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1810 September 18: Fiestas Patrias, Chile
1983 September 19: Saint Kitts and Nevis Independence Day
1991 September 21: Armenia Independence Day
1981 September 21: Belize Independence Day
1964 September 21: Malta Independence Day
1960 September 22: Mali Independence Day
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
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Pakistan using enforced disappearances to silence minorities: Sindhi activists at UN
Construction of Dam on Indus river is illegal, unethical, says Sindhi activists
Balochistan: Pakistani forces abducted 12 people from three districts in past two days
Balochistan: Iranian security forces shot dead two Baloch youth
Moscow Writer Claims Crimean Tatars Destabilizing Uzbekistan
Distinguished Crimean Tatar surgeon convicted of ‘extremism’ for prayer room in hospital
Castles light up in celebration of Gaelic and Scots
Walmart dumps items with Soviet symbols
Man wounded by Spanish police on Oct 1 under investigation for actions during vote
A year after 20-S: the police operation that sealed fate of pro-independence leaders
Jailed civil leaders remain defiant in letter to pro-independence supporters
Independence supporters protest on anniversary of Spanish police raids to halt referendum
Student strike called for independence referendum anniversary
Russia’s policies not expected to change anytime soon – Defense Ministry of Latvia
Three Ezidis rescued from Islamic State captivity
Just 2 Yezidis running for election to Kurdistan Region parliament
Turkey: Pro-Kurdish daily on trial
Turkey angry at continued US support for Syrian Kurds
Iran has executed 44 Kurds in past six months
Scarred for life, Kurds from Iran plead for UN intervention after Koya attack
September 25: The unforgettable day Kurds voted to leave Iraq
Vanuatu steps up UN bid for West Papua rights, new referendum
St Kitts marks 35 years of alliance and independence
China’s Xinjiang Muslims live in fear of disappearing into camps
Five Uyghur Professors from Xinjiang University Held in Political ‘Re-education Camps’
Xinjiang’s Kashgar University Sacks Four ‘Two-Faced’ Uyghur Professors
China Has Chosen Cultural Genocide in Xinjiang—For Now
Maori Language, Once Shunned, Is Having a Renaissance in New Zealand
New Zealand celebrates 125 years of women having the vote
Why New Zealand was the first country where women won the right to vote
Fingers Point to China After Break-Ins Target New Zealand Professor
In a Corner of Moldova, Marx Casts a Long Shadow
IPOB sit –at-home witness’s partial success
UN approves New Caledonia voter registration
Tension stops New Caledonia campaign event
Chagos: Mauritius challenges British colonialism in a case with major implications
Domestic tourism booms in Tibet but restrictions on foreign tourists remain
Five Tibetan Monks Detained in Ngaba
Blue Mountains Council flying the flag in support of Tibetan community
New name, same flaws in eSwatini election
United States keen to invest strategically in Greenland
Greenland and the hunt for better climate science
Tuvalu reminds UN of existential threat of climate change
Russian Efforts In Macedonia Latest Attempt To Influence Balkans
China opens embassy in Dominican Republic after break with Taiwan
Bhutan’s Elections Demonstrate Continued Democratic Progress
Trial for murder of Honduran environmental activist delayed
Dominica: Striving Towards Climate Resilience
Vatican defends upcoming China deal against “drastic” critics
South Sudan’s Troops Raped and Killed Civilians While the Government Pursued a Peace Deal
Namibia Economy Contracts for 9th Quarter as Manufacturing Drops
Belarus: How Take-Over Of Country Started
Rihanna appointed an ambassador of Barbados
“Botswana elephant massacre” story now proven false
Ingush Mufti unexplainedly absent from North Caucasus Muftiate conference
Russian authorities force Gulag museum to close
‘Digital Resistance’: Siberian Game Racks Up Political Points
Karachay-Cherkessia authorities ready to spend almost 7k on troll factory
UN calls for genocide tribunal over Rohingya crisis
Indigenous Ugandan tribes demand recognition by the Constitution
The success and struggle for indigenous rights in India
Assertion of Adivasi identity to take precedence
In the tribal hearland of Adilabad, Muharram is a part of Adivasi ethos
Adivasis to celebrate Liberation Day
San Francisco Removes Statue Of Native Man At Feet Of Colonizers
‘We got it wrong’: Governments apologize to Alaska Natives for banning migratory bird harvests
Indigenous communities crippled in Argentina amid economic crisis
For rural indigenous women in Peru, health care is inadequate and hard to reach
Canadian professor working towards inclusion for British Columbia’s Indigenous communities
Indigenous Peoples Link Their Development to Clean Energies
The Epidemic Of Violence Against Native Women We Aren’t Talking About Enough
The language of the indigenous, traversing the Americas
High Court in Trinidad and Tobago decriminalizes gay sex
France to press Mali to implement peace deal with rebels
Georgia: A solitary peacekeeping mission on the edge of Europe
The future of Chinese investment in the Caucasus – The case of Abkhazia
NATO: The path you are on will take Georgia towards membership
Trump Is Reinventing the U.S. Approach to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Palestinians killed in separate events in Gaza and East Jerusalem
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