Politics

Photo:U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, February 10, 2017.

MARCH 10, 2017

Photo:Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks before local town mayors in Davao city in southern Philippines March 9, 2017.

Photo:Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien (second right) visiting Ganyiel, Unity state, South Sudan, on 4 March 2017, is briefed on the ongoing humanitarian response to famine in the region.

Photo:Displaced by Colombia’s armed conflict, this family now lives in Arjona, an impoverished community outside Cartagena on the northern coast.

Photo:Many homes on the front line in Ukraine have been so badly damaged by shelling that they remain abandoned.

Photo:European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 28, 2015.

Photo:A Native American man leads a protest march with veterans and activists outside the Oceti Sakowin camp at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S., December 5, 2016.

Photo:Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva.

MARCH 9, 2017
(São Paulo) – Brazilian authorities should reform laws that have been used to impose disproportionate punishments on military police officers who speak out publicly to advocate reform or voice complaints, Human Rights Watch said today.