The joke was nothing too unusual for political comedy. But in India, where there is little room anymore to make fun of politicians without drawing court cases or mob violence, all hell quickly broke loose. Just hours after video from a stand-up show in Mumbai was posted online Sunday, supporters of a state political leader…
Durante años, se acumularon los cadáveres. A algunos les dispararon justicieros anónimos en motocicletas. A otros les dispararon en la cabeza, al estilo ejecución. En una matanza tras otra, la policía solo describía a las víctimas como “sospechosos de narcotráfico” que se habían resistido al arresto, una acusación que rara vez se sostenía al más…
Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, was arrested on Tuesday in Manila, after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity in his war on drugs in which, human rights groups say, tens of thousands of Filipinos were summarily executed. He was taken into custody at the airport…