1.   But ultimately, Lee said, his sympathies lay with Mahathir -- not his imprisoned former deputy premier, Anwar Ibrahim.

2.   However, it failed to respond to another European Parliament demand to release all eight imprisoned Kurdish deputies convicted last year of having ties with Kurdish rebels.

3.   On Wednesday the parliament is due to award its Sakharov prize for human rights to imprisoned Kurdish deputy Leyla Zana.

4.   The European Parliament on Wednesday presented its Sakharov human rights prize to the husband of imprisoned Kurdish deputy Leyla Zana.