Monthly Archive: November 2015
Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act reveal that – for at least a decade – the FBI actively monitored an annual non-violent vigil outside of the military base at Fort Benning, Georgia....
Hundreds of indigenous Lumads have marched to Manila from Mindanao in southern Philippines to call attention to a spate of recent attacks and killings targeting members of their tribe. The month-long walk started on...
Declining snowpacks could critically reduce freshwater supplies to an estimated two billion people in countries around the world. That’s according to a new study out today in the scientific journal Environmental Research Letters. FSRN’s...
In Myanmar, the political party led by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is claiming a historic win in parliamentary elections held Sunday. The vote tally is slow, but President Thein Sein has sent...
It’s been 20 years since the then military-led government of Nigeria executed playwright and minority rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa with eight others. The men – all environmental campaigners opposed to the activities of the...
Obama administration officials announced today that they will appeal a federal court ruling that upholds a stay preventing the president’s executive actions on immigration from taking effect. The ruling affects an estimated five million...
Mexican authorities have exhumed the body of Ayotzinapa student Julio Cesar Mondragón. The move comes after months of pressure from his family and per recommendations from a group of experts affiliated with the Inter-American...
Early results from historic parliamentary elections in Myanmar, also known as Burma, suggest a significant victory for the party led by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. It’s the first time the country has...
All photos by MP Nunan. Read/hear her accompanying report. Click on any thumbnail image to launch slideshow.
Obama formally rejects TransCanada’s permit request for Keystone XL pipeline Stopping Shell in its Tracks: Washington state communities say no to oil trains Trans-Pacific Partnership text released – a look at what’s inside Cyclone...