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| Burundi riot police disperse protests against president seeking third term |
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 By Patrick Nduwimana BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Police in the Burundian capital used water cannon and tear gas on Sunday to disperse protesters demonstrating against President Pierre Nkurunziza seeking a third term, witnesses said, after the government banned protests for or against the move. The ruling CNDD-FDD party nominated Nkuruziza as their presidential candidate at a meeting on Saturday, prompting hundreds of civil society groups to decry the move as a "coup" against the constitution, which limits leaders to two terms in office. "We deplore the way police acted with violence against a peaceful demonstration," Janvier Bigirimana, a civil society activist, told Reuters in the capital Bujumbura. Interior Minister Edouard Nduwimana said the demonstrations were illegal as the government had banned any protest for or against President Nkurunziza running for a third term.
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| U.N. chief appeals to Indonesia not to carry out executions |
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 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Indonesia on Saturday not to execute 10 prisoners, including two Australians, for drug-related crimes. Indonesia has so far informed seven of the 10 death row inmates, including the Australians and one Nigerian, that they will be executed in a matter of days, possibly as soon as Tuesday. Nationals from Brazil, Ghana and the Philippines are also on Indonesia's death row. A temporary reprieve was granted to a French citizen who will not be in the next round of executions.
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| Pockets of violence erupt in Baltimore after march to protest black man's death |
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| By Lacey Johnson BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched through downtown Baltimore on Saturday to protest the unexplained death of a black man in police custody but the demonstrations turned violent when some protesters threw metal objects at officers and broke windows. Saturday's protests began peacefully, with at least 2,000 demonstrators marching to City Hall for a rally, the biggest since 25-year-old Freddie Gray died six days ago, a week after his arrest. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the overwhelming majority of the protesters were peaceful but that agitators disrupted the demonstration. "After a week of peaceful demonstrations I am profoundly disappointed to see the violence in our city this evening," Rawlings-Blake said at a news conference. |
| Pakistani security agencies to investigate activist's murder |
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| Pakistan's military intelligence agencies will investigate the murder of a human rights activist, shot after she hosted a talk on disappearances and killings in Baluchistan province where the army is fighting separatists, the military said on Saturday. Sabeen Mahmud was leaving her Karachi cafe, where she holds art exhibitions and talks, when gunman on a motorcycle attacked her on Friday evening. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the U.S. embassy in Islamabad also condemned the killing. Rights activists accuse the military security agencies of carrying out extra-judicial killings of separatists in the province. |
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