separatist
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The country is also mired in multiple security crises -- from jihadists, non-ideological "bandit" gangs, farmers and herders fighting over land, and a simmering separatist conflict.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Inspired by Khalra's life, the film follows an activist investigating alleged human rights abuses during Punjab's separatist insurgency, one of the bloodiest chapters in modern Indian history.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Critics, including state officials, have accused her movement of amplifying narratives that benefit separatist groups – allegations she has consistently rejected.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
This predominantly Tuareg separatist group, created in 2024, wants independence for the territory of Azawad in northern Mali.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
The separatist governments of the New York and Pennsylvania colonies offered rangers for the project.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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When a judge dealt another blow to separatists in May, Smith appealed the ruling and called the referendum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He began as a lieutenant and rose through the ranks, shooting to nationwide fame during the war with Russia-backed separatists in 2014.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
While she is correct that the separatists who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620 eschewed the pejorative term Puritan, she errantly suggests that they called themselves Pilgrims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Malian opposition figures and military personnel have been detained or abducted following large-scale attacks by jihadists and separatists on junta positions, security, legal and family sources told AFP on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Later, during their war for independence from Britain, the separatists relied on militias to fight the British and their Indigenous allies.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Canada - Introductory
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