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Recent Examples of separatist
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Aside from a small minority of violent Sikh separatists, Canada does not see the Khalistan movement as the threat India does, according to Carvin.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Sikh separatists demand an independent homeland known as Khalistan to be carved out of India.
—Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
Driving the news: The Washington Post first reported that Canadian officials alleged that Shah was behind a campaign against Sikh separatists in Canada.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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Lai, who asserted Taiwan is a sovereign, independent nation in his inauguration speech in May, is viewed by Beijing as a separatist.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Aside from a small minority of violent Sikh separatists, Canada does not see the Khalistan movement as the threat India does, according to Carvin.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Sikh separatists demand an independent homeland known as Khalistan to be carved out of India.
—Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
Driving the news: The Washington Post first reported that Canadian officials alleged that Shah was behind a campaign against Sikh separatists in Canada.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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The partition triggered mass migration and sectarian violence that killed hundreds of thousands of people, including Singh's grandfather.Sushmita Pathak, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
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Fears fed by decades of sectarian propaganda won’t dissipate all at once, but the new government can help assuage them by holding rebel groups accountable and ensuring that justice is dispensed by lawmakers rather than by armed groups with scores to settle.Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
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In 1994: Russian tanks and troops invaded its largely Muslim territory Chechnya to try to quash the secessionist rebellion after a three-year push for independence that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recognizing Somaliland would undoubtedly rattle the rump state of Somalia, further destabilize the Horn, and elicit a sharp rebuke from the African Union, which has long opposed secessionist movements.Ken Opalo, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
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The potential members of a schismatic Catholic sect are located in areas of the world such as the United States, where the church has significant financial resources and assets, plus a wide array of independent Catholic institutions that operate largely outside the hierarchy of the church.Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
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But Barzani’s setback only birthed a schismatic new cadre of Kurdish leaders.Behnam Ben Taleblu, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2017
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“Separatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separatist. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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