FSRN Weekly Edition – January 15, 2016
UN aid workers confirm widespread starvation in three blockaded Syrian towns Turkish police arrest more than a dozen peace petition-signing academics Cologne assaults embolden far-right groups in...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – January 22, 2016
Questions of accountability and long term effects loom over Flint water crisis Massive gas leak continues to spew methane into Southern California skies DOI to assess coal mining on federal lands for...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – January 29, 2016
Armed takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge winds down Obama slashes solitary confinement in federal prisons SCOTUS ruling gives second chance to prisoners sentenced to life as juveniles...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – February 5, 2016
Trans-Pacific Partnership signed in New Zealand; protesters include indigenous Maori U.S. Congress begins hearings on water crisis in Flint, Michigan Climate change and human activity wipe Bolivia’s...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – February 12, 2016
Russian-backed airstrikes against Syrian rebels causes new wave of refugees into Turkey Women’s rights groups in India mark Valentine’s Day by campaigning against gender-based violence Nigeria passes...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – February 19, 2016
UN gains access to besieged Syrian towns to distribute aid, ceasefire talks postponed Multiple hospitals attacked in northern Syria, UN envoy arrives unannounced Student protests in India gain...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – February 26, 2016
Congress takes a fresh look at updating and overhauling electronic communications law Digital privacy advocates rally in support of Apple’s resistance to override iPhone security feature for FBI Obama...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – March 4, 2016
Internationally recognized rights defender Berta Cáceres murdered in Honduras Guatemalan court hands down landmark sentence against military figures in Sepur Zarco case Refugee camp on...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – March 11, 2016
UN refugee agency criticizes EU draft deal to deport and swap refugees with Turkey Turkey’s President on Int’l Women’s Day: “a woman is above all else a mother” Anti-LGBT discrimination bills advance...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – March 18, 2016
Michigan governor and EPA Administrator grilled in day two of congressional hearings on Flint water crisis U.S. Department of the Interior releases five-year plan for offshore oil and gas leasing...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – March 25, 2016
Brussels attacks kill 31, injure hundreds and exacerbate regional tensions on migrant issue EU-Turkey deal fails to deter Afghan youths’ drive to migrate International Criminal Court returns guilty...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – April 8, 2016
Panama Papers open a window of opportunity to reform shady business as usual EU starts deporting migrants and refugees to Turkey; first Syrians arrive in Germany under deal “Nuit debout” movement...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – April 29, 2016
Pentagon announces no charges for Kunduz hospital bombers, another MSF facility targeted in Aleppo International experts release final report on 43 missing students before leaving Mexico Drought and...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – May 6, 2016
Massive wildfire rages across tar sands region of Alberta, Canada Honduran authorities arrest four in connection to murder of activist Berta Cáceres Far-right, anti-immigrant Generation Identity seeks...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – May 20, 2016
New rule means millions more U.S. workers can qualify for overtime pay Protesters take to French streets after government pushes controversial labor law through parliament U.S. immigration authorities...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – June 10, 2016
Sanders continues presidential campaign; Obama endorses Clinton Black Lives Matter activist sentenced on felony ‘lynching’ charges DOJ seeks Privacy Act exemptions for FBI’s extensive biometric...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – July 1, 2016
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Texas law that closed half the state’s abortion clinics Transgender discrimination measures lifted in Mississippi and in the U.S. military Full ramifications of UK’s...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – September 2, 2016
White House names emergency board to take over Puerto Rico’s finances Brazil’s Senate confirms ouster of Dilma Rousseff Trump meets with Mexican president ahead of immigration speech in Arizona...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – September 9, 2016
North Dakota governor activates National Guard ahead of Dakota Access pipeline court ruling Retired miners struggle to retain healthcare coverage as coal companies declare bankruptcy Non-profits sue...
View ArticleFSRN Weekly Edition – October 14, 2016
Boko Haram releases 21 kidnapped Chibok girls held more than two years UN extends Haiti mandate; death toll exceeds 1000 and full scope of destruction still unclear Chicago Public Schools narrowly...
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