Small Nations' Alliance

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

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1902 May 20: Cuba Independence Day

2002 May 20: East Timor Independence Day

1864 May 21: Circassian Genocide Memorial Day

2006 May 21: Montenegro Independence Day

1822 May 24: Ecuador Independence Day

1991 May 24: Eritrea Independence Day

1946 May 25: Jordan Independence Day

1918 May 26: Georgia Independence Day

1966 May 26: Guyana Independence Day

1918 May 28: Armenia Independence Day

1830 May 28: Indian Removal Act

1918 May 28: Azerbaijan Republic Day

1967 May 30: Anguilla Day

1967 May 30: Biafra Day

1992 June 3: Mabo Day, Australia

1989 June 4: Tiananmen Square protests/June 4th Incident

1970 June 4: Tonga Emancipation and Independence Day

1523 June 6: National Day of Sweden

1905 June 7, Norway: Independence Day/Union Dissolution Day

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Batwa: New Study Shows People is Less Integrated into Social Welfare Programs

Uganda’s Minority Batwa Fear for Disappearing Culture

Gay man takes Russia to Europe’s rights court over Chechnya LGBT+ attacks

U.S. sanctions Kadyrov henchman in charge of MMA fight club for role in Chechnya’s anti-gay purge

Jailed Rights Defender Titiyev Files Request For Early Release In Chechnya

Heads of Crimea and Chechnya police top list of richest regional police officers

Cult of the Kadyrovs – Chechen president’s hometown renamed in honour of father

Turkey marks 155th anniversary of Circassian tragedy

Russian Senator Stripped of Mandate Amid Murder Investigation of Circassian Activist Aslan Zhukov

Three militants eliminated in Dagestan

Dagestan’s Last Tightrope Walkers: A Photo Essay

Xinjiang Re-education Camp Detainees Appointed ‘Crying Time’ Every Two Weeks

Gulgine Tashmemet, a PhD student in Malaysia, disappeared since December 2017, after returning to her hometown in East Turkistan

Zahirshah Ablimit, popular #Uyghur singer from #EastTurkistan, detained in after traveling with his parents to Turkey

Gulshan Abbas, a retired medical doctor, abducted on Sep 11, 2018, from her home in Urumchi

Gulnar Obul, well known university professor, arrested & accused of being ‘Two-faced’ for writing about #Uyghur culture, history & religion

Tashpolat Tiyip, Xinjiang University president, handed suspended death sentences, exact charges never made public

US Senate Panel Passes Bill to Address China Uyghur Crackdown, Camps

75 Years after Deportation, Moscow’s Genocide of the Crimean Tatars Continues

Poroshenko suggests granting Crimean Tatars national territorial autonomy in Ukraine

Russia uses threats & intimidation to drive Crimean Tatar language out of schools in occupied Crimea

Lithuanian MPs suggest recognizing Soviet persecution of Crimean Tatars as genocide

Erdogan: Turkey to defend Crimean Tatars under any circumstances

Mejlis chairman Chubarov: Russia consistently implementing concept ‘Crimea without Crimean Tatars’

State-sponsored abductions that Russia brought to Crimea. Where is Ervin Ibragimov?

UN demands Britain end rule of Chagos Islands in 6 months

Deadly floods in Guinea exacerbated by garbage-filled drains

Thousands March in Northern Ireland Demanding Same-Sex Marriage Equality

May ‘blocked amnesty’ for Northern Ireland veterans

Listen to JFK’s previously unheard private message to Ireland

Trump to visit Ireland during D-Day trip to UK and Normandy

Brexit shifts politics in Ireland as parties look north

Irish soccer’s split identity in the age of Brexit

Ireland United: The dream of an all-island soccer team

As Brexit looms, Irish employment hits new record high

Northern Ireland growth nearly four times slower than London

Theresa May’s successor won’t get better Brexit deal: Irish minister

Irish famine memorial dedicated on Deer Island

American family gives Irish Famine-era manuscript back to Ireland

These Projections Spotlight The Neglect Of Women In Northern Ireland

Ireland Votes Overwhelmingly to Ease Divorce Restrictions

Fresh plea for Border poll as survey shows 65% back united Ireland

Britain: Indonesia’s claim of sovereignty over West Papua, the Act of free choice” is an “utterly flawed process”

UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations

There is Nothing ‘Neo’ about the Colonialization of West Papua

Dreams of Comoros oil boom hang on seismic survey

Turkmenistan’s alpha male goes to the dogs

El Salvador wartime parties suspend controversial amnesty bill

Finland’s Lions claim ice hockey world championship

Paraguayan indigenous community goes digital to protect ancestral lands

A woman takes leadership of Paraguay’s Maka people

UA students discover 1,800-year-old footprint ‘snapshot’ of Athabascan ancestors’ culture

‘Resisting to exist’: Indigenous women unite against Brazil’s far-right president

Ecuador’s isolated indigenous tribes: Stuck between oil and state neglect

How Bolivian Indigenous Peoples Mobilized History for Social Change

Aboriginal mothers are incarcerated at alarming rates – and their mental and physical health suffers

Yukon has a new protected area

Reviving language: How researchers develop palawa kani, drawing on historical sources, as second dictionary nears completion

Rwanda lawmakers approve swahili as the official Language of the country, dropping french completely

Hong Kong independence activists granted refugee status in Germany

Hong Kong police arrest student independence movement leader for allegedly damaging Chinese flag

We’re approaching a point of no return in Greenland

Vietnam’s Ethnic Minorities Need Connectivity to Catch Up

‘Divide and conquer Asean’: China tries to go one on one with Malaysia to settle South China Sea disputes

India, Singapore Begin SIMBEX 2019 Naval Exercises in South China Sea

South China Sea: Tensions to ERUPT as disputed waters ‘on verge of collapse’, expert warns

Farmer Herder Clashes in Chad Follow Familiar Pattern

Tensions flare near Chad’s precarious northern border

French military take over from Belgium at enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Estonia

US energy secretary Perry: Sanctions bill on Nord Stream 2 coming soon

Communism is Prison exhibition opens in Tallinn

U.S., Estonia Sign 5-Year Road Map of Defense Cooperation

Estonian e-services suffer worst breach yet

100 years since Rīga was freed from communist rule

Estonian Song Festival is turning 150

Riigikogu celebrating 100th anniversary with open doors day

Baloch Movement to hold protest against Pak nuke prog on May 28

Car bomb targets Baloch insurgents in Kandahar

George Orwell’s son follows father’s steps in Barcelona during Spanish Civil War

Super League: Catalans Dragons beat Wigan Warriors 33-16 in Barcelona

150 lecturers signal open letter criticising Spain’s remedy of Catalan Authorities

Big pro-Catalan rally staged in Madrid

Jailed leaders register as MPs and senator in Spanish parliament

Japan’s NTT Data opens first European AI center in Barcelona

Junqueras and Sánchez express desire for dialogue in Spanish parliament exchange

Madrid court rejects Puigdemont lawsuit against electoral authority

Raucous scenes as jailed Catalan leaders take office

‘Victory against repression’ as Catalan prisoners take seats at parliament

Sónar+D brings Artificial Intelligence and ‘The Next Internet’ to Barcelona

Aging Catalan population expected to hit eight million by 2030

Here are the top 5 electric motorcycles and scooters from the Barcelona Motor Show

An interview with exiled Catalan President Carles Puigdemont

Cannes: Catalan director shocks with two-hour orgy of sadomasochistic debauchery

Power shifts in southern Catalonia – from nuclear to wind

Nestlé to invest €17.2m in biomass boiler in Girona plant

Catalan independence trial set to end on June 11

‘This is not a trial between equals,’ says Welsh MP Hywel Williams

Independence trial is ‘historic mistake’ says Catalan minister Alfred Bosch

Catalan Tourist Board launches UK campaign to promote Year of Cultural Tourism 2019

Òmnium claims ‘state operation’ aimed to criminalize its head Jordi Cuixart after his arrest

Jailed Catalans suspended as Spanish MPs

Puigdemont says Brussels win shows strength of independence cause

Honduran anti-graft mission probes ex-president over drug money

Welsh Independence Has Gone Mainstream

Bridgend Council threaten landlord with fine over Cofiwch Dryweryn ‘advertisement’

New book explores 15 centuries of Welsh literature

Welsh lessons for migrants and refugees ‘neglected’

Western Togoland Secessionists In USA Petitions UN Over Arrest, Brutality Of Members

Soldier Charged For Aiding Volta Secessionists

Central African Republic massacres leave more than 50 dead

Remote Togo village transformed by solar power

Gridlock in Moldova’s government helps Russia and Putin

Moldovan Pride march met by opposing groups

Southeast Europe’s first P2P lending platform launched in Moldova

Cook Islands targets gold standard for tuna products

Mauritania: Bloggers languish in detention two months after their arrest for condemning corruption

SNP call on BBC to refer itself to Ofcom to allow Question Time probe

Sturgeon: Voting SNP shows Scotland has had enough of being ignored

Nicola Sturgeon renews indyref2 call as Theresa May quits

Expert pollster: No-deal Johnson would give Scotland independence majority

Logging ravaging the Solomon Islands’ forests

Solomon Islands, Taiwan, and the Politics of Recognition

Vanuatu to seek more Belt and Road assistance from Beijing: PM

What if Equatorial Guinea Kept Its Promises on Human Rights?

European Parliament elections: Democracy arrived in Slovakia 30 years ago, but where are the voters?

One in five Swiss women has been a victim of sexual violence

Pro-Biafra Anniversary Turns Bloody As Police Open Fire On MASSOB Members

Biafra: Court Remands 140 Arrested IPOB Members For Alleged Treason

Gerry Gogan obituary: Irish priest expelled from Biafra

Rohingya refugee men join push to curb sexual violence

Thousands of Czechs protest for fourth week against justice minister

In Bosnia, women footballers play against the patriarchy

Gambia targets African tourists for more sustainable growth

Venezuela Gang Muscles Into Trinidad and Tobago, Others May Follow

Qatar not invited to emergency Arab summits in Saudi Arabia – Qatari official

Iran Closes Assyrian Presbyterian Church in Tabriz

Erdogan Describes Assyrian, Greek and Armenian Genocide As ‘Reasonable Relocation’

NIA files charge sheet in Sikh militancy case

G. Bissau protesters call for March election winner to form government

Austria’s coalition government collapses over scandalous Ibiza video

Botswana lifts ban on elephant hunting

Galician Literature Day, a celebration of language and culture

Somaliland celebrates independence amid lobbying for international recognition

China accuses U.S. for intervening in its relations with Dominican Republic

Albania government denies links to organised crime

Kyrgyzstan: One spiky little tweet exposes social fault lines

Seychelles set for commercial aquaculture debut

Malta named best European holiday destination for LGBT travellers

Bulgaria builds gas link to end full reliance on Russian gas

Ezidi radio presenter found in Syrian camp four years after ISIS kidnapping

Over 130 Yezidis resettle in France as part of new humanitarian initiative

PKK clash with Turkish forces in northern Erbil province

Kurdistan Region rights commission calls for suspension of acting Kirkuk governor amid ‘Arabization’ policy

Nashville Schools To Offer Kurdish Language Classes

Turkish-backed militants kill Syrian Kurdish abductee in Afrin after blackmailing his family

IS Militants Target Kurdish Farmers in Disputed Iraqi Territories

Kurds are creating a state of their own in northern Syria

US House Committee presses to protect Kurds in Syria

Kurdish city returns to original name ‘Dersim,’ attracts Turkish ire

Kurd in Germany running in EU elections proud of her Kurdish identity

How would a war between the U.S. and Iran impact the Kurds?

Turkish bombing causes population in Kurdistan Region border villages to dwindle

Parliament to elect new Kurdistan Region President on Tuesday

Russian, Turkish proxies poised to intensify clashes in Syria’s Idlib

Kurdish prisoners, MP in Turkey end hunger strike after Ocalan’s call

Bolivia’s Morales begins bid for 4th term despite complaints

Anniversary of Sahrawi armed struggle: 46 years of resistance

Western Sahara: November 8, established as National Day of Saharawi Civil Prisoner

UN envoy for Western Sahara quits over health reasons

France stands behind obstruction of efforts of UN envoy Horst Koehler (Emhamed Khaddad)

Tajikistan prison riot kills prominent opposition members

‘Breaking the silence’: Report documents torture in Kashmir

The tumultuous history of Tibet

US Ambassador to China visits Tibet after four years

US Ambassador Raises Concerns About Religious Freedom in Rare Tibet Visit

As elections near, Belgian political parties pledge support for Tibet in response to ICT questions

The 17-point Agreement – What China promised, what it really delivered and the future?

China forces 30,000 Tibetan monks and nuns to take exams on Chinese law

Human Rights Watch Calls on China to Immediately Release Over 80 Tibetans Unjustly Imprisoned for Long-Term

Taiwanese president challenged to invite Dalai Lama

Tibetan Angst over Chinese buy up in Australia

Morocco Calls Off Amendment Allowing Bank Al Maghrib to Issue Amazigh Banknotes

Tunisia’s indigenous Amazighs launch their first political party

South Sudan Warring Parties Sued Over Delay to Form Government

Can Bahrain “deal of the century” meeting achieve anything tangible?

‘This is not a peace plan’: Palestinians shun Bahrain conference

Tunisia frees United Nations expert suspected of espionage

Renaming of North Macedonia a rare Balkan diplomatic success

Libya documentary puts female footballers in spotlight

Russia Sees Libya Stalemate as Strongman’s Assault Stalls

Head of International Atomic Energy Agency visits Cuba

Shortages plague Cuba as U.S. sanctions sharpen economic woes

Thanks Iceland, Madonna for Disrupting Eurovision’s Big Deception

Blame it on Bieber: Iceland canyon too popular with visitors

Wow Air Collapse Decimates Iceland’s Economy

Kushner’s squeeze play on Jordan’s King Abdullah

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

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1948 May 15: Nakba Day, Day of the Catastrophe in Palestine

1811 May 15: Paraguay Independence Day

1944 May 16: Day of Sinti, Romani and Roma resistance

1814 May 17: Norwegian National/Constitution Day

1995 May 17: Panchen Lama’s abduction in Tibet

1991 May 18: Somaliland Independence Day

1944 May 18: Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide

1902 May 20: Cuba Independence Day

2002 May 20: East Timor Independence Day

1864 May 21: Circassian Genocide Memorial Day

2006 May 21: Montenegro Independence Day

1822 May 24: Ecuador Independence Day

1991 May 24: Eritrea Independence Day

1946 May 25: Jordan Independence Day

1918 May 26: Georgia Independence Day

1966 May 26: Guyana Independence Day

1918 May 28: Armenia Independence Day

1830 May 28: Indian Removal Act

1918 May 28: Azerbaijan Republic Day

1967 May 30: Anguilla Day

1967 May 30: Biafra Day

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Prefecture in Qinghai to Drastically Cut Tibetan Language Education

China’s Effort to Silence the Sound of Uyghur

Assyrian Writer Uses Language to ‘Engage, Challenge and Empower’

Uzbekistan: Keeping the Karakalpak Language Alive

British languages could be part of cultural loss on ‘a massive scale‘

Ending Cornish autocorrect woes with the SwiftKey keyboard

Language commissioners from six countries support a similar role being established in Northern Ireland

A farewell to the last of the great Scots scholars

Eureka High Students to Receive First California Seal of Biliteracy in Yurok Language Tonight

Thousands take to the streets across #Galicia to call for ‘freedom, justice and equality’ for #Galician

New Breton project http://stal.bzh to help people find Breton-speaking small businesses

Safeguarding Books and Reopening Schools: Syrian Kurds Fight to Treasure Their Traditions

New Words Help Bring Back Native Languages

Ngambela Manyando shamelessly order arrest of Barotse activist after WhatsApp, Social media brawl!

Chinese fishing giant and Kiribati announce joint venture

Eritrea blocks social media, reportedly to curb planned protests

Equatorial Guinea authoritarian regime praised in UN human rights review

Ex-Armenia president goes on trial, rejects ‘coup’ charges

Beware the Underworld Merchant-Adventurer

Estonian Films Headed for Record Breaking Year

The New Far-Right is Sinking Estonia’s International Reputation

Estonia finance minister vows to oppose further EU integration

Not OK. France’s Le Pen after Estonia visit asks to delete controversial selfie

#EUelections2019: Pro-Kremlin narratives in Latvia

Vilnius University awards diplomas to students expelled by Nazi and Soviet authorities

International Conference Explores Armenian, Greek and Assyrian Genocides

After Attacks On Assyrians, Northern Iraq’s Christian Minority Recommits To A Homeland

Rohingya Muslim shops and schools set on fire by Buddhist vigilante groups

Registration gives many Rohingya refugees identification for the first time

Bangladesh police kill two suspected Rohingya traffickers in clash

Rohingya girls rescued from traffickers in Bangladesh

Guam Has an Amazing, Millennia-Old Indigenous Culture No One Knows About

Trump To Meet Leaders Of 3 Micronesian Nations

UN chief Guterres concerned nuclear ‘coffin’ leaking in Pacific

Libya aid agencies seek U.N. resolution to protect people caught up in fighting

Minnesota could get a new state holiday: Hmong-Lao Veterans Memorial Day

Two Australians who gained access to Nauru share the horrors they faced

Contrasting Cases of Energy Dependence: Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago

Without Venezuela’s oil, Haiti struggles to keep lights on

‘Even Young Children Were Not Spared.’ Haiti Police Describe Massacre In La Saline

End A Dissident’s Ordeal in Turkmenistan

HKFP Lens: Lisa Ross dives into the heart of Uighur identity with shots from China’s Xinjiang

China’s online ‘army’ wages war on Uighurs

Religious Repression and Cultural Decimation: Spare a Thought for Uyghurs this Ramadan

‘Saved’ by state terror: Gendered violence and propaganda in Xinjiang

How Uyghurs are silenced from sharing their suffering with the world

Diplomat Confirms Limits on Ramadan in Xinjiang

Western Companies Get Tangled in China’s Muslim Clampdown

The razing of mosques is the next step in China’s crackdown on Uyghur culture

China tells Turkey to support its fight against Uighur militants

China pushes inter-ethnic marriage in Xinjiang assimilation drive

Man arrested during Nicaragua’s massive protests killed in prison

Fugitive El Salvador ex-president Funes paid by Nicaragua government

Croatia’s WWII divisions in the open as Merkel visits

Victims of deportation of Crimean Tatars commemorated in Kyiv

Hizb ut-Tahrir case: Russian court extends remand time for Crimean Tatar men

US urges Russia to free arrested Crimean Tatar activists

Occupation authorities mull terrorism-related charges against Crimea Tatar leader Dzhemilev’s stepson

Crimean Kids With Kalashnikovs: Critics Warn Of Growing Emphasis On ‘Patriotic’ Education

Tortured Crimean Tatar jailed for over 10 years without a crime

When You Think About Crimea, Think Crimean Tatars

Bitter 75th Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation as Russian persecution mounts in occupied Crimea

Turkey Marks 1944 Tragedy Of Crimean Tatars

Russian bridge to Crimea strangles Ukraine ports

Shhh—No Need To Fear Russia, Says Russiophobia Report Paid For by Russia

Putin calls Ukrainians ‘fascists.’ They’re about to swear in a Jewish president.

Anti-Kremlin campaigner calls for ‘French Magnitsky act’

Council of Europe to allow Russia to vote again

Muslims will trigger disintegration of new Russian empire, Ukrainian mufti says

Dagestani wrestler who desecrated Buddha statue in Kalmykia arrested after igniting mass brawl

Ingush Activist Rizvan Ozdoyev Detained Over Violence At Rallies Against Chechnya Border Deal

Russian embassy wrapped in Pride flag to protest Chechnya’s anti-gay purge

LGBT Torture in Chechnya Continues, Human Rights Group Confirms

“Kiss-in” at Russian embassy to protest homophobia in Chechnya

Turkey’s divided Circassians

Dalai Lama Offers Buddha Statues to Buddhist Temples in Russia

Ingush blogger Ismail Nalgiev expelled from Belarus without trial

Son of Ingush UR party member arrested on suspicion of terrorism

‘Oldest man in world’ dies aged 123 after shunning doctors, TV and alcohol

Is Russia a Muslim country?

