82 refugees missing after boat capsizes in the Mediterranean
The people on the boat had set off from Zuwara in Libya towards Europe in an inflatable boat, which sank nine miles away from the Tunisian port town of Zarzis.
Around the World in 8 Minutes: Episode 34
In this episode, we begin with a tribute to comrade Abhimanyu, a young activist of the left-wing Students Federation of India, and a student of Maharaja’s College in Kerala, who was martyred on July 2, 2018.
At least 44 killed in an attack on a migrant detention center in Libya
Migrants have become the latest victims in the proxy wars between global and regional powers
More than 30 Bangladeshi migrants drown after migrant boat capsizes in the Mediterranean
According to reports, around 60 people ended up dead or missing among the 75 people on the boat that was headed to Italy from a northern Libyan port
Libya marks a shift in power in the Arab world
Political analyst Aijaz Ahmad and Newsclick’s Prabir Purkaystha talk about the developing situation in Libya.
Report chronicles killings and sexual violence in EU-funded Libyan refugee detention centers
The Women’s Refugee Commission report details the atrocities faced by refugees in camps in Libya, and the brutality of the Libyan Coast Guard, both of which have been financed by the European Union in an attempt to prevent the inflow of refugees
Grim future awaits refugees forcibly disembarked from boat in Libya
Using tear gas and rubber bullets, a Libyan coastguard team, on November 7, forced at least 79 refugees and migrants to disembark from a vessel that had rescued them from drowning in international waters.
- Power grid workers protest planned layoffs in Spain
- Teachers in Swaziland demand immediate solution to education crisis
- Brazil approved more new pesticides in 200 days than European Union did in 8 years
- Missile and sophisticated weapons found in raid on Italian neo-Nazi party
- US legislator Ilhan Omar proposes pro-BDS resolution
