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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
1968 October 12: Equatorial Guinea Independence Day
1492 October 12: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
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“Fake news” is fine with Facebook in Latvia
Anti-Terror Police Raid British Sikhs Over ‘Extremist Activity’
How the English Failed to Stamp Out the Scots Language
Holyrood Park ban galvanises Yes groups for Edinburgh march
The term ‘Unionist’ covers up what some of them really are
In Madrid, a Roma community prepares for relocation
‘Encouraging’ survey suggests rise in Welsh language speakers
‘Welsh is a foreign language, use English’ Caernarfon poet told by his bank
US to set up $60bn agency to counter China in developing world
Europe’s LNG Success Is U.S. Opportunity, Russia Challenge
Taiwan public opinion: 23% for maintaining status quo, 36% for de jure independence
At least 15 Tuaregs killed in Fulani attack on Mali village
Spain furious over Flemish letter to Catalan separatist
With Catalan politicians still in Spanish prison, dialogue stumbles
Work begins to remove Francoist symbols in Girona
Pro-independence organizations set up prison cell protest in Brussels
Tusk rules out role as mediator in Catalan crisis
Judge dismisses Puigdemont’s suit against men who threatened him from a tank
Spain yet to launch ‘systemic investigation’ into ‘excessive police force’ during referendum
New footage shows Spanish police violence on referendum day
One year on from Catalan referendum, the fight goes on
Catalonia Erupts In Renewed Protests One Year After Independence Vote
Elna, the town that made the independence referendum possible
Pope Honors Victims Of Soviet, Nazi Occupations In Lithuania
Pope Tells Latvians To Cherish Hard-Won Freedom
Pope Francis becomes an Estonian e-resident
Northern Mariana Islands legalizes marijuana
Young Uyghur Woman Dies in Detention in Xinjiang Political ‘Re-education Camp’
Xinjiang Authorities Detain Almost Every Family Member of Late Uyghur Muslim Scholar
Children latest casualty of China’s Uyghur crackdown
Uyghur Man Under Direct Threat of Deportation from United Arab Emirates
Moldova Court Again Suspends Appointment Powers of Country’s Russia-Friendly President
Georgia Ranked 7th in Economic Freedom 2018
Beyond Geopolitics: Why Does the Crimean Tatars Case Matter?
Russia carves up nature reserves in occupied Crimea to build dachas for the boys
Iran: Minorities Campaign for Right to Education in their Mother Tongue
‘Anaana’s Tent’ passes Inuit songs, legends, language to a new generation
Governor declares emergency for Alaska’s Native languages
First American Indian College Turns 50
Cherokee Nation graduates 109 from adult education program
Young, female, Native American, scientist
Jeremy Dutcher, The Newest Light In Canada’s Indigenous Renaissance
At ImagineNative, Indigenous-Made Films Challenge Expectations
US doubles tribal funding to fight violence against women
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
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
Basque music, Eta and Spain: ‘There is a need to forget the terrible trauma’
“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
Kalinouski In Brest: Rush Liar And Traitor And Defend Your Country!
Four charged with Slovak reporter’s murder
Untamed and not a tourist in sight – is Greenland the new Iceland?
Putin Gives Chechnya An Oil Company
Fourteen men convicted in ‘secret terror trial’ in Chechnya
Dispute over history ignites ethnic clashes in Kabardino-Balkaria
‘A quintessential disease of poverty’: The push to free Papua New Guinea from the chokehold of TB
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
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
Cuba’s president will continue Castro brothers’ project
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
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
Valls quits just weeks from New Caledonia vote
Dispatch: Russia’s murky ‘humanitarian’ foray into Serbia
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