Mediation in Norway aims to resolve Venezuela crisis

Venezuela’s Collapse Is the Worst Outside of War in Decades

Vatican launches its first ever women’s football team

Victims of Clergy Abuse to Sue Vatican, Seek Abusers’ Names

Growing fears that Ebola could spread within and beyond DR Congo

Money, guns and brides fuel South Sudan’s cattle wars

South Sudan refugees flood into DR Congo

Kiir urges rival Machar to return to South Sudan

UN Steps Up Measures to Combat Ebola at South Sudan-Congo Border

South Sudan bans discos, bars to operate for five hours daily

Sudan protest hub: Roadblocks being removed, US lawmakers pile pressure

How Sudan targeted the women driving protests

United Liberation Movement for West Papua urges Indonesia not to execute West Papuan political prisoner Yogor Telenggen

West Papuan independence activists Yakonias Womsiwor and Erichzon Mandobar jailed for ‘rebellion’

West Papua Issue Raised in UK Parliament, but Follow-Up Is Unlikely

Colonial Indonesian prosecutors seek prison sentances on treason chardges for West Papuan referendum activists

As Indonesia mulls moving the capital, indigenous groups fear another land grab

A new high: Indigenous Thai farmers swap opium for coffee, land

Putla: A 75-year-old woman indigenous rights defender

Tomoko Keira’s ‘The Spirit of Huci’: A year of living with an Ainu elder — review

How democracy has failed India’s adivasis

Millions of indigenous people face eviction from their forest homes

Adivasis demand equal allocation in national budget

No power, water, roads: Telangana’s Guttikoya adivasis demand basic facilities

‘Stop atrocities on Adivasis’: Alleged letter by Maoists warning TDP leaders surfaces

Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation donate $750,000 to Sacramento State’s Native American Studies program

Maine to become first state to ban Native American mascots in public schools

Vermont Ditches Columbus Day, Renames Holiday To Honor Native Americans

One of the Last Navajo Code Talkers, Whose Native Tongue Stumped WWII Enemies, Has Died

Cave Inscriptions Shed Light on Cherokee History, Religion and Culture

A Rising Native America Aims to Make Further Gains in the 2020 Elections

Must-Watch Film ‘Welcome to Gwichyaa Zhee’ Fights for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Copper, fjords, reindeer and controversy: inside Norway’s new arctic mine

An Uncommon Victory for an Indigenous Tribe in the Amazon

First Indigenous Women’s March empowers survivors, offers support

Signs of the times: indigenous women and indigenous place names

How a 19th-Century Photographic Technique Erased a Māori Tradition

Indigenous Australians Challenge Government Over Climate at UN

Treaty: Aboriginal Victorians to elect First People’s Assembly

Insiders Insight: Togo family dynasty eyes rule until 2030

Faroe Islands ‘Closed For Maintenance’ to Tourists

The Demise of Hong Kong

Honduran president’s brother admits to knowing drug lords

Multilateral Presence and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific

Vietnam Is the Chinese Military’s Preferred Warm-Up Fight

Chad Suspends Import Taxes on Food to Avoid Sudan-Style Protests

St. Kitts And Nevis Court Rules Adults Can Legally Use Marijuana In Private

Pakistan: 5 killed in Gwadar hotel attack claimed by Baloch Liberation Army

Baloch group warns China against its presence in the region

‘China may end up helping Baloch freedom war’

Gwadar is not last, more attacks to come, Baloch Liberation Army declares

Pakistan’s Shiite Hazara Minority Fear Atrocity at Hands of Sectarian Militants in ‘Prison-like’ Ghettos

It’s Like ‘Living In A Cage,’ Say Pakistan’s Besieged Hazara

Tiny East Timor to become world’s first plastic-neutral nation

Women in Kyrgyzstan are fighting sexism by joining the space race

Zimbabwe to pay US$660 million to white farmers, finance ministry data shows

Plaid Cymru call for votes as Wales poll shows united Remain effort would beat Brexit Party

How Was Polynesia Populated? Two New Books Explore the Pacific’s Mysteries

Stop Tuvalu and ‘the world from sinking’ UN chief tells island nation facing existential threat from rising seas

Solomon Islands disappearing beneath rising sea at ‘unprecedented’ rate

European Commission head Juncker says Georgia is a ‘100% European state’

Allies’ support proves that Russia’s aggression will not deter Georgia’s progress toward EU and NATO – Georgian president

Abkhaz parliament confirms opposition leader was poisoned, presidential elections may be rescheduled

Abkhazia bans foreigners from leading tours

Iceland Tops KidsRights Index

Women Are One Third of Board Members at Iceland’s Largest Companies

Gabon president vows to nab thieves of $250m protected hardwood

Trans-Dniester: The disputed ‘smuggler’s haven’ ruled by Moldovan ‘football kings’

Moldova’s president to dissolve parliament unless deadlock settled by mid-June

Is everyone in Scotland really ready for the responsibility of independence?

Yes.scot campaign for independence hits huge milestone in just three weeks

Nicola Sturgeon: There’s now a chance to keep Scotland in EU

Edinburgh McDonald’s stops selling milkshakes during Farage visit

Ex-Belgium king to be fined £4k a day until he takes DNA paternity test

Extreme right is gaining ground in all of Europe, except for Wallonia

Christian Aid urges to Drop Sierra Leone Ebola-related debts

Widespread flooding in Paraguay causes damage, deaths

A new election brings little hope for Solomon Islands’ vanishing forests

Belarus: Media Under Attack as European Games Loom

Switzerland Loves Guns. The E.U. Wants Reforms. Voters Will Decide

Liberia opposition vow to go ahead with June protest

Biafra day to be marked on May 30

IPOB Ready For ‘Landmark’ Event Towards Biafra Sovereignty

Biafra: Police cautions IPOB ahead of May 30 sit-at-home order

Turkey to send second drilling ship off Cyprus

Austrian state plans ‘Ten Commandments’ for asylum seekers

Austria recognises third gender option in official documents

Austria approves headscarf ban in primary schools

Czech protests over new justice minister enter third week

Djibouti Again Ordered to Pay US$385m to port operator

Pendarovski sworn in as new North Macedonia president

Bosnia, Montenegro and Serbia sign border agreement

EU peacekeepers warn Serb leader against dividing Bosnia’s armed forces

EU Starts New Program to Fight Graft and Organized Crime in Bosnia

Will The Gambia be a turning point for AU peace efforts?

Ghana keen on crashing ‘Western Togoland’ separatist dream

UAE reports acts of ‘sabotage’ against commercial ships

NYU Chaplain to Be First Chief Rabbi in the United Arab Emirates

Interviewed from prison: Catalan independentists’ choice for Europe’s top job

Joan Miro: The Catalan Magician Remakes the World

Carles Puigdemont will give up Catalan presidency bid if he becomes MEP

Barcelona among 43 world cities listed for fighting climate change

Statistical Institute of Catalonia

Torra’s first 12 months as Catalan president

Defense lawyer accuses Supreme Court judge of ‘violating fundamental rights’ of Catalan witnesses

Supreme Court to allow jailed MPs to take up seats but refuses their release

Catalan political prisoners granted temporary freedom for swearing-in

Elected Catalan pro-independence prisoners allowed to attend parliament on day before opening

Barcelona becomes world’s most popular international conference city

DocsBarcelona back again with a focus on nature, women’s rights and politics

Parliament speaker Roger Torrent urges Council of Europe commissioner to visit jailed Catalan politicians

Spanish electoral authority stops jailed Catalan politician Oriol Junqueras from taking part in a televised debate

Spain goes after Catalan media, government officials and businesspeople over 2017 referendum

Catalonia indyref: 28 new people charged including media bosses

Puigdemont’s list files lawsuit against electoral authority

Catalan president Torra makes court appearance over yellow ribbons controversy

Catalonian Women Filmmakers Raise the Bar

A New Generation of Women Filmmakers on the Rise in Catalonia

Foreign minister pays tribute to slain Catalan photojournalist on Balkans trip

Catalonia Representatives Visit Croatia, Ignored by Officials

Sarajevo, possible venue in Barcelona’s bid to host 2030 winter olympics

Franco’s legacy animates Spain’s Vox party

Catalan pro-independence parties end Socialist leader’s bid to head Spanish Senate

Catalonia: 150 Academics Sign Open Letter Denouncing Violation of Civil Rights

Messi awarded Creu de Sant Jordi for service to Catalonia

Catalan lawmakers to head both Spain’s congress and senate

Spain’s Sanchez nominates Catalans to chair Congress and Senate

Pedro Sanchez picks Catalans for key positions in Spanish government

New York mayor backs reelection of Ada Colau in Barcelona

Dire Straits veteran to play Barcelona in October

Barcelona take on Lyon in ‘dream’ Women’s Champions League Final

Leo Messi’s ‘humility and honesty’ earns him one of Catalonia’s highest civil awards

Barcelona vice-president Mestre believes Catalan giants’ success can help grow female football

How to Make Money Off Rainforests Without Cutting Them Down

Qatar inaugurate first stadium amid possible FIFA plans for 2022 World Cup expansion

EU official voices concern over Greek PM handouts

Greek Anarchists Vandalize U.S. Ambassador’s Home

Greek journalist’s car targeted in reported bomb attack

India and Pak Should Resolve Issues Through Dialouge Involving Stateless Nations of the Region, World Sikh Parliament

Congress and BJP are fighting over 1984 Sikh genocide just for votes, says Dal Khalsa

First aid in years lifts hope for cut-off towns in Central African Republic

ICC postpones hearing of Central African Republic case to September

US in new push to resolve Israel-Lebanon sea border dispute

Lebanon’s Latest Brush With Crisis Has Hezbollah Scolding Banks

UN calls for probe into allegations of torture in Lebanon

In Lebanon, vintage film posters question Western cliches

Lebanon’s ex-Maronite patriarch dies days before turning 99

“We’re Not Coming Out!”: why the overlooked story of Romani Resistance Day still resonates in 2019

Kuwait urges military to take ‘maximum caution’ amid US-Iran tensions

Elephants Can’t Vote, But They May Decide Botswana’s Election

Mining diamonds in Botswana

EU shrinks tax haven blacklist, removes UK, Dutch territories

Josu Ternera, leader of Eta Basque rebels, arrested in France

U.S. Intelligence: China Is Building Up Its Capability to Invade Taiwan

Taiwan loses Asia’s press-freedom top spot – but still pretty good

China Again Blocks Taiwan’s Participation in World Health Meeting

Feud between Rwanda, Uganda strongmen takes toll

Somaliland Celebrates Independence Despite Lack of International Recognition

East Africa Finally Acknowledge the Reality that is Somaliland

Dominican Republic ends probe of defrocked Jersey priest found teaching children

‘A Million Elephants’ No More: Conservationists In Laos Rush To Save An Icon

Sweden Reopens Julian Assange Rape Case

Sweden to host international meeting on ISIS tribunal

‘Rise up’: Papua New Guinea female police chief’s battle cry to women

Yezidis build homes on Mount Shingal, the only place they feel safe

ISIS burns crop fields in Makhmour after farmers refuse to pay tax

US-led Coalition: ISIS not defeated

Yezidi lawmaker introduces bill calling on Iraq to mark national genocide day

Turkish court sentences Kurdish author Fuat Onen to 37 months over writings

Erdoğan’s little helper – Why is Facebook censoring Kurdish solidarity?

Kurdish village fears ‘demographic change’ as hundreds come to unlawfully claim land

Suspected ISIS attack leaves two Kurdish civilians dead in disputed Khanaqin

Blocked from humanitarian aid, Afrin Kurds experience hardships in Serdem Camp

Uncertain Future Awaits Displaced Syrian Yazidis in Lebanon

Kurdish-led authority: Damascus stirring tensions in east Syria

France reopens probe into killing of 3 Kurdish activists

Kurdistan region worried as U.S. and Iran tensions grow

Turkey begins moving 600 Kurdish prisoners from Afrin to unknown location

Iraqi forces demolish homes of 4 Kurdish families in Kirkuk

Turkey’s Erdogan seeks to strip 21 Kurdish, opposition MPs of immunity

“The resistance of the Saharawi people will end with victory and self-determination”, East Timor PM

Sahrawis are fed up with waiting

Human Rights Watch denounces the arrest and trial of a Sahrawi woman

World Bank Offers $27m For Geo-Energy in Dominica

Pro-independence parties progress, are left 2 seats short of majority in New Caledonia Congress

Anti-independents secure narrow majority in New Caledonia vote

French Loyalists Retain Slim Majority In New Caledonia

New Caledonia’s provincial elections sharpen independence political divide

A hardened atmosphere after New Caledonia’s provincial elections

New ‘anti’ force shakes up New Caledonian political landscape

How the Dalai Lama Negotiated the Future of His Nation in Exile

China’s Worsening Human Rights Abuses Evoke Memories of Mao

Nepal Orders ‘Investigation’ of Reporters Who Wrote About Dalai Lama

Two MPs Secretly Attend Tibet Convention Violating Nepali China Policy

Xi had Agreed to Meet Dalai Lama in 2014 but Cautious Indian Govt. Stopped it

Missing facts in China’s white paper on education in Tibet

Tibetan Villagers Evicted to Make Room For New Airport

Dr Lobsang Sangay: ‘The human rights situation in Tibet has gone from bad to worse

Human Rights in Tibet Took Downward Turn in 2018

Tibetan community marks 25 years in Chicago region

China’s Digital Wall Around Tibet

60th Year of Suppression Marked with More Clampdowns

Dear United Nations, Panchen Lama’s Missing Case is Unlike Any Other

11 Reasons Why Tiny Bhutan Stands Out From The Rest Of The World

Donald Trump meets Hungary’s Viktor Orban at the White House

Hungary far-right party forms uniformed ‘self-defense’ group

Bahrain charges lawyer of sharing “fake news” for his Tweets

Tunisia on edge as Libya’s Hifter advances

Burundi orders asset seizure of exiled opposition

Threats, vote-buying in Bangsamoro region on eve of midterm polls

Cuba Rations Staple Foods and Soap in Face of Economic Crisis

Defiance and Arrests at Cuba’s Gay Pride Parade

Political detentions cause political crises, says Brotherhood in Jordan

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

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1950 May 9: Europe Day

1877 May 10: Romania Independence Day

1948 May 15: Nakba Day, Day of the Catastrophe in Palestine

1811 May 15: Paraguay Independence Day

1944 May 16: Day of Sinti, Romani and Roma resistance

1814 May 17: Norwegian National/Constitution Day

1995 May 17: Panchen Lama’s abduction in Tibet

1991 May 18: Somaliland Independence Day

1944 May 18: Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide

1902 May 20: Cuba Independence Day

2002 May 20: East Timor Independence Day

1864 May 21: Circassian Genocide Memorial Day

2006 May 21: Montenegro Independence Day

1822 May 24: Ecuador Independence Day

1991 May 24: Eritrea Independence Day

1946 May 25: Jordan Independence Day

1918 May 26: Georgia Independence Day

1966 May 26: Guyana Independence Day

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Why Are Hazaras Targeted In Pakistan?

A young Hazara woman: “We are used to the feeling of fear”

Photographer’s Death in Central African Republic Still Unsolved

Chinese logging takes heavy toll on farmers in Guinea-Bissau

Boko Haram’s resurgence in Chad

Fight continues for secret files on murder of Australian reporters in East Timor

Gambia: 22 death sentences commuted to life imprisonment, a welcome step towards abolition

Batwa: Uganda MPs pass motion to guard cultures of minority tribes

‘United Shades of America’ goes inside the home of Minnesota’s rising star Hmong chef

‘The Hmong’s story in Anchorage is part of the whole city’s story’

Surkov seen remaining in charge of Kremlin policy on Donbas, Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Belarus Deports Ingushetian Activist To Russia

Russia’s Only Buddhist Chaplain, The ‘Lonely Lama’

Russia: New Anti-Gay Crackdown in Chechnya

New taxi service for women in Chechnya

Meet the Journalist: Ben Mauk on Circassian Nationalism

Misuse of Anti-Extremism in April 2019

250 rockets fired from Gaza at Israel; 1-year-old child among those killed in retaliatory airstrikes

US crafting surrender document not a peace plan: Palestine FM

In Push for Trade Deal, Trump Administration Shelves Sanctions Over China’s Crackdown on Uighurs

Uyghurs Face Tight Ramadan Curbs as China Bristles at ‘Concentration Camps’ Remark

Dozens of mosques, major shrines ‘razed’ in China’s Xinjiang

Reporter’s Notebook: Uighurs Held For ‘Extremist Thoughts’ They Didn’t Know They Had

Human Rights Watch Reverse-Engineers Mass Surveillance App Used by Police in Xinjiang

EU urges China to ‘change the situation’ in Xinjiang where ‘up to one million Uighurs are detained’ in internment camps

Security cameras and barbed wire: Living amid fear and oppression in Xinjiang

Jailed Uyghur Scholar Ilham Tohti Receives Freedom House’s ‘Freedom Award’

The Uyghur women fighting China’s surveillance state

Former Xinjiang teacher claims brainwashing and abuse inside mass detention centers

I’ve fought China’s slow-motion genocide of Uighur Muslims. Now, my family are victims.

Thousands in rare pro-democracy protests in eSwatini

Journalism in Nicaragua under siege

While the world is distracted by Venezuela, repression continues in Nicaragua

40 years later, grappling with regime change in Nicaragua

Shuttered Lebanese stock exchange highlights fiscal strain

What We Know About 23 Crimean Tatars Detained in March

Rally in support of Crimean political prisoners held in Kyiv

Exhibition dedicated to 75th anniversary of deportation of Crimean Tatars opens in New York

Ukrainian political prisoner beaten by prison staff in Russia for Maidan

Russian Authorities To Remove Tatar Collaboration Slur From Crimean History Textbook

Russia intensifies repression against Crimean Tatars to squeeze them out of Crimea

Two Ukrainian fishermen freed in Russian-occupied Crimea

Vandals Smash New Monument To Crimean Tatar WWII Victims

Russia begins 15th Ukrainian ‘spy’ or ‘saboteur’ trial in occupied Crimea based on televised ‘confessions’

Russia’s first Ukrainian POWs imprisoned in Donbas for over four years

Russian proxy republics ‘officially’ seize Ukrainians’ homes in Donbas

Ukraine will not recognize Russian citizenship illegally offered to Ukrainians in Donbas

Ex-commander of Joint Forces: About 75,000 Russian soldiers stationed in Crimea and Donbas

Russian trolls blamed Ukraine for MH17 in 65,000 tweets after disaster

The landscape painters who invented Norway

Indonesian prosecutors demand jail for West Papuans found with weapons

Polish tourist jailed in Indonesia’s West Papua files appeal

Spotlight on West Papua abuses in British parliament

1st ever UK House of Commons debate on West Papua took place at the UK Parliament

Jordan revamps cabinet in latest overhaul of top institutions

Trump declares ‘invasion’ at border after DHS says 1 percent of Honduras, Guatemala entered US

Libya: Battle for Tripoli becomes a sandbox for outside powers

Here is Europe’s most sustainable country in 20 pictures

El Salvador gang violence stifles progress on gender killings: top prosecutor

Brunei backs down on gay sex death penalty after international backlash

Thousands of people in Finland to receive genetic health predictions

Columbus brought measles to the New World. It was a disaster for Native Americans.

White House issues proclamation for ‘Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day, 2019’

Trauma lives on in Native Americans by making us sick – while the US looks away

Navajo Code Talker Fleming Begaye, Sr. dies at 97

‘Thunder Bay’ Podcast Investigates Canada’s Colonial Impacts On Indigenous People

Arctic word games or Indigenous survival?

