Category: Weekly Edition

FSRN Weekly Edition – July 22, 2016

Turkey’s Alevi minority sees dark days ahead U.S.-led airstrikes reportedly kill more than 100 civilians in Manbij, Syria Indian troops unleash pellet guns on Kashmir protesters; hundreds blinded UK rift deepens after Scotland overruled...

FSRN Weekly Edition – July 15, 2016

Bastille Day attack in Nice kills at least 84 Trump taps Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as VP candidate Funerals for officers slain continue through the week Funeral for Philando Castile draws hundreds to Minnesota’s...

FSRN Weekly Edition – July 8, 2016

Editors Note: The Weekly Edition has been updated to reflect that officials now say a single gunman was responsible for the Dallas attacks. Snipers Ambush Dallas anti-violence rally, killing five police Outrage grows after two more black...

FSRN 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 vote to leave EU remain...

FSRN Weekly Edition – June 24, 2016

UK votes to leave EU; PM David Cameron announces resignation Capitol Hill Democrats sit-in on U.S. House floor demanding action on guns U.S. Supreme Court tie upholds lower court ruling on executive actions on...

FSRN Weekly Edition – June 17, 2016

Grief, anger, calls to action follow Pulse attack; GOP concedes to gun debate following filibuster Assassination of British MP puts both sides of Brexit campaign on hold Police arrest protesters occupying Africa Unity Square...

FSRN 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 database Ongoing violence in Iraq has internally displaced more...

FSRN Weekly Edition – June 3, 2016

Deadline passes for humanitarian aid access to besieged Syrian towns, UNSC considers air drops Refugee crisis driven further underground; drownings spike while smuggling booms CFPB proposes new rules to rein in payday loans Sub-Saharan...

FSRN Weekly Edition – May 27, 2016

Greek authorities finish evicting thousands of refugees from Idomeni camp World Humanitarian Summit brings international leaders and NGOs to Istanbul for “expensive talking shop” Implementation of Paris climate agreement tops agenda at UN meeting...

FSRN 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 begin a new round of deportation...