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One Year After Catalan Independence Vote Spain Still Furious



1973 September 24: Guinea-Bissau Independence Day

2017 September 25: Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum

September 26: European Day of Languages

1966 September 30: Botswana Day

2017 October 1 Catalan Independence Referendum

1960 October 1: Cyprus Independence Day

1960 October 1: Nigeria Independence Day

1978 October 1: Tuvalu Independence Day

1958 October 2: Guinea Independence Day

1932 October 3: Iraq Independence Day

1966 October 4: Lesotho Independence Day

1991 October 8: Croatia Independence Day

1962 October 9: Uganda Independence Day

1970 October 10: Fiji Day

1968 October 12: Equatorial Guinea Independence Day

1492 October 12: Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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Spain furious over Flemish letter to Catalan separatist

With Catalan politicians still in Spanish prison, dialogue stumbles

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Pro-independence organizations set up prison cell protest in Brussels

Tusk rules out role as mediator in Catalan crisis

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New footage shows Spanish police violence on referendum day

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Catalonia Erupts In Renewed Protests One Year After Independence Vote

Elna, the town that made the independence referendum possible

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Xinjiang Authorities Detain Almost Every Family Member of Late Uyghur Muslim Scholar

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Georgia Ranked 7th in Economic Freedom 2018

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Russia carves up nature reserves in occupied Crimea to build dachas for the boys

Russia’s censor threatens Ukrainian newspaper for explaining that conscription of Crimeans is a war crime

Iran: Minorities Campaign for Right to Education in their Mother Tongue

‘Anaana’s Tent’ passes Inuit songs, legends, language to a new generation

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First American Indian College Turns 50

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Where are the Indigenous children who never came home?

Breaking a Sacred Trust: On the Exploitation of Traditional Native Knowledge

Activists say Indonesia dragging its heels on indigenous rights

Guatemala: Indigenous survivors await genocide trial verdict

Chile announces aid plan for indigenous Mapuche region

Adivasis join hands to highlight their cause

Adivasi Community Remains Invisible And Unheard In The Hindi Movie Industry

Adivasi kids choose education over Naxalism

Irish President signs law repealing abortion ban

The Baloch deserve better treatment

Polish globe-trotter blunders into Indonesia-Papua conflict

Indonesia arrests 67 Papuan students backing Vanuatu’s bid to take West Papua issue before UN

Vanuatu championing self-determination for New Caledonia and West Papua

Heads of State of Tuvalu and Marshall Islands include West Papua in their UN address

Pacific leaders call out Indonesia at UN over West Papua

A Boiling Pot: The CCP’s Increasingly Intrusive Surveillance in Tibet

Three Tibetan Monks Detained After Launching Solo Protests in Ngaba

Reciprocal Access to Tibet: US To Deny Entry To Chinese Officials If Americans Not Allowed In Tibet

China Destroying Tibet’s Environment

Europe’s fastest growing tourist economies include Moldova, Bosnia, and… San Marino?

Iraq’s Nineveh picks Yezidi as head of provincial council

Yazidis in Turkey are still awaiting their fate

Kurdish activist sentenced to death in Iran

Kurdistan Region marks referendum on independence anniversary in ‘new Iraq’

Dutch Kurd who joined YPG now faces trial

Turkey bans even more books about Kurds and Kurdistan

US: Syrian Kurdistan could be like Iraqi Kurdistan after 1991, Kurds to participate in UN Political Process

Kurdish member of Iran’s Guards sentenced to death on espionage charges

More journalists entering politics in Kurdistan Region

New state of emergency declared in Jamaica

Puerto Ricans celebrate anniversary of revolt for independence

‘Ka pai’: New Zealand’s Maori language back from brink

Spain’s Basque region woos professional exiles as Brexit nears

Basque Audiovisual in Focus at San Sebastian

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“We Are the Face of Civic Struggle” in Nicaragua

Nicaragua issues arrest warrant for opposition leader

Low Turnout Kills Key Macedonian Name-Change Referendum

Macedonia PM ‘determined’ to change name despite referendum failure

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Four charged with Slovak reporter’s murder

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Putin Gives Chechnya An Oil Company

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Chechnya and Ingushetia trade borderlands, prompting protests from Ingush against the ‘surrender’ of historically contested territory

Dispute over history ignites ethnic clashes in Kabardino-Balkaria

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Austria accused of muzzling press after police told to withold information from critics

Honduras president laments U.S. aid cuts, eyes role for China

S. Sudan Government Forces, Rebels Clash Within Weeks of Peace Deal

A new report estimates that more than 380,000 people have died in South Sudan’s civil war

Azerbaijan Warns Armenians Over Karabakh Military Drills

Eritrea: jailed at 15 she dreamed of being a fashion designer. No trial and six years later, she’s still missing

The once-troubled Horn of Africa is now a positive note on the UN’s busy agenda

Marshall Islands Marches Toward Zero Greenhouse Emissions by 2050

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Montenegro: Can EU integration process improve media freedom?

No child soldiers: The next steps in Central African Republic

Why El Salvador turned its back on the left

Burundi suspends some NGOs

Bahrain charges 169 for forming another ‘Hezbollah’

World Bank approves first grants to Somalia in 30 years

Gloom in the newsroom as Hungary’s independent media recedes

New Caledonia marks day France took possession of the islands

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