Monthly Archive: January 2015
This week marks the 13th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Witness Against Torture, an advocacy group calling for the prison’s closure, is holding a week of actions in Washington...
A Guatemalan court got off to a false start on a retrial this week in a genocide case against the country’s former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and his then-chief of military intelligence Mauricio Rodríguez...
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U.S. President Barack Obama met with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in the White House on Tuesday to discuss topics ranging from bilateral trade to immigration to security policies. Outside the White House, dozens...
In Pakistan, the official three-day mourning period is over for the more than 130 victims of a recent Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar, but the signs of collective trauma are just starting...
A homemade explosive device detonated just outside of the NAACP office building in Colorado Springs Tuesday morning. Hannah Leigh Myers reports from Boulder, Colorado. Download Audio The FBI states that around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday...
One of the members of the St. Louis County jury that probed the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri is suing the county prosecutor. FSRN’s Nell Abram speaks with Jeffrey Mittman,...
Same-sex couples in Florida are rejoicing as many legally tie the knot Tuesday. But while Florida is now the 36th state to approve same-sex marriage, 14 other states still do not allow gay couples...
In May of 2013, a Guatemalan court found the country’s former de facto president guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 80 years in prison. The historic trial of General...
Journalism, especially for those working in high-risk countries, is an unstable job. Many reporters work without protections like life insurance and if one is killed, it affects the income of the family and the...