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2019 International Year of Indigenous 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
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
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U.N. chief raises issue of Xinjiang’s Uighurs during China visit
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
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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
Finland Cozies Up to Iran like it did for Soviet Union
Crimea: Russia’s newest Potemkin Village
Russian Police Search Homes Of Two Crimean Tatar Activists
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
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
Kosovo’s Leader: EU Is ‘Weak,’ U.S. Needed For Talks With Serbia
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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
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
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
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
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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
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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