1.   Detained lawmaker slams Syrian government for repressing freedoms,

2.   Lukashenko has been criticized in Russia and the West for repressing political freedoms and restricting the press.

3.   On Tuesday, another lawmaker, Mamoun Homsi, accused the government of repressing freedoms when he appeared in the same courtroom.

4.   The State Department, which has kept Uzbekistan off its list of countries that repress religious freedom, declined to comment on the report.

5.   To the sounds of rapturous applause, a detained lawmaker yelled at a Syrian judge Tuesday and railed against the government for repressing freedoms and violating the constitution.