21.   A Nazi-hunting organization on Wednesday urged Estonian authorities to extradite a Venezuelan man accused of killing civilians during World War II.

22.   A Jewish leader urged Polish authorities Tuesday to outlaw a nationalist fringe party that staged an anti-Semitic protest at the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.

23.   A third activist, Xu Wenli, also issued an appeal Sunday urging authorities to stop harassing dissidents.

24.   After the verdict, Mater urged Turkish authorities to repeal laws curbing the freedom of expression.

25.   Also Thursday, the mayor of Chisinau, Serafim Urechean, urged authorities to suspend the controversial measures which sparked the protests.

26.   Amnesty International had urged Malaysian authorities to respect human rights amid fears of a police crackdown.

27.   Amnesty International urged authorities in Espirito Santo to move the second trial to a location where an impartial jury could be found.

28.   Amnesty International, the human rights group, urged Belarusian authorities to refrain from violence in dispersing any opposition protests.

29.   Also in Pristina on Friday, the new chief prosecutor of the international war crimes tribunal urged Yugoslav authorities to grant investigators access to Serb victims and witnesses.

30.   An opposition legislator is urging Jamaican authorities to look into whether an army helicopter guarded a drug shipment before it left the country aboard a cargo plane for Europe.