Immigrant activists and their allies rallied in cities across the country this weekend, demanding President Obama and Congress move quickly to stop deportations that separate families and pass comprehensive immigration reform. Alice Ollstein covered...
This week marks 50 years since a military coup in Brazil paved the way for 21 years of dictatorship. During the regime’s rule, around 400 people were murdered or disappeared. From Rio de Janeiro,...
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative for Asia and the Pacific, Hirouyuki Konuma, says despite food production currently ahead of demand, agricultural production must increase by 60 percent to meet the world...
Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee voted this afternoon to declassify parts of a report on CIA interrogation techniques. Even before the vote, the CIA torture report made headlines after revelations that the agency...
by Shuriah Niazi Bhopal, India – Thousands of villagers in the Indian central state of Madhya Pradesh are opposing a proposed diamond mining project by global giant Rio Tinto. Residents and environmental groups are...
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a major decision today in a case that challenged spending limits for campaign contributions. In its 5-4 ruling in the case known as McCutcheon v. the Federal Election...
Photographs by Clayton Conn. Hear and read his story on the drug war victims’ movement in Mexico.
Some of Mexico’s highest profile drug kingpins have been detained or killed by security forces in recent months, and the government is touting a drop in the homicide rate, but many Mexican citizens continue...
Boko Haram, a sect with links to Al-Qaeda, has stepped up a violent campaign for the enforcement of Sharia law in Nigeria. In a briefing released Monday, the human rights organization Amnesty International estimates...
By Ekaterina Danilova An elderly woman, standing silently erect with hand-painted, striking banners is a common sight at pro-democracy and human rights rally in St. Petersburg, Russia. Some activists call her “the grandmother of...
FSRN Weekly Edition – April 28, 2017
April 28, 2017