Inuit condemn U.S. torpedoing of Arctic Council declaration

Indigenous groups march 200km across Guatemala against corruption

Territorial management and governance of the Columbian Amazon by indigenous people

Indigenous Mobilization Wins Battle in President Bolsonaro’s War on Indigenous Peoples

Church workers: Venezuelan indigenous face some of greatest hardships

India’s Adivasis Caught Between State and Guerilla Violence

‘We don’t want to die landless’: Kerala’s Adivasis are again agitating for land promised in 2001

Adivasis from Kothagudem ask Maoists to release abducted youths

China, Which Incarcerates Millions of Uighurs, Gets Seat on UN Forum for Indigenous Peoples

UN to Lend a Helping Hand to Indigenous Peoples Worldwide

First as journal publishes university research in Scots

Gaelic bardic tradition in Cape Breton helped preserve history, language

Wycliffe Associates Look To Launch 100 New Bible Translations for Dayak People of Borneo

Cortizo wins Panama election on pledge to stamp out corruption in ‘money-launderer’s paradise’

Hundreds of thousands of Haitian children suffer in slavery – and women play a key role in perpetuating the system

Tallinn 800 – a fitting age for a gorgeous medieval city

Study: the Baltics could stop Russia with a guerrilla army

Monument to Lithuanian partisan leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas unveiled in Chicago

Lithuania to continue to boycott May 9 Victory Day events in Russia

Latvian Saeima becomes first foreign parliament to recognize genocide of the Crimean Tatars

Venice Biennale’s Top Prize Goes to Lithuania

Lithuania: Šimonytė narrowly beats Nausėda as the two head for runoff in presidential elections

EU and US warn Turkey against Cyprus offshore drilling

Denmark is the least feminist nation in the world, global survey finds

Bankruptcies Double as Denmark Targets Fraudulent Enterprises

Pompeo skips visit to Greenland amid new tensions with Iran

China tightens the screws on Hong Kong

Foxconn chief tells China to recognise Taiwan’s existence as sovereign state

Three retired Hong Kong police officers reportedly travelled to Taiwan to monitor pro-independence activists

Isolation hurts Taiwan’s highly professional military

South China Sea: Indonesia sinks scores of boats as rift with Beijing deepens

How Vietnam, Philippines Will Get around China’s Fishing Ban in Disputed Sea

U.S., Japan, India and Philippines challenge Beijing with naval drills in the South China Sea

Would China’s South China Sea Bases Be Wiped Out In A War?

U.S. Seizes North Korean Vessel and Sails it to American Samoa

Oman ratifies defence agreement with UK

‘Pak running multiple concentration camps in Balochistan’

Petition for Free Balochistan

Greece: Protests held against Pakistani forces after Baloch women, children abducted

Balochistan: Three persons including two youngsters abducted from Kech

Pakistan don’t need Baloch, but their resources, claims activist

Balochistan: Iranian force beat up and harass female school teacher

Sindh’s politico-religious, nationalist parties demand governor’s removal for anti-Sindh remarks

Catalan leader re-applying for entry to Canada after travel permit mix-up

Federal officials to look again at Catalan leader’s request to come to Canada

Madrid court overturns ban on Puigdemont running in European election

Exiled Catalan trio to stand in Euro poll

Catalonia’s Puigdemont urges Pedro Sanchez to be open to dialogue

Puigdemont to visit London, Berlin and Ljubljana during EU election campaign

Puigdemont in Slovenia: Goal is Stronger Democracy in Catalonia & EU

Puigdemont to give up presidency bid if elected MEP

ANALYSIS: It’s time for Pedro Sanchéz to be bold and take a risk on Catalonia

Barcelona president says Messi can play until he’s 45 and will have TEN statues at renovated Nou Camp

Unemployment continues downward trend in Catalonia despite minimum wage increase

Library of US Congress boasts over 10 million documents in Catalan

Automobile Barcelona revs up for centenary edition

European Greens top candidate: Catalan trial ‘politicized’, ‘open dialogue’ needed

Spanish minister walks out of Holocaust memorial over ‘political prisoners’ remark

“Catalan: a minoritized language”, a talk at University of Cambridge

The Catalan independence movement is not behind the rise of Spain’s far right

Atlético Madrid’s Catalan curse

Seat breaks record in sales for first 4 months of 2019

‘They grabbed me by the testicles and threw me to the ground’ – Catalan Trial day 40

Barcelona to become world capital of trade and logistics in late June

Unionist leader offers Sánchez support to reimpose direct rule on Catalonia

Spain’s acting PM and opposition leader agree to open talks on Catalan crisis

Jailed Catalan leaders request release to take up their seats as MPs

Lawyers for imprisoned Catalan MPs request release for swearing-in

The leader of the Socialist Party in Catalonia to become speaker of Spanish Senate

World Health Organization supports Barcelona’s decision to ban the most-polluting vehicles

Catalonia unveils pavilion for Art Biennale in Venice

What can Scotland learn from Catalonia? Quite a lot actually …

Catalan Socialist leader’s bid for Senate presidency up in the air

Attorney General opposes release of jailed Catalan leaders to take seat in Spanish parliament

Unprecedented pro-independence landslide in Chamber of Commerce election

Catalonia, an active partner for European integration

Independence ‘No’ vote surpasses ‘Yes’ for first time since 2017, suggests public poll

Battle for independence movement hegemony reemerges in European election

Spain’s General Election & Catalonia Independence – World Liberty Weekend

Jailed Catalan leader hints at support for Pedro Sanchez in Euronews interview

Formula One comes back to Catalonia as locals fear for its future

Girona says it with flowers as Temps de Flors festival begins

How will Brexit affect Catalonia?

How Europe will be the next battleground in the Catalan independence question

Catalonia president steps in to save Spanish GP

To march or not to march … do mass demonstrations help independence?

Celebration of European languages and culture in Barcelona in May

“Stop Vox” – The cross-party manifesto against the far-right

Jailed and exiled Catalan politicians to take part in European election TV debate

British Embassy in Somalia launches Somali journalism prize award

How Can Native Language Journalism in Kyrgyzstan Improve?

Mau Mau fighters lose suit for British colonial torture compensation

Namibia tribes appeal US court ruling in genocide suit

900 white farmers register for compensation in Zimbabwe

Ffilm Cymru Wales invests £185,500 in seven Welsh companies

From James Bond to Lemmy – the Welsh Assembly turns 20

Has Wales embraced the Welsh Assembly 20 years on?

Concern about ITV survey asking whether Welsh speakers ‘too dominant’ in Assembly

Welsh independence march: Huge turnout in Cardiff for AUOB Cymru march

Today we march towards a better future as an independent country, Adam Price

Tahiti statute text on nuclear tests reworded

Two French tourists kidnapped, local guide killed in Benin

How Benin’s democratic crown has slipped

Benin’s unrest reflects a broader worrying trend in West Africa

Fuel for thought: black market in petrol in Togo and Benin – in pictures

Brexit boom lifts Luxembourg insurance sector

Despite Gains, Mauritania’s Road to Defeat Slavery is Long and Bumpy

Glasgow attracts huge turnout of Yes supporters for pro-independence march

Devolution has made independence more likely, say half of Scots

All Under One Banner chief organiser charged by police after march

All Under One Banner start preparations for 2020 Glasgow independence march

IT’S time for Scottish independence, Nicola Sturgeon reacts to poll putting Brexit Party in the lead in the UK

Dangers of disinformation discussed in San Marino

As Kiribati disappears, will the world take heed?

In exile in Bangladesh, a bittersweet revival of Rohingya culture

Rohingya women, girls being trafficked to Malaysia for marriage

Burma releases Reuters journalists jailed for reporting on Rohingya

Cyclone Raises Fears About Vulnerability of Rohingya Refugee Camps

Austria Moves to Tighten Rules on Investment in Critical Assets

Czechs protest for second week against new justice minister over meddling fears

War-ravaged historic ‘Pearl of Bosnia’ Mosque reopens

Kosovo’s president to boycott summit in Bosnia

Banking on Kosovo

Rita Ora buys a £1.5million mansion for parents in native Kosovo from her £18m fortune after making No9 on Sunday Times Rich List

Tajikistan’s ruler-in-waiting rides out Ramadan grumbling with handouts

Serbia Holds Military Parade Amid Tensions With Kosovo

The digital rock: Monaco goes high tech

Bush fire guts 4 villages, kills 33 in South Sudan

Will Guyana soon be the richest country in the world?

US approves $3bn Apache helicopter sale to Qatar

‘Violence and hatred’: Qatar and UAE go head-to-head at The Hague

How Greek crisis helped removed taboo on mental health

Photo exhibit debuts in B.C. showing impact of 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India

Five men killed after being deported from UK to Jamaica

Pope Francis issues broad new Vatican law on reporting of sexual abuse and cover-up

Pope to Roma and Sinti: those who discard others are real second-class citizens

Crucial victory as Ukrainian court orders compensation for Roma families driven out of Loshchynivka

Azerbaijan Indicates Armenian Soccer Star Will Be Allowed In For Europa Final

The long road back to Liberia: the story of Mo Sangare’s international debut

Armenia’s jailed ex-president: I’ll join struggle against new leaders

Botswana gives leaders stools made from elephant feet

‘Greatest Basque spectacle’ wowed thousands in 1949. Now, Boise show honors its past

Eduardo Chillida’s Basque museum and sculpture park given a new lease of life

Basque Broadcaster EITB Bans Gambling-Related Advertising

Newspaper Gara Victim of Spain’s Ideological Persecution of Basque Independence Movement

Basque Culinary World Prize 2019 nominations closing soon

Remains of nearly 85,000 genocide victims buried in Rwanda

Women lead Rwanda’s renaissance

Will Somaliland Ever Seek Israeli Agro-miracle?

Somaliland is Where World Must Learn Peace Lessons From

Somaliland: Egyptian Delegation Visits to Discuss Bilateral Relations

Eritrea keen to host Somalia-Somaliland talks

Dominican Republic’s Capital City Receives Honor of Gastronomic Culture Capital of the Caribbean

Gabon Court Rejects Medical Exam to See If Bongo Fit to Rule

Fiji PM rebuffs ‘move to higher ground’ advice as Australia frets over climate

Bulgaria Offers Chilly Welcome as Pope Francis Tries to Mend a Schism

Sweden is going cashless

Krona’s Plunge Shows How 2008 Crisis Is Only Just Hitting Sweden

In Sweden you can roam anywhere you like, without the landowner’s permission

Vietnam’s Changing Ties with Sweden a Sign of Times

Vietnam To Receive Clean Energy Development Assistance From Sweden

U.S, allies propose financing for power plant for Papua New Guinea gold mine

Syria’s Kurds reject regime-imposed ‘reconciliation’

Damascus denounces Kurd-Arab forum as ‘treason’

No turning back: Syrian Kurds reshape region with books and school

Turkey Begins Offensive on Kurdish Militias After Attacks

Four Turkish soldiers killed in two attacks by Kurdish militants, Turkey says

Factbox – From Kobani to Kirkuk: the Kurdish struggle for rights and land

Syrian Kurdish authorities return 27 freed Yezidis to Shingal

Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Mothers Face Wrenching Choice: Abandon Kids Or Never Go Home

Iraqi Yazidi refugees prevented from returning to Sinjar due to ongoing dangers

Turkish Kurd Leader Ocalan Meets Lawyers for First Time Since 2011

Lawyer: Ocalan wants hunger strikes to end

Ocalan letter says northern Syria needs to be resolved democratically

Kurdish party reiterates support for Turkey opposition in re-do Istanbul elections

Kurdistan parliament re-institutes presidency office two years after suspension

Kurdish-led SDF Transfers IS Kin to Home Countries

Anti-Kurdish protests grow in Syria’s Deir al-Zor – residents, locals

UK to raise issue of Kurdish hunger strikers with Turkey

Former leader of short-lived Soviet Kurdish republic buried in Erbil

Ezidi worker commits suicide off high-rise in Erbil

Singapore passes controversial ‘fake news’ law which critics fear will stifle free speech

Kashmir’s women take small steps towards economic independence

New Caledonia’s independence referendum: Local and regional implications

Self-determination in New Caledonia: uncharted waters ahead

Sovereignty is only way for New Caledonia – Neaoutyine

Anniversary of Tjibaou’s death commemorated in New Caledonia

Western Sahara: Natives of the desert, natives of Africa?

Young Tibetan Girl Wins Highest American Television Award

‘Portraits’ of long-missing Panchen Lama renew Tibetan anger to Chinese ‘meddling’

Tibetan Man, Aunt Sentenced For Panchen Lama Protest in Sichuan

Former Botswana President in Direct Challenge to China Calls for Support to Tibet

TIPA’s “Yarkyi” Festival 2019 celebrates excellent preservation and promotion of Tibetan theatrical art and culture in the last 60 years

Dalai Lama’s former envoy tells German parliament “China wants to destroy the core of Tibetan identity”

His Holiness the Dalai Lama thanks Tibet supporters at the 7th World Parliamentarian Convention on Tibet

One More Torture Survivor, Former Political Prisoner Yeshi Gyatso Passes Away

‘Mother of Tibet’: Meet The Unsung Saviour of Thousands of Tibetan Children

China Influences 3 Journalists to Probe in Nepal for Writing Dalai Lama Article

China’s White Paper on Education in Tibet: The Missing Facts

Two Russian Agents Sentenced for Montenegrin Coup Plot

Blues blowin’ in from the desert

Africa’s Sahel region grows as breeding ground for terror, posing critical danger to U.S. and allies

Challenges of Morocco’s Many Languages Lead to Academic Debate

Giant Public Artwork of Amazigh Woman’s Face Destroyed

Amazigh Students Oppose Panel on Palestinian Cause, Threaten to Kill Panelist

Former Miss Uruguay Found Dead In Mexico City Hotel Room

Belize votes to take Guatemala’s territorial claim to the International court of Justice

In Bhutan, The Prime Minister Is A Doctor Every Saturday

Bahrain ditches subsidy reform plan as political tensions simmer

Free press should be barred from 2020 poll: Burundi commissioner

Pro-western candidate wins North Macedonia election

Pope makes historic first visit to North Macedonia

Is Eritrea coming in from the cold?

US deporting more and more people to Eritrea – a country it says tortures and kills its citizens

Cuba cancels annual Conga Against Homophobia parade

Suits Filed Against Carnival Cruises, Cuban Firms Over Seized Property In Cuba

Foreign businesses at Cuba tourism fair defy new Trump sanctions

Ahead of Brexit, Barclays puts £2.2bn into Irish unit

Northern Ireland’s voters have sent politicians a clear message

My London history students’ knowledge of Ireland is, at times, shocking

Why does Brexit matter to Connecticut? Ireland.

Northern Ireland parties launch new bid to form government

Could a surge for Northern Ireland’s smaller parties save devolution?

On This Day: 1916 Easter Rising executions continue to the shock of many Irish people

The Ties that bind Ireland and Jamaica

UK and Ireland’s Common Travel Area to continue after Brexit

Honoring 10,000 Irish immigrants who built the US railroads

Darkness Into Light: 200,000 participate in suicide awareness walk

Anti-gay preacher is first-ever banned from Ireland under exclusion powers

Ireland and Britain declare climate emergencies, but will it make a difference?

Bananas May Be Iceland’s Next Big Thing

Iceland’s Eurovision act: Israel is apartheid

World’s first open-sea beluga sanctuary to open in Iceland

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

Aug. 12, 2019 – Aug. 16, 2019, Tromsø, Norway: Summer School: Revitalisation and reclamation of Indigenous and minoritised languages

May 6th to May 7th 2020 Venice, Italy: First Conference on the Endangered Languages of East Asia

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1707 May 1: the Act of Union of Scotland and England

May 1/Nissan 27: Yom HaShoah, Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day

1963 May 1: The Day of Terror: colonial Indonesian military arrive in West Papua

May 3: World Press Freedom Day

1990 May 4: Latvian Independence Restoration Day

May 8/Iyar 5: Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day

1950 May 9: Europe Day

1877 May 10: Romania Independence Day

1948 May 15: Nakba Day, Day of the Catastrophe in Palestine

1811 May 15: Paraguay Independence Day

1944 May 16: Day of Sinti, Romani and Roma resistance

1814 May 17: Norwegian National/Constitution Day

1995 May 17: Panchen Lama’s abduction in Tibet

1991 May 18: Somaliland Independence Day

1944 May 18: Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide

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Israel’s U.N. Ambassador gives the U.N. Security Council a history lesson on the Bible

Uyghur Inmates in Iconic Xinjiang Detention Camp Photo Identified

To Live in Xinjiang Is Just Like Being Jailed

U.N. chief raises issue of Xinjiang’s Uighurs during China visit

U.S. Religion Report Assails China Over Abuses Of Muslims, Calls Russia, Uzbekistan ‘Countries Of Particular Concern’

Uyghur IU student fights to free father Ilham Tohti from imprisonment in China

China frees ‘lost’ Uighur wives but at a price, families say

‘Truth hidden in the dark’: Chinese international student responses to Xinjiang

Xinjiang phone app exposes how Chinese police monitor Uighur Muslims

Taiwan Voices Support for Uyghurs in China

Chinese photographer Lu Guang’s detention in Xinjiang raises alarm

Airbnb listings in China are littered with racist discrimination

We need a brand new Scotland that doesn’t look like Britain

Downing Street caught out secretly polling Scots voters on independence

Glasgow indy march kicks of season of All Under One Banner rallies

Map of landmines – How Brexit might help the Scottish independence quest

Is an independent Scotland now inevitable? I’m beginning to believe it might be

Some sort of Scottish independence is inevitable. May needs to face up to it

Hard Brexit could push Scottish independence ‘over the line’, warns Tony Blair

Brexit makes the case for an independent Scotland

Scotland on the brink: the nation’s final years of independence

When will the Hazara and Baloch Genocide stop?

Baloch living on both sides of artificial border are inseparable: Hyrbyair Marri

Balochistan: Iran’s IRCG arrest more than 30 Baloch youth in Jalq

Balochistan: Iranian forces execute two Baloch in Kerman Prison

Balochistan: Nine children and women of one family abducted in Naseerabad

‘It opened my eyes’: the Indonesian woman fighting for West Papuan rights

Lawyers launch court action challenging Indonesia’s annexation of West Papua

School, homes in Sorong, West Papua, inundated by floods

West Papuan speaker ‘silenced’ when trying to raise UN agenda issue

Indonesia jails Polish tourist in Papua for treason

25 year old West Papuan Maikel Ilinmaton tortured to death by Indonesian Security officers

West Papuan and Indonesian students beaten by Indonesian police and militia for peacefully demonstrating on the 56th Anniversary of the “Day of Terror”

Finland Cozies Up to Iran like it did for Soviet Union

Ukrainian political prisoner Bekirov receives no treatment for over week, under threat of diabetic coma

Crimea: Russia’s newest Potemkin Village

Russian Police Search Homes Of Two Crimean Tatar Activists

Czech Constitutional Court rules in favour of hotel ban on Russian citizens approving Crimean landgrab

Ukraine preparing appeal to Council of Europe over searches in Crimean Tatar houses

Zelensky: Border only “common” thing between Ukraine, Russia

American Indian tribe bans GOP governor from reservation over opposition to Keystone protestors

‘All Political Parties Have Treated Adivasis As Disposable People’

A Broken Skull, a Dubious Paper Trail: Australian Justice for One Aboriginal Man

Fighting Words: The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II

Clashes over possible Guinea president third term

Founder member of Self-Determination for Gibraltar Group William Serfaty dies age 74

Why the Tiny City-State of Monaco Might Be Home to the World’s Most Resplendent Art Fair

Rising Military Spending In Europe Amid Russia Fears

UK unable to defend itself without help, warn analysts

Russia drops out of top 5 global military spenders while US and China up the ante

Nearly half of young Russians have never heard of the mass political repressions carried out by #Stalin.

Will people hear the story of the Numto reindeer herders?

Russian Court Extends Detention For Bashkir Activist Airat Dilmukhametov

Chechnya: Journalist Zhalaudi Geriyev Released After Three Years In Prison On Drug Charge He Denies

Portugal Just Launched a National Space Agency!

China Tightens Control Over Hong Kong

US Lawmakers Join Opposition Against Proposed Hong Kong Extradition Amendments

30 Years After Tiananmen: Hong Kong Remembers

Dark Days in Hong Kong

Kosovo’s Leader: EU Is ‘Weak,’ U.S. Needed For Talks With Serbia

China’s Trade War Is Taiwan’s Opportunity to Bring Cash Home

Romani children, their rights and wellbeing: time to reset the research agenda beyond 2020

Social Security cards in occupied Tibet could be surveillance tool

Sen. Richard Lugar, consistent supporter of Dalai Lama and Tibet, passes away

US federal commission says China sought “forced assimilation” of Tibetan Buddhism in 2018

Three Tibetan detained for praying for the release of Panchen Lama

China arrests Tibetan university student for writing a critical essay

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Congratulates Japan’s New Emperor Naruhito

Japan’s new era ‘Reiwa’ represents Harmony and ‘Hope’ in Tibetan

Denisovans, A Mysterious Kind Of Ancient Humans, Are Traced To Tibet

Is China Attempting to Prop up Fake Tibetan Organizations in Canada?

