Were the G20 protests well policed? The Metropolitan police tactics for protests are to be reviewed in a wide-ranging independent inquiry. The inquiry will ask whether the Met has strayed from "the British way" of policing protests, using minimum force.

The eradication of the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka has led to violence in another small island nation; the UK. The UK has witnessed a number of large scale and dramatic protests concerning the war in Sri Lanka. 300 Tamil youths who began a blockade of Westminster Bridge were joined by thousands more throughout the week, culminating with over 100,000 Tamils marching through central London on April 11th. Police responded to the initial protests by kettling the group before attacking many with batons. Several people were arrested under the Terrorism Act for carrying the Tamil national flag, which is also the flag of the Tamil Tigers - officially a terrorist organisation. Two Tamil men went on hunger strike, although one has since suspended his fast in response to efforts to organise international talks.
 
Twitter has led one Moldavian activist into a whole lot of trouble. Natalia Morar, 25, has gone into hiding fearing arrest after she organised a Twitter flash mob which ended with 20,000 people storming the Moldavian parliament. "Not only did we underestimate the power of Twitter and the internet, we also underestimated the explosive anger among young people at the government's policies and electoral fraud", Morar said.
 
Buenos Aires has knocked down its apartheid wall. The pet project of Mayor Gustavo Posse, the 1600 metre long, 3 metre high wall was to separate the rundown neighbourhood of San Fernando from the affluent area of San Isidro. Posse labelled it an "anti-thief" wall and claimed it was to respond to security concerns. Argentine media labeled it the "wall of discord", and President Cristina Kirchner claimed to be "astonished" by its constructions, comparing it to apartheid. Last week, protesters installed "justice by mallet" by tearing the wall down.
 
School's out for 114 environmental activists. Over 200 police have arrested 114 eco-activists staying at a school in Nottingham, after police received 'intelligence' that the activists were planning to protest against the Ratcliffe-On-Soar coal power station. This power is one of the worst sources of carbon emissions in the UK.

Could CIA operatives be prosecuted for War on Terror torture? Barack Obama has left open the possibility, saying it would be up to the attorney general whether to prosecute. Mr Obama had said he would not use anti-torture laws to prosecute CIA personnel who relied in good faith on legal opinions issued after 9/11. Prosecuting speculation has been rife after declassified memos revealed that two al-Qaeda suspects were subjected to water-boarding (a technique which simulates drowning - 266 times) and methods including week-long sleep deprivation, forced nudity and the use of painful positions were used on other detainees.
 
Burundi's rebels have been handing in their weapons. African Union troops are physically disarming 21,000 fighters from Burundi's last active rebel group, the Forces for National Liberation (FNL). It follows a weekend ceremony where FNL leader Agathon Rwasa symbolically surrendered his own weapons to the AU. "This decade of fighting is enough to teach every Burundian we have to refrain from whatever has been the cause of violence in the country", the FNL leader said.