanctions imposed on Eritrea by the UN.

The Pakistan Taliban, have withdrawn their offer of peace talks, following the death of the group’s deputy leader in an United States Drone strike.

The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, made on offer of talks with the government under the condition that his men would not lay down his arms.