Six Marxist students vanish in China in the lead up to Labor Day

Tibetan Boy Selected to an Australian State Under 14 Football Team

Tibetan journalists voice alarm over lack of press freedom in Tibet

Death Threats Against Chemi Lhamo Were Organized by Chinese Diplomats in Canada

China’s Engineered Development in Tibet

Pariah no more? Greece needs big bond investors to seal its comeback

Benin’s government has shut the internet ahead of an election that has no opposition

Journalist Casimir Kpedjo detained, facing false news accusations in Benin

Record low turnout at Benin polls with no opposition

Benin democracy suffers blow as president-backed parties win

Tanks surround Benin ex-president’s home amid violent poll protests

Shots fired as post-election violence grips Benin

ISIS chief Baghdadi makes first video appearance since 2014

Turkish jets shell Kurdistan Region’s Chamanke district, target local mosque

Turkey protests Kurdish language classes at Japanese University

Kurdish activist dies after livestreamed attempted suicide

Former American YPG volunteer’s suicide raises trauma concerns

Disputes in Kirkuk postpone vote to decide new governor

Yazidi women seek acceptance for children born of IS rape

NRC warns 45,000 children may become stateless in post-ISIS Iraq

Arabs in Syria’s Deir al-Zor protest against ruling Kurdish militia: residents

Turkey separates Afrin from Syrian territories with concrete border wall

Hundreds of Syrian Kurds march to protest Turkish wall in Afrin

Russian-Syrian offensive in northwest Syria escalates as talks begin in Geneva

Kurdish women’s experience of state violence in Turkey

Iraqi Shia militias kill two unarmed Kurds in Iran: Rights group

Yezidi mayor accuses PKK, affiliates of abuses in Shingal

Syrian Kurdish leader reveals indirect negotiations with Turkey

Turkey sentences doctors protesting Afrin invasion to 20 months in jail

UN Iraq envoy calls for unified control of Sinjar for Yezidis to return home

Sikh Youth Acquitted in Arms Seizure Case of 2011

The Sikh Struggle for Self Determination

15 Genocide Culprits Acquitted by Supreme Court

It is Darbar Sahib, not “Golden Temple”

Sikh Council UK: Mass Resignations Leave In Doubt Future Of The Organisation

South Africa lashes out at UN over Western Sahara

Morocco : A Sahrawi activist sentenced to seven months in prison

POLISARIO Front urges UN Security Council to end status quo, Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara

These three groups are pushing Algeria to change

A glimpse of Berber life – trekking in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains

Berber hospitality filled 15-day tour through Morocco

Zuwara’s Amazigh fear attacks on strategic border area

Imperialism, colonialism and oppression in the Middle East

Spain’s general election result: 10 things you need to know on stateless peoples

Have you ever heard of the micro-currency called the ‘eusko’?

Berlin museum returns Maori and Moriori remains to New Zealand

Maori and indigenous rights expert joins New Zealand’s Supreme Court

PM Jacinda Ardern Got Engaged. New Zealand Almost Didn’t Notice.

The dream of Biafra lives on in underground Nigerian radio broadcasts

Biafra: May 30 declared sit-at-home to honour fallen heroes

Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu Thanks Chief Rabbi Of Munich For Hosting IPOB

Biafra Will Be Actualized Without War, Says Nnamdi Kanu’s Brother

Marathon County celebrates Hmong Heritage Month

Hmong Heritage Conference celebrates heritage, growth in the Hmong community

Hmong Awarness Month

One American’s journey to Southeast Asia: A look at how Hmong there came to find a home here in Wisconsin

Emphasis on language at Niue’s biennial arts and culture festival

Soldiers in solidarity – East Timorese and Australian veterans march together on Anzac Day

Duterte orders swift implementation of normalization process in Bangsamoro

Chad returns CPDS opposition leader to Equatorial Guinea

Riots in the Solomon Islands Greet Returned Prime Minister

UWA hands over land worth UGX180m to Batwa community

Early Marriage Means No School For Armenia’s Yazidi Girls

El Salvador: Gangs try to force incoming leader to negotiate

Kyrgyzstan bans uranium mining after protests

Wave of investment drives Baltic LNG infrastructure

‘Freedom gas’: US opens LNG floodgates to Europe

Estonian World is not for turning

NATO launch exercise “Spring Storm” in Estonia as part of plan to “contain” Russia

How A $125 Million Baltic Guerrilla Force Could Stop Russia: Report

Money-laundering crisis reshapes Estonia’s relations with non-resident businesses

EU flags removed from Riigikogu reflect current realities, speaker says

Estonia: why the far-right in power is the best case scenario for the Kremlin

Estonia’s decision of the decade: joining the EU

15 years in European Union Estonia’s most successful, says prime minister

Estonia received more than €10 billion in EU investment over past 15 years

Latvia’s ‘Harmony’ in Jeopardy

Belarus leader’s visit to Latvia delayed for indefinite period – media

Latvian Forest Brothers: From individual struggle to organized anti-Soviet resistance

Latvia marks 29th anniversary of restoration of independence

Lithuanians in Vilnius district feel discriminated against in education

Lithuania blacklists Russian singer Leps over his alleged ties with criminals

Lithuania bought gas from Russian giant Novatek, possibly breaking sanctions

Lithuania turns to EU commission over Belarus’ irresponsible approach to nuclear safety

FC Barcelona wins eighth Liga in 11 years

Footballer Leo Messi gets one of Catalonia’s highest civil distinctions

At 40, Rene Catalan just keeps getting better

Catalonia breaks Spain, the next step to a new Europe

Spain election: Catalan independence dream still alive

Spain elections: As the right splinters, regionalists and the center-left gain

Catalonia vote deal could be price Sanchez pays for power

Greg Russell: In Catalonia, Sanchez is caught between a rock and a hard place

Puigdemont presents European Citizens’ Initiative to sanction Spain

Spain bars exiled ex-Catalan leader from European election

Former Catalan president denied entry to Canada, angering Quebec separatists

Catalan leader goes to court after Canada refuses him entry for Quebec group’s event

Puigdemont’s party appeals ban on standing in European elections

Prosecutor overturns ban on Puigdemont standing in European election

Supreme Court to decide on ban to Puigdemont standing in EU election

Spanish police ‘beat people’ and ‘pulled them by the hair,’ say referendum voters

Catalan trials: Voters ‘beaten and kicked’ on day of indyref

Barcelona Home Sales Pick Up Despite Lingering Political Uncertainty

Barcelona summit brings together top European entrepreneurs and investors

Catalonia: Awareness-Raising 1,300 Kilometers Walk From Pyrenees to Belgium

Recovering Catalonia’s “influence” abroad: foreign office heads appointed for Portugal, Central Europe and Baltics

Diplocat holds first event after forced closure

Call for another New Caledonia referendum in early 2020

Papua New Guinea PM faces no confidence vote

Nicaragua: Ortega government continues to violate the right to freedom of press

Bolivia: Dozens of Judges Arbitrarily Dismissed

Who is Viktor Orban? Hungary’s authoritarian prime minister to visit the White House in May

TAP gas pipeline crosses Albanian rocky mountains

Albanian opposition blocks roads in push for snap polls

US echoes Danish worries on China in Greenland

Rights Groups Call For ‘Hotline’ During 2019 European Games In Belarus

Wall Street banks boycott Brunei-owned hotels after kingdom makes homosexuality punishable by death

UK aid to give clean, affordable renewable energy boost in Somaliland

Somaliland: Possible Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with Kenya

Honduras Congress stalls reforms after violent protests

More than 80 children of IS members returned to Tajikistan

US blasts Guyana for honoring ‘terrorist’ convicted in JFK bomb plot

Qatar says tightening Iran sanctions harms oil consuming nations

Jamaica’s World Challenge meeting cancelled due to financial issues

Xi calls for advancement of China-Djibouti strategic relationship

In Liberia, the U.N. mission helped restore confidence in the rule of law

How challenging the powerful global palm oil industry forced a Liberian lawyer into exile

Radio station and show hosts sued for defamation in Liberia

Uncertainty in Kuwait around expanding World Cup 2022

World’s second-largest diamond discovered in Botswana

UN Panel: South Sudan Killed Activists

South Sudan denies kidnapping, executing prominent critics

South Sudan hires US lobby group to avoid war crime charges

South Sudan adversaries meet in bid to save peace deal

Taiwan to launch digital talent program with Pacific allies

‘In Burundi, the Crackdown Continues in the Shadows, With Impunity’

New memoir of famed Irish Australian cellist who refused to play Rule Britannia

Go west to Silicon Valley, Tech trailblazer tells Irish entrepreneurs

Learning My Father’s Language

Why the Irish invaded Canada to end British rule in Ireland

Irish butter Kerrygold officially Ireland’s most successful food export

Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’ aren’t dead. They aren’t even past.

Trump threatens ‘complete embargo’ and ‘highest-level sanctions’ against Cuba over Venezuela

Iceland’s Missing Male Students

Cornwall looks to the future on five year anniversary of the Cornish being granted national minority status

Mi’kmaw teen’s video rendition of Beatles classic goes viral

UK insists on keeping control over Chagos Islands against International Court of Justice’s opinion

Activist moots a unique calendar for the Dayak nation

Christian persecution ‘at near genocide levels’

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

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April 22: Earth Day

303 April 23: Catalonia: Sant Jordi’s Day

1915 April 24: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

1916 April 24: Proclamation of the Irish Republic commences the Easter Rising

1974 April 25: Carnation Revolution in Portugal

1937 April 26: Bombing of Guernica, Basque Country

1961 April 27: Sierra Leone Independence Day

1994 April 27: Freedom Day in South Africa, first post-apartheid elections

1960 April 27: Togo Independence Day

1707 May 1: the Act of Union of Scotland and England

May 1/Nissan 27: Yom HaShoah, Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day

1963 May 1: The Day of Terror: colonial Indonesian military arrive in West Papua

May 3: World Press Freedom Day

1990 May 4: Latvian Independence Restoration Day

May 8/Iyar 5: Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day

1950 May 9: Europe Day

1877 May 10: Romania Independence Day

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Traditional knowledge at ‘core’ of indigenous heritage, and ‘must be protected’, says UN Forum

Indigenous leaders at UN meeting push for decade dedicated to language revitalization

UN’s Empty Promises to World’s Indigenous Peoples

Interpol rescues 157 child slaves in Benin, Nigeria

Deadly shooting at California synagogue

Hong Kong court imprisons ‘Umbrella Movement’ leaders for up to 16 months

Protesters vow to escalate action and surround legislature if Hong Kong presses on with China extradition law

The U.K.—If You Can Believe It—May Soon Face Yet Another Referendum

Indyref2: First Minister sets out plans for vote before 2021

Nicola Sturgeon also unveils plan for Scottish Citizens’ Assembly

Scotland’s only pro-independence newspaper launches ‘10,000 Steps’ Independence Campaign

Zimbabwe’s plan to compensate white farmers is facing a backlash from party loyalists and the farmers

Whites score big against blacks – land compensation

Balochistan: Iranian forces execute a Baloch youth in Isfahan prison

Pakistan: Baloch Insurgents who Perpetrated Coast Attack Came from Iran

Pakistan urges Iran to take ‘visible actions’ against Baloch terror groups

Balochistan: Enforced-disappearances continue unabated

Balochistan: Two educationists shot dead in Zabul and Jalq

Papuan organisers of public prayer event charged with treason

Papuans challenge Indonesian rule at country’s highest court

ANZAC Day, Lest We Forget the West Papuan troops who fought alongside Australian troops in World War II

Arnold Ap. Legendary West papuan folk singer assassinated by Indonesia on April 26th, 1984

CIA claims Huawei is funded by Chinese state security

China Exploits Fleet of U.S. Satellites to Strengthen Police and Military Power

When Will the UN’s Chief Speak Up for the Uighurs?

Two More Ethnic Mongolians Jailed in China, WeChat Groups Deleted

Finland and Uganda are the world’s fittest countries

what it’s like to be a romani teenage girl

Populist rulers across the globe increasingly navigate towards Kremlin: Hans Binnendjik

Russia Sees Its Future in China and Eurasia

Russian court rejects lawsuit from pro-Navalny opposition activists whose social media data was given to security forces

National film to be screened in Tatarstan

ICR resumes investigation into tortures of Ingush boxer who told about planted gun

Activist’s Home Searched In Ingushetia After Protests Over Chechnya Border Deal

Yakutsk is one of the coldest cities on Earth. It’s producing some of Russia’s hottest punk rock

US bars Chechnya PM over human rights

Russian FSB Says Two Participants In Basayev’s 1999 Attack On Daghestan Detained

A quest to reconstruct Baltimore’s American Indian ‘reservation’

‘Invisible’ American Indian women say they need help to stop sexual violence

American Indian Leaders Call for Congress to End Voter Suppression

Native Communities and the Revival of Rural America: A Linked Set

The Treaty That Forced the Cherokee People from Their Homelands Goes on View

More than 60 cities and states in the US no longer observe Columbus Day

Jharkhand: Adivasi ‘Lynched’ to Death by Mob Chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, Says Report

Hindu Nationalism, The Growing Trend In India

Indigenous protesters march on Brazil Congress over land rights

Stinging ants: Amazon indigenous group girds itself to hold ancestral lands

Brazil’s congress receives indigenous leaders amid protests

Reviving Brazil’s indigenous languages

Indigenous people debut shareholder activism in Brazil

‘Now belongs to us’: Women take lead in Brazil’s indigenous fight

Brazil’s indigenous tribes protest Bolsonaro assimilation plan

Canadian Museum Association Receives $1 Million to Foster Reconciliation With Indigenous Peoples

$220 Million Available To Small Businesses To Cleanup Navajo Uranium Mines

One of the last monolingual Cherokee speakers dies at age 88

Cornish National Minority – Five Years of ‘Manifest Failure’

Ukraine has gotten over Russia but Russia hasn’t gotten over Ukraine, Shevtsova says

Putin offers Russian citizenship to Ukrainians in separatist-held areas

Russia intends to further destabilize Ukraine – EU

Ukraine adopts law expanding scope of Ukrainian language

Crimean Tatars: ‘Religious persecution made us more strong and united’

Russia uses farcical criminal charges against Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev to keep him out of Crimea

CRIMEA: Residents “don’t believe” FSB allegations against imam

Ukrainian Orthodox Church congregation refused registration in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russia sentences Crimean activist to six years for social media posts

Russia flouts its own law to increase Crimean political prisoner Balukh’s prison sentence for the Ukrainian flag

Disabled and gravely ill Crimean Tatar political prisoner denied medication

South China Sea: Vietnam secretly building TEN islands risking infuriating China

South China Sea: Trump ‘SCARED’ of triggering war with China says President Duterte

Massacre in Mali: How ‘preventing terror’ is fuelling it

Thousands protest in Morocco for release of Rif activists

Toronto Hot Docs Film Festival to Premiere Moroccan Amazigh Amussu Film

High Council of Amazigh emphasize rejection to Haftar’s military campaign against Tripoli

Welsh-speaking voice box allows Anglesey man to talk in own voice again

English and Welsh medium pupils could learn alongside each other in a new Cardiff school

Carol Vorderman calls on the Welsh to help her learn the language

How Welsh independence burst into the mainstream

Ireland takes steps towards cementing Wales and Scotland as allies

Peter Stockland: Toll of violence cannot deter course of Ireland reuniting

Could Brexit Unite Ireland At Last?

Brexit lights touchpaper for next political firestorm – Irish unity

A Journalist’s Funeral Shows Northern Ireland’s Progress, and Its Regressions

Lyra McKee’s funeral aims to heal Northern Irish divisions

Sickening return of Ireland’s “men of violence” in New IRA

Journalist’s Death Jolts Northern Ireland Politicians Back to Negotiating Table

Sinn Féin ‘will not capitulate’ on Irish language act

Unionist grassroots support for Irish language could unlock North talks logjam

Eswatini walking tightrope to become Africa’s trade hub

Taiwan Unveils Comprehensive Measures to Ban Chinese Tech From Government

POLISARIO Front representative takes part in 149th Vladimir Lenin birth anniversary

Anti far-right protesters clash with Basque Country police outside Vox Bilbao rally

Child marriage widely tolerated in Kurdistan Region IDP camps

Elite US Navy SEAL facing war crimes charges for killings in Iraq

Top French court rejects ISIS nationals demands for repatriation from Syria

Christians and Muslims celebrate Easter together in Duhok village

U.S. Withdrawal From Syria Threatens Revival of Kurdish Language, Too

Families of martyrs in Kobani launch petition to start formal trials against ISIS suspects

Pro-Kurdish HDP says victims of Armenian genocide deserve apology

Kurds in Germany on hunger strike in front of Turkish embassy to protest Afrin occupation

Coalition stats show ISIS reemerging in Iraq, but defeated (for now) in Syria

Collapse of rule of law in Erdoğan’s Turkey

UK police arrest, evict 21 Kurdish hunger strike activists from Amnesty building

Iraq demands US Embassy delete ‘offensive’ Facebook post on Iran’s Khamenei

Dutch government repatriates Yezidi asylum seekers to camps in Kurdistan Region

Yezidi spiritual leaders clarify children of ISIS rape won’t be accepted

Nadia Murad: Yezidi mothers, families should decide fate of ISIS children

Kosovo brings back jihadist fighters and families from Syria

In Kosovo, a Teenage Girl’s Rape Case Stirs a #MeToo Fury

Observers Warn the Future Prospects of Two Dalai Lamas

China A “Festering” Black Hole When It Comes To Media

Nine Tibetans Are Jailed in Rebgong for Running an ‘Illegal Organization’ Claiming Land Rights

China Staging Mind-Control War Against Tibet

Forensically aged image of Panchen Lama released 24 years after his disappearance

Tibetan Singer Dies After Years of Bad Health Following Release from Jail

China is watching Western democracy eat itself

New Zealand and France to Seek Pact Blocking Extreme Online Content

New Place Names Lift Māori Culture in New Zealand’s Capital

William receives traditional Maori greeting from New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern

Billie Eilish, 17, is moved to tears as she receives a traditional Maori welcome after touching down in New Zealand

Alaska House of Representatives Passes Bill to Establish Hmong-American Veterans Day

Greenland is melting even faster than experts thought, study finds

Denmark’s richest man, Anders Holch Povlsen, loses 3 children in Sri Lanka attacks

Brunei defends stoning gay people to death in letter to EU

Guyana’s first ever extradition brings killer, 33, back to New York eight years after he skipped the U.S.

Bond 25 launches in Jamaica, Rami Malek to Play Villain

Djibouti: Chinese military’s first overseas support base

UN rules Iraq must compensate Kuwait oil company $240m for 1990-1991 invasion

Bahrain king reinstates citizenship for 551 nationals who lost it for anti-government protests

Suriname establishes 1st African Embassy in Accra

Montenegro fined over fans’ racist chants against England

Hungary to promote Chinese relations in Europe

Panama tribunal rules ex-President Martinelli cannot run in election

China provides Togo a new administrative center valued at XOF18 billion

Mauritania “blasphemy blogger” still in jail

Southern Spanish town mocks Puigdemont shooting figure of him

‘We executed evil’: Spanish village shoots and burns effigy of ex-Catalan leader

Vox: newcomer alt-right party preaching a return to old Spain

Ciutadans: opposing Catalan independence to rule Spain

Spanish PM Sanchez fends off attacks on Catalonia, other issues as election nears

Catalan government files lawsuit against Puigdemont shooting mockery

For World Book Day 2019, a new take on an old way to celebrate literature and love

Flowers, literature, dragons, love: this is Sant Jordi!

Catalan FM celebrates Sant Jordi’s with the speaker of UK Parliament

Former ministers say Catalan government aimed for agreed referendum

Spanish elections: Catalonia issue dominates first TV debate

Spain rivals clash over Catalonia in election debate

Spanish General Election Candidates Clash over Catalonia

Independence at center of televised debate – with no pro-independence parties

Catalan president calls on international community to help resolve political crisis

Jailed Òmnium Cultural president Jordi Cuixart to become father again in September

Unionist party leaders want Spanish as working language in all schools in Catalonia

Spanish Court backs current language policy in Catalonia’s schools

Buenos Aires Book Fair kicks off with Barcelona as guest of honour

Former FC Barcelona president not guilty after almost two years in jail

Catalonia in Venice

How the Spanish property market reacted to the Catalan crisis

Unemployment shrinks across Catalonia as Barcelona records lowest figure since 2008

Witnesses defend ‘plurality’ of Diplocat in Catalan trial

Everything you ever wanted to know about human towers

Catalan president Quim Torra says he’s ready to back Nicola Sturgeon on indyref2 push

Puigdemont calls unionist efforts to bar him from European election ‘desperate’

Puigdemont banned from EU elections

Spain must ‘analyze’ fall in perception of judicial independence, warns EU

Sixty Portuguese Politicians and Intellectuals Call for Freedom and Democracy in Catalonia

MEPs hail accused Romeva as ‘defender of human rights’

Jeremy Irons visits BCN Film Festival

Pro-independence ERC party gets historic Spanish election win

Massive turnout in Catalonia as Spain faces crucial election

A guide to the Spanish election and its impact on Catalonia

Socialists hope to govern alone as all sides dismiss potential Cs coalition

Vox celebrates ‘historic’ result in Spanish general election

UNESCO bid for Polynesia tattooing decried

Compensation sought for Tahitians affected by nuclear weapons tests

Estonia’s President Sends Wrong Message Meeting Putin

Latvian Saeima paves way for full opening of «KGB bag»

Lithuania bans Holocaust denier David Irving for 5 years

Latvian Saeima proposes celebrating 13 May as State Language Day

Moscow Lashes Out at Lithuanian Criminal Convictions of Soviet Officers

Beluga Whale With Russian Harness Raises Alarm In Norway

Facebook launches fact-checking campaign in Lithuania ahead of EU elections

In Paraguay, Fighting Graft With Eggs and Toilet Paper

Indigenous communities facing landlessness in Paraguay

Pacific climate migration a political tug of war

‘Pray For Me’: Nicaraguan Priest Threatened With Death Reaches Out To Niece In U.S.

