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On 21st of July, the 27-year-old student Pinar Gültekin was murdered in Muğla in southwest Turkey by her ex-boyfriend through strangulation and the body was then poured over with concrete in a dustbin after combustion attempts. The number of murders of women in Turkey continues to rise and this year, according to the women's association Kamer, is already as high as 260 – the number of cases of domestic violence in Istanbul alone has risen by 40 percent this year, increased by the curfew.

Masses attacked and stormed a toll station in Lakhanpur in the district of Kathua in in by the Indian state occupied Kashmir, after local youths were assaulted by employees of the Indian state.

We publish here an article by communists from Nepal. Even if we do not necessarily share all the assessments, this article is important because it gives an insight into the development of the situation in Nepal:

The question of rebuilding the Maoist movement in Nepal

Rishi Raj Baral

It is a matter of deep concern  for the revolutionaries of the world to know the current situation of Maoist Movement in Nepal, which has a glorious history in the past. Not only the revolutionaries, but also the reactionary forces are watching it cautiously.

On July 30, three soldiers were killed during an attack on the armed forces of the old Indian state in the federal state of Manipur.

On July 28 hundreds of workers of a jute factory took part in combative protest against the company administration.

Suspected memebers of the PLGA under the leadership of the CPI(maoist) attacked a police camp in Chhattisgarh’s and killed one officer. Two days later a patrolling unit got attacked.

On Monday, July 27, renewed combative mass protests against the puppet government took place in Baghdad, in which reactionary forces killed two protesters.

The Communist Party of India (Maoist) called for an Bandh (armed strike) in the ongoing People´s War on July 25 in the federal state of Telangana. The People´s Liberation Guerilla Army under the leadership of the CPI(Maoist) also attacked a construction site in Telangana.