Gaeilgeoirí calling out negative attitudes to Irish – Creating a democratic and empowered Wales – Dagestan Album – Bulgaria’s Balkan ambitions – Lost generation in South Sudan – Palestinian Recognition of Israel – Tuareg demand participation in elections – Chinese Biometric Surveillance in Xinjiang – Eroding Central Asia’s only democracy – Al-Shabab Demanding Children – Recognition of Tribal Sovereignty – Empowering indigenous women – Basques march for political prisoners – Defense of Greenland’s autonomy – Prime Minister on maternity leave – A year after Jammeh Gambia emerges from the shadows – Western Sahara self-determination process draws little international attention – Worries as New Caledonia’s independence vote approaches – Any country who says Tibet is part of China is wrong – Bombs found near Dalai Lama’s camp – Catalonia moves to take back control – Baltic elves v Russian trolls – Turkish military in Kurdish Afrin – Logical Barotseland self-determination questions – Endangered languages saved by the internet
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1990 January 19-20: Azerbaijan: Black January
1991 January 20: The Barricades in Latvia
1946 January 22: Establisment of the Republic of Kurdistan
1919 January 22: Day of Unity of Ukraine
2014 January 22: The first killings of protesters on the Maidan
1759 January 25: Burns Night, Scotland
1788 January 26: Australia Day to Invasion Day to Survival Day
January 26, 1950: Republic Day in India
1968 January 31: Nauru Independence Day
1948 February 4: Sri Lanka Independence Day
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