A Young Poet, a Mysterious Stranger and an El Salvador on the Brink of War

Women of change in restive Kashmir

Women’s football team takes on sexism in Comoros

Austrian politician resigns after publishing ‘deeply racist’ poem comparing migrants to rats

Singapore PM promotes expected successor to deputy

Rwanda court repeals law banning satirical cartoons

Huawei to launch digital hub in Serbia

Chadians feel ‘anger, revolt’ as they struggle without internet for one year

Chad sets free Equatorial Guinea politician

Former Sierra Leone captain Kargbo among African internationals banned for life by Fifa

The world lost a Belgium-size area of old growth rainforest in 2018

In Slovakia, a murdered journalist and a pro-press president

Two Canadian women detained in Somaliland and sentenced to 40 lashes have been freed

The cost of systemic corruption in Honduras: Migration north

Honduran revolving door migrants ready to return to US

Letter from Africa: The art of drawing your address in The Gambia

Germany legend Monika Staab talks up football mission in Gambia

Ex-Gambia Presidential Aide Admits Ordering Execution of Coup Soldiers

Qatar opens Gaza artificial limb, rehab center after delays

IT sales star wins $660k lawsuit against Oracle in Qatar – but can’t collect, because the Oracle he sued suddenly vanished

India investigates 40 migrant workers in Gabon after U.N. flags labour abuses

Hariri – ‘Promising summer’ for Lebanon after Saudi travel warning lifted

UN force says third tunnel crossed Lebanon-Israel border

South Sudan Measles Outbreak Raises Questions About Vaccines

One of Worst African Wars May Revive, South Sudan Rebels Say

Tajikistan: Opposition figures pass through prison revolving doors

Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg dies at 98

Elephant-Rich Nations to Send Leaders to Botswana Summit

Pirates Attack Two Fishing Boats off Somalia

Armenians Mark 104 Years Since Ottoman-Era Killings

A Trans Woman Got 3 Minutes to Speak in Armenia’s Parliament. Threats Followed.

Armenia’s LGBT+ community still waits for change one year after revolution

‘Killing Hope’: Turkmenistan’s List Of ‘Accepted’ Universities Deals (Another) Blow To Students

An evening with the soldier-poets of Guinea-Bissau

Bulgaria’s ‘apartmentgate’ infuriates struggling citizens

In Eritrea, Jailed Journalists Continue to Languish

Once A-Rated Oman Now Risks Descending Deeper Into Junk

Uruguay 1st in Latin America to export marijuana for medicinal use

In Laos, A Chinese-Funded Railway Sparks Hope For Growth — And Fears Of Debt

Rohingya camps in Bangladesh spawn a new civil society — and political violence

Rohingya trapped inside a ‘genocide zone’

Political Meddling, Poor Training Spur Graft in Papua New Guinea

Jordan in crucible of Middle East peace deal and Syrian refugee crisis

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Photo competition – Justice For Tibetan Nomads

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1946 April 17: Evacuation Day, Syria

1975 April 17: Khmer Rouge Killing Fields

1980 April 18: Independence Day of Zimbabwe

April 19, 1940: Indian Day in Brazil

Easter Sunday: Aberri Eguna (“Fatherland Day”) in Basque Country

April 22: Earth Day

303 April 23: Catalonia: Sant Jordi’s Day

1915 April 24: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

1916 April 24: Proclamation of the Irish Republic commences the Easter Rising

1974 April 25: Carnation Revolution in Portugal

1937 April 26: Bombing of Guernica, Basque Country

1961 April 27: Sierra Leone Independence Day

1994 April 27: Freedom Day in South Africa, first post-apartheid elections

1960 April 27: Togo Independence Day

1707 May 1: the Act of Union of Scotland and England

May 1/Nissan 27: Yom HaShoah, Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day

1963 May 1: The Day of Terror: colonial Indonesian military arrive in West Papua

May 3: World Press Freedom Day

1990 May 4: Latvian Independence Restoration Day

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Greece seeks early repayment of €10bn IMF loan

San Francisco Photo Project Replaces Controversial Statue with Living American Indians

Native American activists: The fire at Notre Dame is devastating. So is the destruction of our sacred lands.

New Zealand aims to be first with UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples plan

New Zealand nurse kidnapped by ISIS may still be alive

Artists challenge commemoration of Captain Cook’s ‘discovery’ of NZ

Mohawk Nation scholars to study Irish language in new scheme

Japan enacts law recognizing Ainu as indigenous, but activists say it falls short of U.N. declaration

Jharkhand: Lynched Adivasi Man Was Dragged for 1 km, Mob Chanted Hindu Slogans

Noted Activist Releases Book Documenting Atrocities On Dalits and Adivasis

Tension in Vaipet as Adivasis obstruct seizure of timber

All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam (AASAA) Slams BJP For ‘Not Keeping’ Promises

Mining the uranium cleanup boom: Can Navajo businesses strike pay dirt?

Recovering Yukon Languages

Benin votes – but with no opposition to choose from

Russian court jails ex-Norway border guard for spying

Islamic State claims attack on Tuareg Movement for the Salvation of Azawad

Ken Loach backs 7000 Kurdish protesters on hunger strike

Mass grave of Kurd remains shown to relatives in Iraq’s Anfal anniversary

US sanctions Saddam-era network supporting ISIS

Turkish police injure two Kurdish MPs during demonstration

Barzani on Red Wednesday: Parties must help Ezidis decide their future

China officially invites PM Barzani to visit Beijing, foster bilateral ties

Iraq begins payment of 2 million dinars to each female Yezidi survivor

Pentagon reaffirms commitment to protecting partners in Syria

Macron meets with Syrian Kurds, pledges continued support against ISIS

Turkey furious over Macron’s meeting with Syrian Kurds

Turkish police violence against Kurdish prisoners’ mothers leads to uproar

Czech police recommend charging prime minister with fraud

Huge success for #Korrika21, the sponsored run for the #Basque language

Izagirre grabs overall victory at Basque country cycling event as Yates takes final stage

Lifting 200-kilogram stones in Spain’s Basque Country

Basque Country boosts fragile Spanish economy

French Basque Country has its own micro-currency

With patience, planning and persistence, Scotland is moving towards independence

Nicola Sturgeon sets out independence plan – with a big warning to critics

Sturgeon: Independence would be nothing like Brexit disorder

Nicola Sturgeon: This plan is ambitious AND credible – it can win us independence

Police say Glasgow All Under One Banner march will be too big

SNP reveal list for Euro elections as party go for three MEPs

Common Weal report sets out economic model for independent Scotland

Traveler’s Impressions: Prisonlike Conditions of Xinjiang

Video: Uyghur man bids to save ‘most extraordinary mom in the world’ from Chinese detention camp

One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority

“Surviving China”: Uyghur Voices from Xinjiang and Guantanamo

Man Says Xinjiang Like Nazi Germany, Risks Life to Post Photos of ‘Concentration Camp’ on Twitter

Uyghur Residents Forced to Organize Into Civilian ‘Anti-Terrorist’ Units

China’s SenseTime sells out of Xinjiang security joint venture

‘This Has Been Delayed For Too Long’, Uighur testifies at US Senate

Being Tracked While Reporting in China, Where ‘There Are No Whys’

Authorities using facial recognition tech to track Uighur Muslims across China – report

Successful Uyghur Developer Confirmed Detained by Xinjiang Authorities

‘The Past is Repeating Itself’, observes Holocaust survivor

Volkswagen CEO ‘not aware’ of Uighurs detained in China’s Xinjiang, despite having a factory there

Can ‘the new Canaries’ win the fight against overtourism?

Regulator’s spending on main Welsh translator down by 72 per cent in a decade

Giro d’Italia to be broadcast with Welsh commentary for the first time

European election is our chance to make Wales matter

Canada removes references to Sikh extremism, Khalistan in its terror threat report

Changes to 2018 Terror Report a welcome first step: World Sikh Organization

South China Sea WARNING: Philippines order Beijing to STOP endangering fishermen

China Conducts Military Drills Involving Long-Range Bombers Near Taiwan, Japan

South China Sea THREAT: US Army to CONFRONT ‘competitor’ China in disputed waters

Beijing goes unconventional in South China Sea’s escalating confrontation

F.B.I. Bars Some China Scholars From Visiting U.S. Over Spying Fears

China Is Joining the Rush for Arctic Riches

Proposed Ban On Filming Police In Republika Srpska Sends Chill Through Bosnia’s Media

UT Romani Scholar Honored By Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II

Bulgarian Government Set for Sweeping Victory in EU Elections after Anti-Roma Violence

Bulgaria’s working age population contracts sharply in 2018

San Marino issues €2 coin honoring Leonardo da Vinci

Saint Kitts prime minister in Taipei to improve ties

Morocco arbitrarily detanes Sahrawi political activist Ali Salem Buyemaa

Polisario Front calls on Security Council to prevent Moroccan violations of ceasefire

Sahrawi political prisoner continues his open hunger strike

Gunmen kill 14 bus passengers in Pakistan’s Balochistan

Iran and Pakistan’s state crimes against Baloch

What’s behind the Baloch insurgency in Pakistan?

Balochistan: dead body of previously abducted man found

Balochistan: Iranian forces execute a Baloch youth in Isfahan prison

Why no Sindhi TV channel? DD says it is too expensive

Sindhi women hold protest in London against forced conversion of Hindu girls in Pakistan

Anti-Semitism threatens Romania’s fragile Jewish community

Trump and Netanyahu Are Breaking the Bond Between American Jews and Israel

Arianespace Successfully Launches O3B Communication Satellites From French Guiana

Han Kuo-yu Advancing China’s Interests puts Taiwan’s democracy at risk

iPhone billionaire Terry Gou’s China ties complicate his Taiwan presidential run

Millions of Chinese students to be sent to “minority areas”; China doubles down on Tibet control during anniversary period

Pah-la, a play about a Tibetan nun who self-immolated during the 2008 uprising, premiers at Royal Court after delays and controversy

Tibetan former political prisoner dies from chronic ill health

Chinese Authorities Detain Tibetan Student Who Decried Lack of Government Jobs in Tibet

New European Parliament resolution says China’s criminal law is being abused to persecute Tibetans and Buddhists

200 Indian MPs, Bihar Chief Minister join calls for India’s highest civilian honour for Dalai Lama

Larung Gar Buddhist Academy Closes to New Enrollment as China Tightens Controls

BBC To Unveil Image of How Panchen Lama Look Like Today

Good News Tibetans, Rep. McGovern to Chair US Commission on China

April 20, the day Dalai Lama reached Mussoorie 60 years ago

The Telepgraph of the UK broadcasts Chinese propaganda: Tibetan serfs

The Telepgraph of the UK broadcasts Chinese propaganda: democratic reforms in Tibet

Zimbabwe appeals for UK support to compensate white farmers

Stalin’s Approval Rating Among Russians Hits Record High

Russian authorities resort to forceful settlement of unrest in Ingushetia

Organizer of rally in Ingushetia tells about authorities’ pressure

In Russia, calling yourself Circassian is always political

Soldier from Bashkiria commits suicide near Lipetsk

Kadyrov to force Chechen media to fight “foreign evil”

Russian veterans seek ban on film ‘Brotherhood’ over portrayal of Soviet troops in Afghanistan

TAPOL, ETAN support Papuan case for judicial review of ‘free choice’ vote

West Papuan peace advocate who urged dialogue dies

Indonesia election: violence-wracked province calls for independence

Indonesia’s political system has ‘failed’ its minorities – like West Papuans

West Papuans boycott the Indonesian elections amidst arrests

The vote’s (not quite) in the bag: Indonesia poll, West Papua way

Boycott of 2019 Indonesian Election Successful: 60% of West Papuans Didn’t Vote

Human rights NGO reports on 119 known hostages behind bars in occupied Donbas

SBU captures Russian-controlled terrorist group plotting hit jobs on Ukrainian politicians, security operatives

Hybrid War in Ukraine – predictions for 2019 and beyond

Effective torture of Crimean Tatar & other Ukrainian political prisoners in Russian detention

Team Zelensky: Crimea must return to Ukraine, Russia must pay compensation for damage done

Crimean Tatar Imam arrested on charges of ‘calls to extremism’ in Russian-occupied Crimea

Court in Crimea confirms Russia had no reason to arrest – and kill – 83-year-old Crimean Tatar veteran Vedzhie Kashka

168 child victims of Russia’s mounting repression in occupied Crimea

Hong Kong press freedom index drops to new low

1 in 5 journalists say they were pressured to report less on Hong Kong independence

Tanker drivers’ strike triggers ‘energy crisis’ in Portugal

Kosovo Moves To Punish Denial Of Serb War Crimes

Serbia Wants Russia To Play Larger Role In Kosovo Talks

‘God’s Punishment’: Serbian Tabloids Say Notre Dame Fire Result Of Flying Kosovo’s Flag

One of the last surviving Hmong war heroes has died

Hmong women share stories of surviving genocide

DeLong students celebrate Hmong Heritage Month

Hmong: Religious Persecution Continues in Vietnam

Rwanda/Biafra: Before We Forget By SOC Okenwa

A year into Nicaragua crisis, uncertainty and scepticism prevail

Nicaragua crisis: One year in, more than 60,000 have fled, seeking refuge

Nicaragua government says releases hundreds of prisoners ahead of protest anniversary

Police Presence Prevents March in Nicaragua

Nicaragua refugees: ‘I don’t understand why people hate us’

Good Friday Processions Become Protests in Nicaragua

China starts construction of social housing in São Tomé and Príncipe

Trevor the Duck: Niue mourns ‘world‘s loneliest duck‘

Japan, Palau strengthen business ties

Taking Australia’s asylum seekers was a ‘deal with the devil:’ former Nauru leader

Pelosi warns there will be no U.S.-U.K. trade deal if Brexit harms the Irish peace accord

Ireland’s Church Homes Gave Children’s Bodies to Medical Schools for Dissection

A 29-Year-Old Journalist Was Killed In What Northern Ireland Police Are Calling A “Terrorist Incident”

Nothing prepared me for what I found in Irish adoption records

Northern Ireland police arrest two over fatal shooting of journalist Lyra McKee

Brexit will leave Irish citizens in NI ‘especially vulnerable’ says activist

China invites Vatican to flower expo as ties warm further

Comoros authorities detain journalist, censor newspapers amid political crisis

Bangladesh Struggles To Cope With Pressures Of Hosting 1 Million Rohingya Refugees

Renewed campaign to wipe out surviving Rohingya will be the most savage yet

‘We’re broken’: Rohingya on hunger strike in Saudi detention

Batwa: Exclusion from Genocide Commemorations

Catalan trial observers warn of ‘artificial’ police narrative

7 million roses expected to be sold on Sant Jordi’s Day

Esquerra vows ‘never’ to give up on referendum after Socialists rule out independence concessions

Amics de les Arts kick off European tour

Catalonia in Rome through music, film, and literature

Council of Europe to look into jailed politicians’ situation in Spain and Turkey

Puigdemont’s party faces uphill election battle as jailed candidates unable to join campaign

International observers from Quebec raise concerns over Catalan trial

Puigdemont must go to Madrid to take EU parliament seat, say chamber lawyers

Spain: Catalan question dominates ahead of wildly uncertain election

Spain’s election officials suspend TV debate with far-right party Vox

Easter in Catalonia: processions, desserts and traffic jams!

Jordi Sánchez talks to press from behind bars

Cs candidate met with protests during first campaign event in Catalonia

Jordi Sanchez says Spanish PM might back down on independence vote

Oriol Junqueras talks to press from behind bars

‘Independence referendum will happen’, says Catalan prisoner

Catalan ERC and Basque party EH Bildu combine “efforts” for a common stance after election

Turull calls to legitimize 2017 referendum in the first live election rally from prison

In true celebration of St George, visit Catalonia where our patron saint is honoured all year round

Spanish Election 2019: Catalan independence parties to be KINGMAKERS as no majority likely

The Catalan conundrum: what the parties have planned for upcoming election

Jordi Sánchez warns the Spanish president he’ll have to face requests for a referendum

Closer and closer – Barça come out on top against Real Sociedad

Esquerra leader Junqueras: ‘Your votes can free us’

Junqueras: “An electoral interview is a first victory against the repression”

Togolese protester killed during protest against presidential term limits

Russia-Germany gas pipeline seeks new route in Baltic sea

Unconventional Approaches Could Help Deter Russian Intimidation and Aggression Against the Baltic States

Major coordinated disinformation campaign hit Lithuanian Defense Ministry

Lithuanian Tied to Money Laundering Funds Kremlin’s Church

Will Lukashenka attend reburial of Belarus national hero in Vilnius?

UK Apaches Head To Estonia As Deterrent To Russia ‘Threat’

To Deter Russia, the U.S. Army Must Be Permanently Based in Poland

Russia’s creeping annexation of Belarus ‘already taking place,’ Juknevičienė says

Some 100 allied tanks, armoured vehicles expected in Estonia by late April

NATO battlegroup exercises in Lithuania

Estonia president holds first meeting with Putin in years

Hungary, Spain and UK will take over Baltic Air Policing role

73% of residents believe they benefit from Latvia’s membership in EU

Scandinavia, Baltic Set to Become China’s Newest Playground

Pompeo praises Paraguay’s return to democracy in rare visit

No solutions in sight to Mayotte’s chronic water shortages

Amid worries over Russia, Sweden returns troops to Baltic island

Lichtenstein marks 300th anniversary

Mauritania at a crossroads

Top New Caledonia politician is charged

Pro-independence parties align for New Caledonia poll

New Caledonia anti-independence parties’ deal collapses

Switzerland to back China’s controversial Belt and Road project

Equatorial Guinea to abolish death penalty – but democratically

Denmark: Man suspected of placing grenade in Copenhagen

Dominica has become 193rd Member to the Convention on International Civil Aviation

How Montenegro became a favorite spot for billionaires

From Empowerment During War, Eritrean Women Must Fight Gender Discrimination in a New Peace

Sierra Leone: The new government’s tense struggle for control a year on

Sierra Leone News Horrendous violations, abuses of women in elections exposed

European Parliament condemns Brunei over ‘retrograde’ death penalty for gay sex

In Tajikistan, America’s beacon for a free press may have been corrupted

Tajikistan: Rahmon pleads with Putin for amnesty on deported migrants

Maldives parliament repeals law allowing foreign land ownership

Mother urges federal government to secure release of two Canadian women detained in Somaliland

Mongolia coal exports surge 15 pct in Q1 after China Australia ban

Genghis Khan’s Biggest Fan Is Testing Mongolia’s Democracy

Can Mongolia bring back its blue skies, clouded by coal?

