11.   Human rights groups on Tuesday criticized the prison sentences imposed on Indonesian opposition activists convicted of subversion.

12.   Iraq was silent Sunday on the eight-year prison sentences imposed on the two men, but Iraqi media carried a barrage of criticism of the United States.

13.   Thailand will respect the six-year sentence imposed on former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim after his corruption conviction, Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan said Friday.

14.   Two key U.N. human-rights investigators appealed Thursday to the Nigerian government to commute death sentences imposed against writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and other opposition figures.

15.   Two senators want to see life sentences imposed on people who bring young children into the country to work as sex slaves.

16.   A ruling Monday by the Privy Council reversed mandatory death sentences imposed on three men convicted of murder in St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and Belize.

17.   An international watchdog has slammed prison sentences imposed on three journalists by a Lebanese court, saying they posed a threat to press freedom in the country.

18.   Meanwhile, the Bahraini appeal court on Sunday upheld a death sentence imposed in July on a Shiite accused of murdering a police officer, his lawyers said.

19.   Meanwhile, the Bahraini appeal court on Sunday upheld a death sentence imposed in July on a Shiite accused of murdering a police officer, court officials said.

20.   Nigerian Islamic scholars and activists are accusing officials of dragging their feet over the implementation of amputation sentences imposed under Islamic law.