Peoples War in India Clippings 16/5/2013

Government’s war against Maoists faces a blow as CRPF suffers high attrition

Morale of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), tasked with carrying out anti-Maoist operations, seems to have hit an all-time low. The paramilitary force has witnessed shockingly high levels of attrition in last few years in a major blow to the government’s [...]

CPN-Maoist Clippings 16/5/2013

Two APF personnel hurt in Surkhet clash

Two Armed Police Force personnel were injured in a clash with the CPN-Maoist cadres at Jahere in Mainatada VDC in the district on Wednesday. The clash ensued when police intervened into the Maoist activists’ bid to disrupt an integrated mobile service camp organised by the local administration [...]

Peoples War in India Clippings 14/5/2013

India to battle Maoists with more mobiles

The Indian government is looking to build nearly 3,000 mobile towers in areas across the country without coverage, in a Rs. 30 billion (£358m) bid to tackle left wing extremism. The mobile infrastructure project will cover 2,199 locations in nine states where militant Maoists known as Naxals [...]

CPN-Maoist Clippings 14/5/2013

 

100 cadres join CPN-Maoist

KATHMANDU: Around 100 cadres of different political parties including UCPN -Maoist Sindhuplachowk district joint in-charge have joined the CPN-Maoist led by Mohan Baidya. The CPN-Maoist is the breakaway faction of the UCPN-Maoist.

Those quitting the UCPN-Maoist to join the CPN-Maoist are Sindhupalchowk district secretariat member Sanu Yonjan, district member [...]

Revolutionary Student Coordinating Committee denounces renewed attacks on peoples’ heroine, Assata Shakur

 

The Revolutionary Student Coordinating Committee condemns the repeated attacks on Assata Shakur by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and law enforcement authorities in New Jersey. On May 2, the FBI and state of New Jersey announced the doubling of the reward for the capture of former New York City Black Panther Party member, [...]

Peoples War in India Clippings 9/5/2013

Two naxal sympathisers held in Chhattisgarh

Raipur: Two young suspected Naxal sympathisers, including a school girl, were on Thursday arrested in Maoist-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said. “The Maoist sympathisers were nabbed from Kaika village of the district during an anti-Naxal operation by district force,” a senior official told PTI.

Those arrested duo [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 9/5/2013

Chinese woman’s death after allegations of gang rape sparks unrest in Beijing

Earlier today, the Beijing Public Security Bureau reported that “non-Beijing residents” were gathering in Fengtai District, in southwest Beijing, to “reflect discontent” with the May 3 death of a woman who had allegedly been gang raped (link in Chinese). The death of the [...]

CPN-Maoist Clippings 6/5/2013

We don’t have weapons: CPN-Maoist

CPN-Maoist General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa has said that there was no truth in the reports that his party still holds some weapons. Issuing a press statement here on Monday, General Secretary Thapa said the weapons meant for the security of his party leaders are presently not with the [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 6/5/2013

 

Police Seal-off UNZA as Student Set Fire in Protest

Police in Lusaka have sealed-off part of Great East Road after University of Zambia students set fire and stoned motorists in protest of reported increase in tuition fees.

It is the second riot the Zambia Police has had to deal with in a day [...]

Peoples War in India Clippings 4/5/2013

 

Maoists abduct 3 more in Malkangiri district

KORAPUT: Continuing their well-calibrated offensive against suspected police informers, Maoists abducted at least three persons, including an elected panchayat representative, in Malkangiri district. Though the incident occurred on Wednesday night, police confirmed it on Friday, coinciding with the visit of director general of police (DGP) Prakash [...]