Tonga signs 15-year satellite deal after January cable outage

Qatar makes world’s first ever 5G phone call

Iceland (The Country) Wins Trademark Dispute Against Iceland (The Supermarket)

Iceland Leads the World in Bitcoin Mining, But Not Everyone is Thrilled

Turkish minister, French lawmaker clash over Armenia ‘genocide’ day

How Scotland erased Guyana from its past

China Merchants in Talks to Replace Ousted Djibouti-Bank Partner

U.S. Base in Djibouti Key to American Interests in Africa

Caricature Row Throws Spotlight on Hungarian Influence in Slovenia

Cyprus mulling early repayment of Russian loan

Libya: UN-backed PM says 800,000 migrants could reach Europe amid instability

Shelling kills four in Tripoli as UN debates Libya ceasefire

Gambia exhumes remains of seven soldiers from 1994 coup bid

Anger in Gambia as the extent of Jammeh-era corruption and brutality surfaces

Scars of Lebanon’s Civil War in Beirut 30 years after guns fell silent

Lebanon:The right to know for the families of disappeared

Lebanon eyes austerity package to slash fiscal deficit

Turkish Police Arrest 2 Men Suspected of Spying for the United Arab Emirates With Possible Link To Khashoggi Killing

South Sudan offers to mediate political transition in Sudan

Sudanese to name civilian council in bid to pressure army

Burundi schoolgirls expelled for doodling on President’s image in textbook

Burundi police chief publicly threatens opposition members’ lives

Vision 2040: Oman’s ambitious strategy towards a post-oil economy

Trump administration targets so-called ‘troika of tyranny’ with wave of new sanctions

Botswana shows off country’s largest-ever blue diamond

There’s a Way to Save Jordan. But It Might Kill the Dead Sea

Jordan aid convoy enters besieged Gaza

Jordan toughens border controls, irking Israelis on Passover vacation

Bahrain revokes citizenship of 138 people in mass trial

US military mission in Somalia could take seven years to complete

March of the Living in Budapest honors Scottish missionary who refused to abandon her Jewish pupils

Former Spy: Hungary Used as Logistical Base for Russian Intelligence Activity

Hungary Is Key to Shoring Up NATO Alliance

In a broadcast 124m below sea level, Seychelles president calls for better protection of oceans

Evangelical Group Says Laos Has Deported 3 American Missionaries

Row with U.S. energy trader worsens Haiti’s fuel crisis

Papua New Guinea Finance Minister Quits After Gas Deal

Russia Asked To Dock A Warship Heading For Venezuela In The Mediterranean. Then Things Got Weird.

India suspends cross border trade in Kashmir in new crackdown

India enters 2nd phase of elections with Kashmir in lockdown

2nd phase of Indian elections ends amid Kashmir lockdown

The creation of Belgium

Turkmenistan the worst country for journalists, Norway the safest

Barotse Activist Mukwae Wabei Siyolwe Presents Wade in the Water

Western Togoland: Meeting on Right to Self-Determination Attracts Hundreds

Ahwazi: Dissent Mounts in Flood-hit Regions

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

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April 8: International Romani day

April 9: Day of the Finnish Language

April 9 in Georgia: Day of National Unity (1989) and restoration of independence in 1991

1998 April 10: Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland peace process

April 14: Rememberance day of Al-Anfal genocide campaign against Kurdistan

1978 April 14: Georgian Language Day

1946 April 17: Evacuation Day, Syria

1975 April 17: Khmer Rouge Killing Fields

1980 April 18: Independence Day of Zimbabwe

April 19, 1940: Indian Day in Brazil

Easter Sunday: Aberri Eguna (“Fatherland Day”) in Basque Country

April 22: Earth Day

303 April 23: Catalonia: Sant Jordi’s Day

1915 April 24: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

1916 April 24: Proclamation of the Irish Republic commences the Easter Rising

1974 April 25: Carnation Revolution in Portugal

1937 April 26: Bombing of Guernica, Basque Country

1961 April 27: Sierra Leone Independence Day

1994 April 27: Freedom Day in South Africa, first post-apartheid elections

1960 April 27: Togo Independence Day

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Zurabishvili: Europe of tomorrow would need us all – from UK to Georgia

30 years since tragic events of April 9 when Soviet troops killed Georgians demanding country’s independence

EU, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine To Extend Partnership Beyond 2020

Microsoft worked with Chinese military university on AI

China harvesting Uyghur Muslim organs in concentration camps, surgeon claims

Uyghurs Sent out of Shandong Ahead of Xi Jinping’s Visit

This Man’s Aunt Was Jailed Days After He Met With Mike Pompeo Over China’s Muslim Crackdown

‘We Need to Keep Our Language Alive’: Inside a Uyghur Bookshop in Istanbul

Chinese nationalist group stages two-hour ‘attack’ on Uygur websites

Norway Is Walking Away From Billions of Barrels of Oil

Moroccan court upholds prison sentences against Rif protesters

Jailed Morocco protest leader ‘sews lips together’

France’s neo-colonial ‘War on Terror’ in Mali

An uphill struggle for Tunisiaʹs Amazigh

Taking te reo Māori to the world

New Zealand Parliament votes to ban semi-automatic weapons after Christchurch mass shootings

Czech Billionaire Accused of $1 Billion Fraud by New York Hedge Fund

As new channels emerge, Russia plans ambitious Arctic expansion

Ingushetia collects fingerprints of residents

A republic unites ‘Meduza’ reports from the ground on Ingushetia’s remarkable months-long protest movement

In Russia’s Dagestan region, a path back from ruins of ISIS

Supreme Court orders review after Circassian stripped of Russian residency

“Moscow human rights activists” sue a Russian far eastern republic over ban on migrant workers

LGBT purges in Chechnya continue

Silence in the courtroom: how one of Chechnya’s last human rights defenders was convicted on drug charges

Kadyrov Moves to Expand Chechnya’s Regional and International Influence, Even at Moscow’s Expense

Russia plans ‘rehabilitation centre ’ for dissidents in occupied Crimea

Only civic journalism can prevent Crimea’s total isolation. That’s why Russia is attacking it

Europe’s duty to help protect Crimean Tatars

Russia uses ‘terrorism’ charges to silence civic journalists in occupied Crimea

Crimean Solidarity civic journalists were tortured during Russian FSB ‘arrest’

Crimean Tatar political prisoner’s mother detained as elderly parents come out in silent defence of their arrested sons

Convictions demanded in Russia’s most cynical and tragic attack on elderly Crimean Tatars

Remzi Bekirov, or the repression in occupied Crimea that Russia will use 20-year sentences against journalists to hide

Russia publicly threatens Ukraine with “military conflict”

Germany seeks to lift Russian sanctions in Council of Europe – media

Russia guilty of ‘international armed conflict’ in Azov Sea – 24 Ukrainian POWs recognized as political prisoners

Russian-controlled ‘Donetsk republic’ creates ‘children’s army’ to instill ‘correct views’

Donbas ‘separatism’: Myth, statistics and heavily armed Russian spetsnaz

NZ West Papua support group urges action on Papua crisis

Indonesia: New Book on Ethnic, Religious Violence

Indonesian Police Cracks Down on Students Demonstrating for West Papuan Rights

West Papuans call for mass boycott of Indonesian elections

Indonesia bans foreign media from covering elections in West Papua

PNG‘s Parkop pushes for referendum for West Papuans

West Papua: Destruction and displacement in Nduga

Indonesian police arrest West Papuan protestors at demo to boycott Indonesian elections in West Papua

Japan: Does the new Ainu bill truly symbolise progress?

American Indian adoptees deal with painful past and family separations

Indigenous Peoples and the Inter-American System of Human Rights: Securing Pathways to Justice?

Indigenous Groups Warn of ‘Apocalypse’ With Brazil’s Bolsonaro

Indigenous people battle squatters and timber poachers in Peru’s Amazon

Inside the Fight for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

With Indigenous Languages in Steep Decline, Summer Camps Offer Hope

A radio station becomes a lifeline for endangered Mexican, Central American indigenous languages

Cherokee Wrote Backward Messages in Cave to Speak to the Spirit World

How a digital literacy project is changing the lives of Adivasi villagers in Maharashtra

Metiguda adivasi voters finally get a polling station

New Australian 50 cent coin features 14 indigenous languages

Germany begins ‘largest’ return of Aborigine remains

Finding Beauty in Broken Things, an Aboriginal Artist Finds Recognition at Last

‘China is acting like a foe of the people of balochistan’

Mohajirs, Baloch, Gilgit-Baltistanis, Pashtuns and other minorities protest Pakistan govt atrocities

UNPO Roundtable at the European Parliament Discusses Minorities Protection in Pakistan Through EU Mechanisms

China’s claims on the South China Sea are a warning to Europe

Cape Verde’s Sao Vicente Carnival is reinvigorating its tourism

Hong Kong’s post-Occupy struggle: Why I wrote ‘As long As There is Resistance, There Is Hope’

German ISIS woman on trial for war crimes accused of letting Yazidi slave girl die of thirst

Belgian ISIS fighter confesses to group’s use of chemical weapons, chlorine

Christian villagers flee from Turkish cross-border attacks into Kurdistan Region

Twin bombing strikes Syria’s Manbij amid continued ISIS insurgency

Kurdishness forbidden under state-appointee rule

Kurdistan votes – Turkey appoints: Turkey election board appoints AKP runners-up to replace Kurdish mayors-elect

Dutch Kurdish woman, 5-month-old daughter jailed in Turkey

US Congress human rights commission congratulates Demirtas on his birthday

Syrian Kurdish leader says talks with Turkey ‘impossible’ unless it changes views on Kurds

US reiterates warnings to Turkey over S-400

KDP and Turkmen party strike deal on disputed province of Kirkuk

Kurdish forces deliver 25 Yezidis to rescue office in northeastern Syria

French Mayor: Paris wants to establish good relations with Erbil, rest of Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region marks Anfal Genocide

ISIS militants execute Iraqi mukhtars, militiamen in new video

Baghdad must compensate victims of Saddam’s Anfal campaign: PM Barzani

Anfal aimed to ‘eliminate’ Kurdish identity, Kurdistan: Bashir Haddad

Mass graves uncovered in Muthanna contain Anfal victims: Deputy PM Talabani

Kurdistan’s multiculturalism: A lot to be proud of

Iron Maiden Frontman Honored 25 Years After Concert During Sarajevo Siege

Bosnian Government Bickering Costs It Seat At Council Of Europe Assembly

How China Is Colonizing Africa Using Trade, Aid, and Debt-Trap Diplomacy

Foreign journalists call for full access to Tibet ahead of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

China cites ‘state secret’ to deny answer on Tibetan protester’s 18-yr jail term

China imparting ‘patriotic education’ to Tibetan monks and nuns infuriates region’s religious leaders

Tibetan nomads forcibly ‘resettled’ by China struggle with loss of an over 8,000-year-old heritage

Tibetans Will Never Forget India’s Safety Provided to Dalai Lama

Monks at Tibet’s Sera Monastery Told to Show ‘Gratitude’ to China, Obey its Laws

Sixty years after uprising, exiled Tibetans yearn for home

China’s extreme repression breeds self-immolations of Tibetans: ICT President

Dalai Lama’s reincarnation must comply with China’s laws, Communist Party says

US Congress Will Never Recognize China’s Choice of Next Dalai Lama

UNESCO to present Tibetan Yak Dance as Chinese intangible cultural heritage

Dalai Lama selected as the 2019 Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award recipient

Nitish Kumar Joins Call to Confer Bharat Ratna, India’s Highest Civilian Honour, to Dalai Lama

Google slammed for allowing ads in French, German, Spanish and Latvian… but not Welsh

Build only Welsh schools from now on – argue Super Furry Animals star and Hinterland actress

Welsh and Hawaiian were saved from extinction. Other languages might not be so lucky

Bangor University to axe Welsh language Chemistry degree course

Councillor says he can trace weakening of Welsh language in Holyhead to one event 42 years ago

Cofiwch Dryweryn mural ‘knocked down’ after being repainted

Gwynedd bingo hall staff ‘told not to speak Welsh’ in front of English speakers

Cornish language place names

Artisanal Food Shop Helps Kosovo War-Rape Survivors Earn Income — And Heal

Rita Ora surprises 400 schoolchildren back home in her native Kosovo to support Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2019

Kosovo’s biggest exodus to be remembered by keeping train in museum

Sales Of Western Sahara “Conflict Minerals” Rise But Trade Is Getting Harder For Morocco To Maintain

France encourages Morocco in preventing political settlement, says senator Prunaud

EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement: Polisario Front to file complaint before CJEU

Cashew waste strikes gold: Benin looks to cashews for growth

How Basque Food Got to Northern Nevada

The Basque Sheepherders in the West

Scotland: Why being patient on indyref2 is hard, but winning is critical

Nicola Sturgeon reveals date for indyref2 update

Alyn Smith: European elections are Scotland’s big chance to shine

Former Yes chief says independence will happen in his lifetime

Scotland and its wild Hebridean islands

When corruption trumps geopolitics: lessons from the Moldovan election

Amabo Cecilia Binwi, Ambazonia

Igbo in Canada unveil fresh plans for Biafra Memorial Day for over 3 million victims of Nigerian civil war

UK, Dutch spy agencies curb intel flow to Austria over Russia ties – MP

Armenia and Azerbaijan: Leadership Rapport Is No Substitute for a Deepened Peace Process

US soldiers return to Palau for exercise after 37-year hiatus

Costa Rica president details plan to become world’s first plastic and carbon-free country by 2021

Women in the Bangsamoro Transition Authority: only 16 of 98 but a powerhouse cast

A strategic port in the Horn of Africa is at the center of a $500 million lawsuit

European Banks May Fund Djibouti Airport After China Deal Nixed

Comoros authorities detain journalist, censor newspapers amid political crisis

Serbia: Ex-officer convicted of war crimes gets book event

UN votes to end peacekeeping operations in Haiti on Oct. 15

Trouble brews as Switzerland decides coffee isn’t essential for humans

Sinn Féin leader: ‘Europe should engage with Catalonia’s self-determination’

Exiled Catalan former ministers Comín and Ponsatí join Puigdemont in European election

British police chief rejects claim Catalan separatists were violent

Report by two Scotland Yard officials says police raid protests were ‘peaceful’

If Sinn Féin and Northern Ireland police find a common ground, isn’t it time for the Spanish Armada to pause and listen?

Spanish prosecutor may be linked to Puigdemont espionage – Belgian investigation

International Trial Watch observers concerned over Catalan evidence ban

‘Grotesque abridgment of human rights’ at Catalan Trial, says Nobel Peace laureate

30 people indicted over Catalan independence referendum logistics case

Catalan public figures charged for role in independence referendum

Catalan officials charged with misuse of public funds for organising independence vote

Spanish judge charges 30 Catalan officials over referendum

Catalan independence vote indictments another ‘infringement of civil rights,’ says Torra

No Good Outcomes in Upcoming Spanish Elections

Catalan independence trial witness claims intimidation

Spanish president ‘offended’ at Pep Guardiola calling Spain ‘authoritarian’

‘A jail without bars’ – one year on, activist remains confined to Catalan town

VMware to invest $100m in innovation center in Barcelona

Trackers placed in Puigdemont’s cars during meetings in Brussels hotel

‘Pro-referendum platform calls on parties to support ‘political solution’ to Catalan conflict

Japan showcases Catalan modernist and avant-garde art

Catalan trials: Spanish police justify polling station damage

Spanish court to keep Catalan pro-independence politicians in prison during upcoming election campaign

Belgium’s secret service froze relations with Spain in 2018 over Puigdemont tracking scandal

Tensions in Barcelona as students try to disrupt unionist event attended by PP officials

President Torra thanks Assange for ‘support of Catalans’ during 2017 independence bid

Spain bans election rallies in prison where pro-independence candidates are held

Nobel laureate Jody Williams shows support for Catalan political prisoners

Spanish election campaign kicks off with Catalan crisis in the spotlight

Catalan candidates to campaign for Spanish general election from jail

Esquerra proposes referendums on Catalan self-determination and monarchy

Pedro Sanchez plays risky game ahead of Catalan-heated Spanish election

Scots MP hits out at Catalan prisoners’ case as a ‘show trial’

Diplocat announces ‘reactivation’ for an international Sant Jordi

Neus Català, last Catalan Ravensbrück survivor, dies aged 103

France, Spain, Catalonia: They Come Together in Perpignan

‘Democracy and politics will solve Spain’s Catalan crisis’

Neus Català was an ‘extraordinary woman,’ mourns Catalan president

Catalan officers charged with serving to manage 2017 independence vote

Countdown for the Catalan cultural week of Sant Jordi in Brussels!

Carthy: “The EU leaders’ silence makes them accomplices to the Catalonia situation”

Must-see Dublin exhibition captures the history of the Irish Famine

Kindred Spirits: When the Irish Starved, the Choctaw Tried to Feed Them (Podcast)

Irish cultural pride gives this cosmopolitan second thoughts

Irish ambassador to UK accuses British magazine of anti-Irish bias over Brexit

For Northern Ireland, ‘Game of Thrones’ is much more than a popular TV show

Brexit is making Irish reunification a real possibility

My name is Gearóidín and I want the Irish State to give me back my fadas

When Language Started a Political Revolution

Anger as Irish language sign vandalised in Co Derry

This Irish university is offering an online course that explores all things Gaelic

Former soldier confesses to murdering Slovakian journalist Jan Kuciak

Nicaraguan bishop to leave for Rome as threats against him increase

Frontline Nicaragua

Nicaragua Marks One Year Since Deadly Protests Began

Nord Stream 2: Can Denmark make Berlin and Moscow tremble?

Parliament suspended as Thabane, Lesotho are mired in instability

Oman calls on Arabs to ease Israel’s ‘fears for its future’

Tunisia president, 92, says doesn’t plan to run for re-election

Belize to nearly triple area under strict marine protected areas

Belarus expels top Latvian historian blacklisted by Russia

Film looks at efforts to preserve the language and culture of the Livs

Estonian watchdog says unacceptable clients remain in banking system

Estonia red-flags 600-MW Saaremaa offshore wind project citing national security concerns

Latvia’s ten leading keepers and distributors of child abuse imagery held in sweeping operation

Lithuania to blacklist Holocaust denier David Irving

Guntars Godiņš named winner of Latvian-Estonian language award

The roots of the Latvian anti-Soviet resistance in 1940

British documentary explores confusion of Latvia’s independence struggle

Russia irked by Lithuania’s January 13 massacre ruling, seeks retaliation

The world’s largest cyber exercise brings allies together in Estonia

‘Sõnajalaõis’ voted most Estonian word

In ‘Great Game Lite,’ Russia and China Compete for Influence in Kyrgyzstan

Farmers and nomads take to violence in drought-stricken Chad

Montenegro fears China-backed highway will put it on road to ruin

World Bank warns about recession in Belarus if Minsk fails to secure energy deal with Russia

Independent Television Channel’s Offices Searched in Belarus

Belarus expels top Latvian historian blacklisted by Russia

Is Belarus Putin’s Next Land Grab?

Lukashenka Lambasts Moscow For ‘Sanctions,’ Threatens To Suspend Russian Oil Flow To Europe

Belarus Could Be Russia’s Next Big Geopolitical Target

Organic pineapple offers migrants work and dignity in Togo

Hungary to enhance cooperation with Huawei despite US concerns

Despite EU Pressure, Hungary Won’t Soften Laws to Allow Soros College to Stay

Brunei boycott deepens amid growing backlash to anti-gay laws

Maldives ruling party pledges probe into Chinese deals after landslide win

Ethiopia awaits EU signal to engender Somaliland, Somalia dialogue

7 reasons why Somaliland deserves its long-overdue recognition by the world

Germany to develop Somaliland as Bashe meets Austrian envoy in Nairobi

Life as a nomad in the world’s least crowded country

Southern Mongolia: Historian Tried in Closed-Door Hearing for Publishing on Mongolian Culture

Qatar sues trio of banks over plan to ‘attack’ financial markets

Batwa: Exclusion from Genocide Commemorations

Guatemala’s anti-graft candidate slams brief detention in Honduras

Former Tajik Opposition Member Jailed For 15 Years After Return From Russia

Iceland Builds Arctic Port as Global Shipping Routes Get Redrawn

Slovenia recalls ambassador to Zagreb over spying spat

Croatia’s Woes Leave it Second Only to Bulgaria in Underdevelopment

Is Libya’s Khalifa Haftar trying to become the next Gaddafi?

