In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we look at the horrific deaths of over a 100 asylum-seekers in the Central Mediterranean as European countries continue to pursue brutal border policies; the conviction and sentencing of former Burkinabe President Blaise Compaoré in the assassination of his predecessor, pan-Africanist and Marxist revolutionary icon, Thomas Sankara; the demand by the February 14 Revolution Youth Coalition for the disbanding of the US Navy base in Bahrain; and a raid by the Italian gendarmerie forces, the Carabinieri, on the headquarters of the Union Sindacale di Base trade union which has been organizing a series of actions against war and the anti-worker policies of the government.
UK’s anti-refugee immigration bill rejected in House of Lords again and other stories
Today we look at rising deaths of asylum seekers in the Mediterranean, the conviction of Burkinabe officials in the killing of Thomas Sankara, and more
