Monthly Archive: December 2014
Hindu fundamentalists in India carry out controversial group conversions with alleged support of ruling party
Political and religious tensions are rising in India after some Hindu fundamentalist groups launched a drive to convert Muslims and Christians. The issue has led to protests both on the streets and in the...
Holidays bring generations together at “Black Lives Matter” demonstrations
Monday’s release of the autopsy of Ezell Ford, an unarmed black man fatally shot in August by Los Angeles police, has prompted a new wave of demonstrations against the use of deadly force by...
Q&A: Legal analysis of Florida’s same-sex marriage ban controversy
Florida is likely to see its first legal same-sex marriages beginning next Tuesday, even though voters in 2008 added to the state constitution a ban on all marriages except between opposite-sex couples. But it...
Ebola rages on in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea while Nigeria offers lessons
A healthcare worker in Glasgow has become the first confirmed Ebola patient in Britain. The unnamed woman returned to the UK from Sierra Leone on Sunday night, but is currently in isolation and health...
A message from Rami Almeghari in Gaza
Free Speech Radio News needs your help. For more than 13 years, FSRN has brought you coverage of critical economic, environmental and social justice issues. After a forced silence last year, FSRN relaunched with...
FSRN Weekly Edition – December 26, 2014
Houston and Milwaukee officers cleared of charges in killings of unarmed black men New York City mayor calls for protest pause after deadly ambush of two officers Checkpoints and other restrictions put damper on...
Blasphemy claims incite mob violence; young couple immolated
Dozens of countries around the world have some sort of law on the books against blasphemy, even in secular democracies like Finland, Ireland and New Zealand. In most, the laws are rarely if ever...
Checkpoints and other restrictions put damper on Christmas tourism in Bethlehem
Christmas is an occasion that once attracted hundreds of thousands of tourists to Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus. But the Palestinian tourism industry is reeling from the effects of Israeli settlements and a...
Prop 47 frees some California inmates in time to be home for the holidays
For many, the holiday season is a time for coming home. This year some Californians will be with their families years, even decades earlier than they planned. They’re prisoners released under Proposition 47, a...