Namibia Commits to Rand Peg as Economy Limps Out of Slump

Lebanon Fears for Disputed Territory With Israel After Trump’s Golan Recognition

Politicians in Bulgaria campaign to block LGBT exhibition

Bulgaria: More MPs Resign in Apartments Scandal

Chickenpox, The Latest Burden On The Rohingya Refugees

China-South Sudan Oil Deal Raises Red Flags

Castro Warns Cubans to Brace for Shortages

Burundi: 10 Years On, Justice Denied for Murdered Activist

Congolese troops kill 36 Burundi rebels in east

Animals evacuated from Gaza’s last zoo to Jordan sanctuary

Seychelles Is Named First in Africa for Affordable Internet Packages

India Bans Key Highway in Kashmir for 2 Days A Week

Ahead of election, BJP vows to strip Jammu and Kashmir of special rights

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21st EU – China Summit: Tibetans and Uyghurs Demonstration

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

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1949 April 4: Founding of NATO

1960 April 4: Senegal Independence Day

1320 April 6: Declaration of Arbroath, Scotland and Tartan Day

1994 April 7: Rwandan genocide

April 8: International Romani day

April 9: Day of the Finnish Language

April 9 in Georgia: Day of National Unity (1989) and restoration of independence in 1991

1998 April 10: Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland peace process

April 14: Rememberance day of Al-Anfal genocide campaign against Kurdistan

1978 April 14: Georgian Language Day

1946 April 17: Evacuation Day, Syria

1975 April 17: Khmer Rouge Killing Fields

1980 April 18: Independence Day of Zimbabwe

April 19, 1940: Indian Day in Brazil

Easter Sunday: Aberri Eguna (“Fatherland Day”) in Basque Country

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Scottish votes ignored again as Commons rejects all Brexit options

Scottish National Party incredibly popular among young voters

All Under One Banner gearing up to kickstart 2019 national tour

New Report Highlights the Threat to the Assyrian People in the Middle East

Positive progress for Madesh in Nepal

Macron insists on Corsica “autonomy” offer with no law-making powers, no co-official status for language

Canada could be 1st country to harmonize laws with UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Canadian Indigenous Languages Act sparks controversy

Dayak NGO asks Sarawak to train Native Court judges

Who Should Get to Adopt Native American Children?

Activists sue to erase South Dakota’s new law on preventing ‘riot boosting’

Opponents of Alaska drilling say it threatens climate, wildlife

How A Seed Bank Helps Preserve Cherokee Culture Through Traditional Foods

How A Cosmic Collision Sparked A Native American Translator’s Labor Of Love

‘That is not what happened.’ Native Americans criticize schools’ teaching of their history.

Bipartisan group proposes legislation to help tribal communities combat violence against Native women

Nunavut celebrates 20 years as Canada’s newest territory, a place where Inuit chart the future

Inuit musicians boycott Indigenous Music Awards over cultural-appropriation concerns

New Mexico drops Columbus Day for Indigenous People’s Day

An Indigenous Nation Battles for Land and Justice in Bolivia

Peru Indigenous Communities’ Lawyers Sentenced To 3 Years

Indigenous leaders decry Colombia’s deadly crackdown on land protesters

Panamanian indigenous people act to protect the forest from invading loggers

Indigenous groups in Ecuador convene to talk resistance in the Amazon

Cambodia returns land taken from indigenous peoples in ‘unprecedented’ move

Over 6,000 Adivasi Workers on Indefinite Strike in MP over Non-payment of salaries

The fading pride of Amazigh tattoos

Niger’s Practice of Selling Young Girls As an Unofficial ‘Fifth Wife’ Has Been Outlawed

32,000 people flee violence in Papua – rights group

Baloch Liberation Army attacks Chinese assets for 3rd time since Aug 2018

Balochistan: Pakistani forces abducted 13 from Kech and Panjgur

Tokelau to standardise national language

Dissident Czech literary master Milan Kundera at 90

Czech television to team up with CNN to run news channel

China is using debt traps to control the South China Sea

Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets to Intercept 4 Chinese Bombers Over East China Sea

Philippines alarmed by roughly 200 Chinese ships spotted near disputed South China Sea isle this year

US plans to send second aircraft carrier to Vietnam, highlighting concerns about China’s regional influence

FM: Georgia Has All Practical Tools for Joining NATO

Jens Stoltenberg: Russia Has No Say on Georgia’s NATO Membership

Russia Practices Winning War in Disputed Region NATO Just Told It to Leave Immediately

Demographic time-bomb: Finland sends a warning to Europe

Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Happier and More Secure

White nationalists from around the world are meeting in Finland

After peace negotiations, threats of war break out between Armenia and Azerbaijan

New wave of detentions among LGBT in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan: Youth Activist Freed, Then Re-arrested

Taiwanese student protesting China’s Xi Jinping detained by Paris police

Taiwan scrambles jets to confront Chinese fighters after rare incursion

Welsh broadcasting campaigner faces jail over TV licence protest

Kenya sides with countries pushing for Western Sahara independence

Africa must unite for the decolonisation of Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic

Western Sahara settlement is possible: UN chief

British high court of justice upholds European decision recognising Sahrawis’ right to self-determination

Smells like Fascism II: new outbreak of anti-Roma mob violence in Italy

Greek PM makes first official visit to North Macedonia

Uyghur man bids to save ‘most extraordinary mom in the world’ from Chinese camp

Kyrgyz Students Vanish Into Xinjiang’s Maw

Xi Fails to Calm Europe as Juncker Takes Another Swipe at China

On Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Bend to Beijing’s Will

New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern talks Uyghurs and Huawei with Chinese President Xi Jinping

The EU, China, and human rights in Xinjiang: Time for a new approach

Uyghurs and allies urge action against China in Washington

Former chair of China’s Xinjiang region Nur Bekri arrested for graft

China’s Influence Digs Deep Into Europe’s Political Landscape

Nobody Safe From Persecution By Chinese Regime, Says Family of Beloved Uyghur Comedian Adil Mijit

Xinjiang Uygurs and other Muslims are paying the human cost of China’s belt and road plan

Uyghurs urge Canada to impose sanctions on Chinese officials over treatment of Muslim minority

Soyuz Rocket Launches Satellites From French Guiana Site

Electric Cars Hit Record In Norway, Making Up Nearly 60 Percent Of Sales In March

Disney on Ice’s Moana segment to be performed in Māori in New Zealand

The Suspect in the New Zealand Mosque Massacre Will Face 89 Charges of Murder and Attempted Murder

African Court Slams Benin’s Treatment of ‘Chicken King’ Ajavon

Benin Opposition Urges Protests as Elections Set to Proceed

Bosnia Capital to Host First Pride Parade

HRW Blasts Russia Over ‘Escalating Pressure’ On Crimean Tatars

Crimean Solidarity civic journalists were tortured during Russian FSB ‘arrest’

“My only crime is that I am a Muslim”: mass terrorism arrests hit Crimean Tatar solidarity campaign

16-year-old Crimean Tatar sentenced for removing 3 Russian flags in occupied Crimea

Civic journalist Osman Arifmemetov faces 10-year sentence for reporting repression in occupied Crimea

Russia applies punitive psychiatry against the 24 Ukrainian POWs seized after Sea of Azov aggression

15-year sentences demanded for Ukrainians accused of invented ‘Crimean sabotage’ plot

Two Ukrainians get 14-year sentences for refusing to cooperate with Russian FSB

Protestant pastor arrested for ‘illegal worship’ in Russian-controlled Luhansk ‘republic’

Moscow Snuffs Out Religious Liberty in Eastern Ukraine

Moscow close to UN recognition that its continental shelf extends far into the Arctic

Does Russia Seek Regime Change in Moldova?

Hong Kong will not drop China extradition law plan, says Chief Exec. Carrie Lam following mass protest

China begins building major new power station in Tibet

Journalists assoc. calls for media access to Tibet, adding to mounting international pressure on China

China Plans International Airport In Tibet To Facilitate Mansarovar Visit

Buddhists in Nepal unite in solidarity against a politician’s condemnation of traditional greeting scarves

US warns access to Tibet is increasingly limited

China to destroy over 300,000 more world maps for not showing Taiwan, Arunachal as its territory

I will reincarnate where there is maximum suffering of mankind: Dalai Lama

China’s 60 Years of Environmental Destruction in Tibet

Tibetans in Gonjo forced to give up ancestral land and home

Indigenous Arctic Population Accuses Russian Authorities of Rights Violations

Museum of History of Buryatia Holds 20th Anniversary Exhibition of the Atlas of Tibetan Medicine

Buryatiya district ex-head and ex-deputy detained for fraud

What’s behind anti-migrant feeling in Russia’s arctic republic of Yakutia?

VKontakte 4 Tatarstan users demand compensation for passing their personal data to police

Ingush Activists Under Pressure After Protests Over Chechnya Border Deal

Arrests follow Ingush referendum law protests

Ingush opposition leaders searched and jailed after popular protests

Kremlin Dispatching Forces To Ingushetia Not Just From North Caucasus But From Across Russia

Two years after Chechnya’s gay purge victims still seek justice as LGBTI defender receives death threats

Jailed Human Rights Defender Titiyev Will Not Appeal His Sentence

Daghestani authorities protest ‘unilateral’ border demarcation by Chechnya

War and refuge: Minnesota Opera to set Hmong story to music

Rape Victims Find a Voice 20 Years After Kosovo War

Akitu: Assyrians celebrate 6769th New Year

NASA chooses Erbil Citadel as Image of the Day

Pentagon suspends delivery of F-35 to Turkey

US calls on Turkey to respect election results

Villagers flee as Turkey repeatedly shells Kurdistan Region border areas

Turkish-backed militia arrests leader of pro-Barzani party in Syria’s Afrin

What Kurds can learn from Israel

Erbil book fair attracts domestic, regional publishers

German official backs Syrian Kurdish call for international ISIS court

Newly-elected Kurdish mayors in Turkey under investigation after celebrating victory

Westerners fighting with Kurds face uncertain future after defeat of Isis

Erdogan ignores US warnings, Turkey will buy S-400

Kiribati govt defends Chinese scholarship scheme

What Will Decide Nicaragua’s Fate?

Nicaragua releases 50 prisoners to house arrest

Panama Papers helps recover more than $1.2 billion around the world

Panama President Cheers China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative

China mired in Tahiti social media discourse

Floating cities once seemed like sci-fi. Now the UN is getting on board

Paraguay’s LGBT community feels outcast amid conservative shift: ‘We are forgotten’

Russia’s Military Mission Creep Advances to a New Front: Africa

Pro-independence FLNKS launches campaign for New Caledonia’s provincial elections

Anti-independence alliance fails in New Caledonia’s northern province

Gong banging marks new Bangsamoro beginning

Kiwi journalists investigating a Chinese company’s activities in Fiji released from Fiji jail

Facing criticism of China deal, Vatican’s top diplomat says ‘be patient’

Lawyers ask Vatican to denounce criminalization of homosexuality

Libya: General Haftar orders forces to take Tripoli as crisis escalates

What Do Ireland and Northern Ireland Want From Brexit?

Belfast in the Age of Brexit

RTÉ presiding over ‘complete eradication’ of Irish language programming

Albania clamps down on cannabis but trafficking of hard drugs increases

Tunisia: Investigations into deadly police abuses must deliver long awaited justice

State Department says US cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

No fishing, no exporting in April: Sierra Leone authorities enforce ban

Greenland doubles Atlantic salmon tonnage allowed under conservation deal

Special Rapporteur Urges Human Rights Approach to Water and Sanitation in Lesotho

Belize more than doubles protected marine area

Handling the Transatlantic Stress Test: A Conversation with Lithuania’s Foreign Minister

Estonian President to talk bilateral relations, Ukraine, Georgia with Putin

How Estonia fought for Latvian independence

Fewer Latvian-speakers see threats to their language in Latvia

The long journey out of the closet for Lithuania’s gay community

Estonia to host the world’s largest cyber exercise

Latvian Saeima endorses ban on Soviet and Nazi uniforms at public gatherings

With Lithuania pact, US signals increased military role near Russia

Mayor of Latvian capital suspended over suspected misuse of public funds

Kyrgyzstan Urged To Drop Charges Against Anti-Putin Protesters

Kyrgyzstan passes law allowing prosecution of ex-presidents

Violence and persecution against Christians growing in Chad

It’s not just Babich – Russian embassy in Minsk is a subversive organization

Belarus demolishes crosses at Soviet-era execution site

Heroes And Scum. “Rogue Song” Of Belarusian Tractor-Driver Breaking Crosses In Kurapaty

Lithuania provided info to Belarusian KGB on asylum seeker

EU accused of funding ‘forced labour’ project in Eritrea

Brunei introduces death by stoning for gay sex amid international condemnation

Maldives president hoping for election majority to probe China deals

Joke In Turkmenistan Goes Too Far For Women Drivers Facing Unofficial Ban

Game of Thrones tourism is wildly popular — and not just because the show is a hit

WOW Air collapse will dent Iceland’s growth and cause losses for banks: central bank

Rwanda’s genocide killers learn new life back home

From the ashes of genocide, Islam rises in Rwanda

Macron Calls for Probe into French Role in Rwanda Genocide

France to throw open archives on Rwanda genocide to clarify its role 25 years after the massacre

Serbia sentences four over 1999 killing of prominent journalist

Untapped East Timor talked up as mining destination

Myanmar army says six Rohingya killed in air strike were ‘with terrorists’

Q&A: Justice for Civil Wars-Era Crimes in Liberia

As its ruling dynasty withers, Gabon – a US ally and guardian of French influence in Africa – ponders its future

Gambia becomes 22nd African country to ratify the AfCFTA agreement

Africa’s historic free trade deal now has enough countries signed up to go into force

Life in ‘revolutionary’ Guinea-Bissau favela: ‘We’re fighting to protect our people’

The oil and gas of Lebanon tempts the appetite of its neighbours

Ex-Croatia PM jailed after court ups his corruption sentence

Greece’s DEPA breaks Gazprom monopoly in Bulgaria

Congo Ebola outbreak spreading faster than ever – WHO

Congo arrests rebel leader wanted for mass rape

Pope to host South Sudan’s divided leaders in peace retreat next week

Burundi bans BBC and suspends Voice of America

Burundi begins mass release of prisoners

How two bloggers exposed a property Ponzi scheme linked to Mauritania’s president

On the Bolivian altiplano, cultures collide

Cuba cuts newspaper size due to paper scarcity as shortages bite

Where’s the beef? Drought-parched Botswana struggles to keep cattle culture alive

Uruguay: The world’s marijuana pioneer

Vatican removes Guam archbishop after conviction of sexual abuse

Pere Aragonès claims Catalan pro-independence parties are the only viable government

Catalan Parliament urges president Torra to face a confidence vote or call a snap election

High court to investigate President Torra over yellow ribbon row

Catalan trial could be ‘political’, claim international observers

‘What hurt the most are the lies’: Catalan mayors talk about referendum

Spanish Constitutional Court unsurprisingly sides with unionist Cs

New fact-checking platform aims to fight ‘fake news’ in Catalan politics

Road Trip Europe Day 12 – Barcelona: ‘There is no justice, there is no democracy’

SNP MP questions UK Govt on whether its silence over Catalan rights is due to Brexit negotiations

Spanish police accused of orchestrating evidence to Catalan trial

Catalan independence declaration prompted by police violence

Spanish Constitutional Court deems swearing Catalan president in at a distance illegal

Catalan ex-deputy police chief dismisses follow-up of Spanish officers as ‘totally false’

Barcelona Supercomputing Center’s Bid to Host Major EU Supercomputer Gains Support from Three More Countries

Spanish Civil Guard officers deny hitting protesters during Catalan indyref

Catalan election debate in prison? It’s up to the Spanish Supreme Court

International observers express concerns over Catalan independence trial

Spain, Catalonia and football: Separate but intertwined

Pro-independence ERC lead polls in Catalonia for Spanish general election

Barcelona applies to host EuroPride 2022

Catalan public TV to take unionist leader to court for ‘slander’ and ‘hate speech

Belgium apologizes for colonial-era abduction of mixed-race children

A Tiny Danish Town Plans to Build Western Europe’s Tallest Skyscraper

In Denmark, long opening hours for unstaffed libraries

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

Demo for #Asturian official status. Saturday April 6th at 18.00, Xixón (Gijón), Asturias

1st door to door book sale of Frisian books this year will be held at the village of Easterein, April 11

2019 April 10: Concluding conference: Promoting regional or minority languages in a global world, Brussels

2019 May 6-7: European Regional Forum on Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities, Brussels

Over 1000 Corsicans call for comprehensive Corsican language education from pre-school to university

Kids store 1.5 megabytes of information to master their native language

Russia has eliminated all classes taught in Ukrainian since its annexation of Crimea

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1918 March 25: Belarus Freedom Day (Dzen Voli)

1821 March 25: Greek Independence Day

March 25: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

1949 March 25: Operation Priboi, Soviet Mass Deportations from the Baltic States

1971 March 26: Bangladesh Independence Day

1948 March 27: Balochinstan Occupation Day

1976 March 30: Land Day, Palestine

1949 April 4: Founding of NATO

1960 April 4: Senegal Independence Day

1320 April 6: Declaration of Arbroath, Scotland and Tartan Day

1994 April 7: Rwandan genocide

April 8: International Romani day

April 9: Day of the Finnish Language

April 9 in Georgia: Day of National Unity (1989) and restoration of independence in 1991

1998 April 10: Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland peace process

April 14: Rememberance day of Al-Anfal genocide campaign against Kurdistan

1978 April 14: Georgian Language Day

 

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Sindhis ask UN to send fact-finding team to Sindh, seek intervention in deteriorating human rights situation

SADC and international community express unwavering solidarity with Western Sahara

African Union urged to act decisively on Western Sahara referendum

Decolonization issue dependent on self-determination

Sahrawi News Agency celebrates its 20th anniversary

His Holiness Pope Francis is called to exhort King of Morocco to respect will of Sahrawi people

Imprisoned Barotseland independence leaders, Afumba and others, receive sustained torture – Inside Reports

How the traditional Maori haka became a central part of New Zealand’s national identity

New Zealand terror attack suspect ‘had financial links to Austria far-right group’

Nord Stream 2 runs aground in Denmark

What an independent Catalan national team would look like

Catalonia are the best non-recognised national team in the world

Montilivi absolutely full for Catalonia clash with Venezuela

Lionel Messi brace guides Barcelona to victory in Catalan derby

Plenty of politics at play in Venezuela-Catalonia friendly

Catalonia claim victory over Venezuela

More Than ‘A Barbecue Team’: The Catalan Football Team’s Long History

Barcelona launches bid to host Europe’s most powerful supercomputer

40 French senators urge dialogue over Catalonia, Paris rejects it

French ambassador to Spain says he ‘regrets’ senators’ declaration supporting pro-Catalan figures

Former French minister Benoît Hamon visits Catalan independence leaders in prison

Full text of the manifesto on Catalonia issued by French senators

Trial of Catalan political prisoners is ignoring key evidence

Jailed Catalan pro-independence candidate Jordi Sànchez calls for election debate from prison

How fair are the trials of Catalan pro-independence politicians?

Spain’s foreign minister storms out of an interview on German TV over Catalonia questions

Key witnesses called for Catalan trial during Sant Jordi Festival

International observers group to report Catalan trial infringements to UN

Group of European politicians criticizes potential ‘lack of impartiality’ in Catalan trial

Exiled Turkish Journalist Wasn’t Allowed to Observe Catalan Independence Trial

Puigdemont orders report to compare German and Spanish legal rulings on referendum case

Ex-Catalonia leader brings books to German prison where he was detained last year

Attitude of voters was ‘calm’ on Catalan referendum day, says German politician

Spanish court suspends Catalan parliament committee investigating king’s ‘criminal activities’

Spanish prosecutor to investigate Catalan president Quim Torra for disobedience

Local authorities take yellow ribbon row to next level

Spanish Court of Auditors to investigate Catalan diplomatic activity

Catalan public media faces sanction over Madrid protest coverage

Catalan president Torra calls for an ‘alliance of Iberian nations’ from Portugal

Occitanie calls for release of Catalan political prisoners

Senior Portuguese Socialist MP to meet imprisoned Catalan activist Cuixart

Catalan media barred from using term ‘political prisoner’

Seven arrested and five injured in anti-fascist demonstration in Barcelona

If almost two-thirds of Catalans wanted independence, a mechanism had to be found to accommodate it

Spanish president publishes 110 election pledges with no direct mention to Catalonia

Spain’s socialists increase their lead ahead of April 28 vote – poll

Pedro Sanchez threatens Catalonia with direct rule

Brunei set to introduce death by stoning for adultery and gay sex

Humanist lawyer becomes Slovakia’s first female president

Congo ebola epidemic becomes second worst outbreak ever

Serbia, Kosovo mark start of NATO intervention 20 years ago

Prince Charles becomes first British royal to visit Cuba

Sakha Bans Employment Of Foreigners In Dozens Of Sectors

RFE/RL broadcasts in Tatar, Bashkir, Chechen under threat

Thousands Rally In Ingushetia To Protest Chechnya Land Swaps

Ingush police battalion disbanded after its members refuse to disperse protestors

Survivors of Chechnya’s homophobic purge reveal what happened to them

Netanyahu says Israel ready for Gaza campaign if needed; Palestinians plan huge march

4 hurt, 10 held in Nicaragua despite govt pledges: opposition

“Hanification”: Uyghur Children Cut off From Their Roots

Chinese officials pressured Canadian university to cancel event with Uighur activist

How China Used the Swedish Ambassador to Threaten Angela Gui

UN: China Responds to Rights Review with Threats

US funds pull out of Chinese companies over Uighur detention in Xinjiang

Founder and staff of Vatican women’s magazine step down, citing pressure over nun abuse stories

On Irish border, anger at Westminster and fears of fresh violence

Irish and Scottish Nationalists Plotting to Break Up U.K. Over Brexit

Unity vital to peace, prosperity in Northern Ireland

No-deal Brexit could cut Irish economic growth by nearly 70%

‘A new conversation about a united Ireland could be a win for all’

Ireland stuck between no-deal Brexit plans and peace deal

The Irish Border Is a Scar

Fearing Brexit, protesters gather along Irish border

China contributes US$5 million to São Tomé and Príncipe’s 2019 budget

Crimean journalist arrested hours after saying that Crimea needs to be saved from Russia

Russia arrests 23 Crimean Tatars after largest raid ever in occupied Crimea

New arrests add 55 children to the victims of Russia’s war against Crimean Tatars

23 arrested Crimean Tatar rights activists secretly moved to Russia

Russia uses terror to crush Crimean Solidarity & drive Crimean Tatars from their homeland

Moscow Is Trying to Weaken Crimean Tatar Resistance With the Help of Tatarstan

Russian intelligence plotted terror attack in Ukraine ahead of elections

Why Is John Travolta Palling Around With Putin’s Cronies in Russia?

