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.

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. In the second story, we report on Libya where on July 2nd, at least 40 people were killed in an air raid targeting a refugee detention centre near the capital city Tripoli. We also look into the story of US activist Scott Warren, against whom legal proceedings were dropped recently on charges of aiding migrants, and South Korean where tens of thousands of “irregular workers” employed in Sate-run enterprises protested on July 4 as part of a country-wide strike.