Philippines: Duterte’s talk of martial law sparks fresh human rights worries

References are already being made to former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, whose 1972-1986 regime was characterized by martial law and synonymous with arbitrary arrests, detention, disappearances, as well as extrajudicial killings. “Martial law is martial...

G.O.P. Candidate in Montana House Race Is Accused of Attacking Reporter

Greg Gianforte at a campaign event on Wednesday. By JONATHAN MARTIN May 24, 2017 MISSOULA, Mont. — The Republican candidate in a hotly contested special House election in Montana was accused of assaulting a journalist on Wednesday at what was to be a...