Russia seizes Ukrainian Church land in Crimea for the FSB and Moscow Patriarchate

Ukrainian political prisoner Pavlo Hryb goes on hunger strike in Russia following effective death sentence

The big loser in Ukraine’s presidential election? Vladimir Putin

Norway to return Easter Island artifacts taken by Thor Heyerdahl

West Papuans urged to boycott Indonesian elections

Mauritania jails bloggers Abderrahmane Weddady and Cheikh Ould Jiddou on false news charges

Eritrea failing to account for missing journalists, politicians – UN

Rwanda convicts ISIS, Al-Shabaab suspects

Tunisia says it will coordinate Arab response to U.S. move on Golan

‘I Am Doing This for Every Place Where Rape Is a Weapon of War.’ Meet the Woman Documenting Sexual Violence Against Myanmar’s Rohingya

Native American Mascots, Redface, Logos Are Slowly Disappearing

Hundreds of cities, counties and Native American tribes file federal lawsuit against Sackler family over opioid crisis

‘We are caribou people’: Gwich’in leaders in Washington to push for ANWR protection

Navajo Nation’s transition beyond coal ‘starts now’

Elisapie Revisits Her Inuit Roots In ‘The Ballad Of The Runaway Girl’

This Library Takes an Indigenous Approach to Categorizing Books

Indigenous groups in Brazil protest health care changes

In battle for Amazon, church officials unite with indigenous communities

Indigenous Legislator Advocates for Minority Political Activism

Sergio Rojas Ortiz, leader of Costa Rica’s indigenous Bribri, slain by gunmen

Cambodia returns land taken from indigenous people in ‘unprecedented’ move

Rock-throwing protesters repel Peru government negotiators in dispute over Chinese copper mine

Mexican president says Spain should ask forgiveness for crimes against indigenous Mexicans

Spain refuses to apologize to Mexico’s indigenous people for colonial abuses

Murdering Gully: settlers killed 35 in Aboriginal camp, and threw bodies into the water

Interview | ‘Adivasi Culture and the Forest Are Linked. PESA Looks After Both’

Hong Kong, Taiwan activists wary of Chinese operatives

The Belarus Dilemma: Fighting Europe’s Last Dictatorship

China’s next phase in the South China Sea

Free Balochistan Movement activists stage protests in different countries to mark Balochistan Occupation Day

Balochistan: Pakistani forces conducted offensives in Dasht, abducted five persons

Despite punishing history, Haiti remains revolutionary, remarkable

Estonia, Slovenia and Lithuania top new EBRD Knowledge Economy Index

‘Undesirable Elements’: How Stalin Deported Nearly 100,000 From The Baltics In Operation ‘Priboi’

Baltics marks 70th anniversary of major Soviet deportations

Soviet military personnel sentenced over 1991 massacre in Lithuania

Former Soviet Defense Chief Convicted Of War Crimes In 1991 Vilnius Crackdown

Russia calls Lithuania provocative after conviction of former Soviet official

Russia threatens Lithuania over 1991 massacre convictions

Welsh politician accuses the BBC of ‘cultural colonialism’ as new comedy set in Wales is dominated by English stars

Hundreds of Welsh football fans march through Cardiff calling for an independent Wales

French Polynesia’s Temaru pushes for ‘Maohi Nui’ in EU poll

Bishkek, Moscow Agree To Expand Russian Base In Kyrgyzstan

Stoltenberg: Georgia Will Join NATO, And Russia Can Do Nothing About It

With an eye on Iran, U.S. clinches strategic port deal with Oman

Sturgeon says indyref2 is now ‘as inevitable as it’s possible to be’

Scottish independence: Poll finds Brexit is now the biggest factor

Chaos at Westminster: Scottish National Party MP told to go back to her ‘own country’

Senior Scottish Tory confirms talk of split from UK party

Majority of Scots think Scotland should hold another indyref

Gambia ex-president Jammeh stole at least $362 million – govt

Cyprus Backstop? Ireland is not the only island with Brexit muddle

Northern Cyprus: Visiting a country that doesn’t exist

UN chief welcomes establishment of inclusive government in Central African Republic

Chad has now spent a full year without access to social media

Chinese leader visits Monaco amid European 5G tech worries

Facebook bans white nationalism and separatism from its platforms

Public radio in Wallis and Futuna marks 40 years

Pope to visit Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius

‘Names of killers still reverberate in my ears’: 19 years after Chittisinghpora massacre, lone survivor recounts night that killed 35 Sikhs

Turkmenistan Urged To Stop ‘Systematic Harassment’ Of Independent Journalists

Dominican Republic president meets with delegation from China, deepening ties

Duterte inaugurates Bangsamoro govt

US Upgrades Travel Warning to Comoros After Post-Election Violence

Syria Kurd autonomy under threat after IS ‘caliphate’ falls

Islamic State group: Syria’s Kurds call for international tribunal

4 Kurds commit suicide in Turkish prisons in a week

Turkey arrests over 60 Kurdish politicians on eve of elections

Counting underway in Turkey elections as Kurds try to reclaim their cities

HDP regains control of main Kurdish cities despite state repression

Turkey Elections: HDP retains key cities, loses others as CHP claims Ankara, Istanbul

UN finishes first Ezidi mass grave exhumation in Iraq, starts next operation

China Fumes at Dalai Lama as Trump Signs Tibet Access Bill

Tibet has never been a part of China anywhere in its pre-1949 history

China Marks Tibetan Anniversary with Military Parade

China defends Tibet human rights practices on anniversary of revolt

China defends Tibet policies, bashes exile government

Tibet: 60 years of stalemate awakens young generation

Tibetan protesters develop “severe” health conditions in Chinese prison

China’s White Paper on Tibet: Another Attempt to Whitewash 60 Years of Undemocratic Rule

China tests Tibetan monks, nuns for loyalty to communist party rule

60 years after exile, Tibetans face a fight for survival in a post-Dalai Lama world

China’s engagement with Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguayans turn tough on crime to tackle growing violence

60,000 protest in Nafarroa against 2-13 year prison sentences for 8 young people for a bar brawl with off-duty police officers

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Deliver the independence petition of 1.8 million West Papuans to the United Nations

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

2019 May 22-24, 17th International Conference on Minority Languages

2019 June 17-20: Indigenous Gathering of Native language Instructional Techniques for Educators

2019 October 16-17: Crowded out or limitless horizons? Minority language-media in the digital age

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1956 March 20: Tunisia Independence day

1990 March 21: Namibia Independence Day

1992 March 21: Tatarstan Sovereignty Referendum

1918 March 25: Belarus Freedom Day (Dzen Voli)

1821 March 25: Greek Independence Day

March 25: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

1949 March 25: Operation Priboi, Soviet Mass Deportations from the Baltic States

1971 March 26: Bangladesh Independence Day

1948 March 27: Balochinstan Occupation Day

1976 March 30: Land Day, Palestine

1949 April 4: Founding of NATO

1960 April 4: Senegal Independence Day

1320 April 6: Declaration of Arbroath, Scotland and Tartan Day

1994 April 7: Rwandan genocide

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Fiji beats New Caledonia in International Friendly

New Caledonia Congress endorses Vanuatu trade agreement

Solomon Islands look beyond Taiwan alliance as election looms

Indonesia continues military build up in West Papua

‘Nothing was left’: Flash floods, landslides hit Indonesia’s Papua region

Finland is the happiest country in the world again

Finland Needs to Defuse a Demographic Time Bomb

Large numbers of foreign intelligence staff in Finland, Russia and China particularly active

More than 500 Banunu killed in attacks by rival ethnic group in DR Congo – U.N. investigation

Connections In Hate Between NZ And Norway Shooters

New Zealand Shooting Suspect Praised China For ‘Lacking Diversity’

China says 13,000 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Xinjiang since 2014

Uyghur Detainees from Xinjiang ‘Placed in Nearly Every Prison’ in Shandong Province

Rights Activists Denounce China’s Xinjiang White Paper

Harvard’s president read a Uyghur poem to students at Peking University

China’s Uyghur detention camps may be the largest mass incarceration since the Holocaust

Norway says it proved Russian GPS interference during NATO exercises

Big Norwegian Aluminum Producer Suffers Extensive Cyber Attack

Gunmen attack Mali army base, kill at least 16 soldiers

Katushabe is tapping into her soft spot for Batwa women

An Incinerator In Tatarstan Is The Latest Battleground In Russia’s Garbage Wars

Why is the Kremlin replacing multiple regional governors right before Russia’s fall elections?

Siberian City Grinds to a Halt After Locals Protest Rape Linked to Migrant

Police Detain Suspected Attackers Of Migrants In Russia’s Sakha-Yakutia Region

TV documentary follows plucky Selina to the ends of the earth

Family escapes Syrian war only to be gunned down in New Zealand mosque shooting

The brutal leader of Chechnya goes after another monitor of his torture and abuse

Oil Dorado: Guyana set for its own Klondike ‘black gold’ rush?

Joint NATO-Georgia Military Exercises Kick Off Near Tbilisi

Russia bolsters military presence in Abkhazia with 30% troop increase

Paul Goble: Moscow engaging in slow-motion deportation of Crimean Tatars

“They’re sobering up”: Crimean Tatar leader on “cardinal” change in public moods in Crimea

Putin, rap and Night Wolves: Russia marks 5 years in Crimea

Russia’s New Program to Rapidly Populate Crimea with Russians

Russian occupiers are doing everything to kill imprisoned Crimean Tatar amputee

Putin expresses regret in his immediate entourage and wishes he hadn’t ordered to occupy Crimea, – Dzhemilev

Crimean Tatar civic journalist faces 7-year sentence for reporting rights abuses in occupied Crimea

Armed searches and arrests of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Crimea: Enduring five years in a human rights black hole

Russia seized its first Ukrainian political prisoner within days of its invasion of Crimea

Why the media fails to cover Palestine with accuracy and empathy

U.N. experts urge Israel to rein in security forces

Top court bans Jewish Power’s Michael Ben-Ari from polls

Trump just made a highly controversial decision about Israel — again

eSwatini budgets for change

Without China’s Help, eSwatini Begins Construction of $1.3 Million Trade Hub

Guinea risks ‘conflict and confusion’ with mining eviction policy

Red dresses displayed around American Indian museum to memorialize missing, murdered native women

American Indians say movement to end ‘redface’ is slow

Anyone Speak K’iche’ or Mam? Immigration Courts Overwhelmed by Indigenous Languages

Navajo Gives Up Navajo Generating Station Bid

Inuit hope fresh deals with mining companies boost employment at new projects

U.S. not meeting terms of international caribou agreement, say Indigenous gov’ts of Arctic refuge plan

Adivasis plan to boycott all political parties this election

Moldova’s Parliamentary Elections: One Silver Lining Amid Multiple Negative Trends (Part Two)

Karadzic sentence increased to life for Bosnia genocide: UN

What legacy did Karadzic and the war leave behind for Bosnia?

One Year On, Dragicevic Death Still Haunts Bosnia

White supremacist threat:Canadian Sikhs seek removal of Khalistani reference from safety report

Operation Allied Force: NATO Bombing Of Yugoslavia

Kosovo grapples with bloody past 20 years after NATO’s first war

How Milosevic stripped Kosovo’s autonomy – archive, 1989

Christchurch shootings: How Maori haka unify New Zealand in mourning

Pasifika Festival cancelled following Chch terror attack

Palau island and its Jellyfish Lake are open to the public again

Huge Underwater Eruption May Have Rattled the Entire Earth and We Barely Noticed

Biafra: Why Igbo Have Not Got Own Country – BNYL

Syriza, Greece’s ruling party, is headed for electoral defeat

Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay relaunch 2030 World Cup bid

Dominican Republic is named the most dangerous place to travel for plastic surgery

Costa Rica aiming to be world’s first plastic and carbon-free country by 2021

Nicola Sturgeon to announce indyref2 update ‘in next few days’

This is how Plaid Cymru can win in Wales like we did here in Scotland

Minister for culture attempted to stop ‘Welsh essential’ advert for head of National Library

Northern Basque Country to fund Occitan language policy

Brittany: The Region Grieves One of its Best Artists and Activists, Yann-Fañch Kemener

Lost words: The struggle to save Turkey’s disappearing languages

Aberdeen University to lead first study of the Scots language since the 1950s

World’s 1st Irish Language Neural Machine Translation Engine Launched by KantanMT.com

Minister for culture attempted to stop ‘Welsh essential’ advert for head of National Library

Bahrain: Formula 1 Ignores Rights Commitments

Chinese fishmeal plants leave fishermen in the Gambia all at sea

What on earth is Djibouti doing?

Europe’s center-right suspends Hungary’s ruling party

Kuwait says US Mideast peace plan should weigh regional considerations

At long last, peace might be possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Southern Azerbaijan : New Report Details Rights Violations Against Azerbaijani Minority in Iran

Women suffering from fistulas in Sierra Leone need more support

School counsellors in Sierra Leone address early pregnancy, child marriage

U.S. pressure on Hezbollah, Iran is working, Pompeo says in Beirut

UAE supports ‘Empowering 100 Women Future Leaders Programme’ in Rwanda

Digging through the layers of Malta’s religious past

Lesotho on the cusp of maiden Afcon qualification

Singapore is holding on to its title as the most expensive city in the world — this time, sharing it with Paris, and Hong Kong

Qatar asks IAEA to intervene over ‘threat’ posed by UAE nuclear plant

Central African Republic opens cabinet to more armed groups to bolster peace

U.S. Airstrikes In Somalia May Amount To War Crimes

TV journalist Leonardo Gabriel Hernández shot dead in Honduras

Bangsamoro gov’t inauguration repeatedly delayed to ensure Duterte presence

Kushner peace plan urges huge ‘Palestinian-Saudi-Jordanian land swap’

Donor to Latvia’s Biggest Party Linked to Laundromat

Mongolia’s epic celebration at -40C

Aruba to resume refinery refurbishment after U.S. sanctions exemption

Germany, Belgium propose new tool to police EU democracies

Will Evo Morales Win Again in Bolivia?

Two Russian Tu-142 Maritime Reconnaissance and Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft Intercepted by Italian Typhoons Off Iceland

EU eyes June to begin membership talks with North Macedonia

Nicaragua government says it will free all jailed protesters in bid to lift sanctions

Why Kashmir Has A Right To Self-Determination

Surrounded By Military Barracks, Skiers Shred The Himalayan Slopes Of Indian Kashmir

Kashmir: The forgotten victims of an endless war

India bans top pro-independence group in Kashmir

No Rights Progress in Eritrea After Peace Deal With Ethiopia

Sharofiddin Gadoev escapes Tajikistan after YouTube video plea for help

Tajikistan Urged To Release ‘Seriously Ill’ Muhammadali Hayit Who Says Guards Beat Him

Tiger numbers increase in Bhutan

Large solar plant to be built in Tonga

U.N. to hold Libya conference in April to avoid military showdown

Whose side is Russia on in Libya?

Haiti’s latest government falls after six months as lawmakers fire prime minister

US Senator Rubio visits Haiti amid political crisis there

Mauritania: Nouakchott trashes sea agreement with Senegal

Taliban Capture About 150 Afghan Soldiers After Chase Into Turkmenistan

Equatorial Guinea: Alfredo Okenve banned from receiving Franco-German prize

Stageplay imagines a lost Tuvalu

Observers identify ‘lack of impartiality’ in Catalan politicians trial

Catalan president promotes local mayor to prominent government spokesperson role

Spanish treasury official unable to confirm if public money was used for Catalan referendum

Spain’s Trial of Catalan Independence Leaders Is Widening Its Peoples’ Divisions

Spanish civil guard tell court of raids on Catalan government offices

Irish and Italian politicians condemn trial of Catalan independence leaders

La Liga clubs refuse players permission to join Catalonia squad

The stars who were given the green light to play for Catalonia

Lawyers claim Catalan politicians’ rights violated in independence trial

How Art Can Operate as Soft Power

Sanchez: No evidence to prove claims of violence in Catalan indyref

Foreign investment in Catalonia falls to its lowest level in six years

Catalan president forced to remove all symbols from government headquarters

‘Our political project is still relevant’: Republican Left of Catalonia commemorate one year since exile and incarceration

Attorney general orders lawsuit against Catalan president for defying electoral authority

Hundreds gather in Barcelona to pray for victims of New Zealand attacks

200 organizations gear up for march against far-right in Barcelona

Somaliland: A Success Story Without the Billions and Bombs

The world can learn from how Somaliland overcame militias

Liberia former first lady in UK court for torture charges

Boko Haram militants kill 23 soldiers in Chad

As Brexit Drags On, People In Ireland Wait To Learn Their Border Fate

Ireland will be forced to hold referendum in case of Brexit extension, if UK does not take European Parliament seats

No-deal Brexit would cost Irish people €720 each annually, says German study

World’s Cheapest Mortgage May Be Around the Corner in Denmark

Barbados bets on high-value seafood for blue future

Austria pressing ahead with digital tax after EU-wide plan fails

Ghana, Togo and Benin on high alert against jihadist threat

Opposition-Led Venezuela National Assembly Votes For Ban On Oil Shipments to Cuba

Building bridges: Soccer diplomacy in divided Cyprus

Cyprus ‘torture victims’ win £1m payout from UK government

Appeasement of Lukashenka threatens independence of Belarus

Moscow’s Minsk Gambit: Can Russia Swallow Belarus?

GRECO declares Belarus non-compliant with anti-corruption standards

Political divisions widen in Albania as EU decision nears

The Bahamas Just Installed a New Solar Park

Botswana joins list of African countries reviewing gay rights

China gives Panama its plan for a $4bn high-speed rail line to Costa Rica

Google bans VPN ads in China

Czech Foreign Ministry Summons Russian Ambassador Amid Growing Apartment Scandal

Roma Week: Full house at the European Parliament for the Roma Civil Monitor session

Vivienne Ziner: Jewish people pray for independent Kurdistan

Turkey shells Kurdistan Region on eve of Newroz

Kurdish leaders mark Newroz with message of peace to people of Kurdistan

Fire lights the way for Kurds in Akre ‘Kurdistan’s Newroz capital’

Turkey’s AnadoluJet launches direct flights from Diyarbakir, Gaziantep to Erbil

KRG joins Baghdad, declares mourning period in Kurdistan for Mosul ferry sinking

SDF announces the end of the self-proclaimed Islamic State Caliphate

SDF says over 11,000 of its forces killed in fight against the Islamic State

China is cracking down on Tibet – and this is a crucial month

Current Dalai Lama Says His Successor Could Come from India

Tibetan Set to Become World’s Longest-serving Political Prisoner

World Water Day: China’s damming of rivers in Tibet continues to violate the water rights of the downstream countries

Tibetans Urge UN Member States to Call China to End 60 Years of Human Rights Violations in Tibet

End of roundtable on Western Sahara: Delegations called for another round

Resolving Sahrawi conflict depends on Morocco’s respect for UN resolutions

Only with the approval of the Sahrawi people can a solution be enduring and foster a genuine peace (Polisario Front)

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