Secession and Independence Movements
Covid Surge in New Caledonia, in the Pacific, HIts Indigenous Hardest
NOUMÉA, New Caledonia — Festooned with hibiscus flowers and woven palm fronds, scores of guests gathered for a celebration during New Caledonia’s wedding season. The aroma of grilled fish and yams bathed in coconut milk wafted over the revelers on the island of Lifou, population 10,000. The celebration on the atoll in late August seemed […]
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Piece by Piece, Russia’s Rationale for a Ukraine Invasion Is Put in Place
MOSCOW — Slumped in a chair, red tie askew, his staccato delivery emphasizing every grievance, President Vladimir V. Putin delivered a speech on Monday that sounded like a call to war. It was also the culmination of a propaganda barrage orchestrated by Russian state media in recent days — a stark demonstration of how the […]
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In Turkey, an Exhibit Meant to Highlight Kurdish Suffering Provoked a Furor
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Dozens of brightly painted coffins marked with the initials of dead Kurdish civilians were laid out on the upper battlements of an ancient fortress. A wall of street signs bearing the names of other victims and a towering pile of rubber shoes recalled the thousands killed or imprisoned during decades of conflict. […]
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New Caledonia Says ‘Non’ to Independence
NOUMÉA, New Caledonia — New Caledonia, a tiny scattering of islands in the South Pacific, will not mark the new year by becoming the world’s newest country. In a referendum held on Sunday, voters rejected independence overwhelmingly, with 97 percent electing to stay part of France, according to final results released on Monday by the […]
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Hong Kong’s National Security Law Explained
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Tuesday sentenced a student activist to three years and seven months in prison for secession and money laundering, in the latest example of a powerful national security law being used to criminalize speech and stifle dissent. The student, Tony Chung, 20, is the third person, and the […]
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