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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
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1918 May 28: Armenia Independence Day
1830 May 28: Indian Removal Act
1918 May 28: Azerbaijan Republic 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
1898 June 12: Day of Freedom in Philippines
1941 June 14: Soviet Mass Deportations from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
June 15: International Uyghur Language Day
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Amazigh activist Kamel Eddine Fekhar dies after more than 50 days of hunger strike
NGOs Accused of Exploiting Batwa Community
Former Botswana president quits ruling party in row with ex-ally
Hollywood PR firm to defend Botswana elephant hunting
Seas rise, hope sinks: Tuvalu’s vanishing islands – in pictures
High-tech mapping to help Tuvalu adapt to rising seas
Chinese influence in the Pacific prompts high-level meetings
Comoros swears in president after controversial elections
Comoros president pardons 17 jailed opponents
Guinea-Bissau’s election delivers renewed deadlock instead of solutions
Cyprus elects first Turkish Cypriot to European Parliament
Pro-government Assyrian Forces to Remain Armed in Northeast Syria
Assyrian diaspora seeks to reconnect with homeland
Saint Paul-Based Nonprofit Engages Hmong Youth Through Art and Activism
Honors for Hmong man who served with CIA secret army in Laos
Is ‘Putin is a thief’ a (potentially illegal) insult? Putin’s press secretary thinks so.
Tatarstan-based aluminium producer under fire for offering $1.50 a day bonus for femininity
Dagestan district head beats up a person
The unbearable silence of Chechnya’s lesbians
Chechnya ‘gay purge’ responders receive death threats after home invasion
Security forces supported by armored vehicles search Red Cross in Ingushetia
Rebellion in Ingushetia was driven underground
Netanyahu plunges Israel into new election
Tunisia media magnate announces presidential bid
Dominica Proofs Homes Against Climate Change Using Citizenship by Investment Funds
China Released a Uyghur Mother To Silence Her U.S. Son—Then Sent Her Back to Detention The Next Day
Abdukerim Rahman, a legendary Xinjiang University lecturer, disappeared since March 2018
Ahmatjan Juma, teacher likely detained because of his emigree journalist brother Memetjan Juma
Inside China’s secret ‘concentration camps’ detainees ‘pray to president Xi Jinping’
Muslim Man Detained for Not Smoking or Drinking
China’s Kazakh Ambassador Angrily Rejects Xinjiang Crackdown Allegations
Rights group urges U.S. to sanction China over Xinjiang camps
US Urges Chinese Regime to Release Detained Uyghur Muslims for Eid Holiday
A Tale of Non-Uyghur Activists battling for Uyghurs’ Freedom
Serbia puts army on alert as tensions with Kosovo flare
Is Serbia’s prime minister racist?
Russia uses wholesale arrests to try to crush Crimean Tatar human rights movement
Two Crimean Tatar Activists Briefly Detained Over ‘Banned Symbols’
Detained Crimean Tatars tortured by Russians
Norwegian pension fund ditches alcohol, gambling and pornography
Venezuela talks in Norway end without deal
New Zealand becomes first in world to unveil ‘well-being’ budget
Barotse Activist Munyinda finally charged with six counts of promoting tribal war!
Pope Says Argentine Bishop Now Facing Vatican Abuse Trial
Rusal Names Controversial Ex-Ambassador to Head Guinea Office
Portugal becomes the first euro zone country to issue debt on China’s market
Two West Papuan boys shot dead by Indonesian police
Opposition senators in Haiti trash Parliament office
Slovenia drops Mura river hydropower plans to protect environment
Survivors recall chaos as tour boat sank on Danube in Budapest
Restore Indigenous land rights to unlock traditional knowledge and repair ecosystems
PHL pursues preservation of indigenous languages at United Nations conference
Documentary explores death of Colten Boushie and his family’s resilience
Six ways Northwest Natives are using tech to save their languages
Sabah natives urged to remember their rights at Indigenous Walk
UN proclaims August 22 Day for victims of religious violence
National inquiry calls murders and disappearances of Indigenous women a ‘Canadian genocide’
Ken Wyatt: Australia’s first indigenous cabinet minister
Enslaved for decades, indigenous Indians freed by land titles
Adivasi Professor Arrested for Old Facebook Post on Right to Eat Beef
4 NDFB-S rebels jailed for 5 years for Adivasi massacre
Demand for Adivasi teachers to be a big issue
It’s time we moved the goalposts on Indigenous policies, so they reflect Indigenous values
Inside the First Major Museum Exhibition Celebrating Native Women Artists
Why a Hamptons Highway Is a Battleground Over Native American Rights
Native American graduate told to remove eagle feather from mortarboard gets apology
For Many Navajos, Getting Hooked Up To The Power Grid Can Be Life-Changing
Cherokee Nation’s next chief will have a big footprint in Indian Country
New Canadian navy ships to be affiliated with Inuit communities
Faroe Islands defend slaughter of whales as sea turns red with blood
Greenland’s Ice: A Photographic Eulogy
Tiananmen Book Seller’s Fight Shows China’s Sway Over Hong Kong
Sexual harassment is a ‘major public health issue’ in Sweden: survey
Stakes High for Armenia’s New Government
South China Sea: Tensions ERUPT as Japan promises to protect Philippines against Beijing
South China Sea: Japan and South Korea FAIL to deter Beijing as Shangri-La talks collapse
U.S. Drug Enforcement Investigated Honduras President for Cocaine Trafficking
Fire burns US Embassy entrance in Honduras amid privatization protests
Chad journalist and soldiers killed near N’Gounboua after Boko Haram attack
Lithuania Expels Chief Editor Of Sputnik’s Local Branch
Balochistan: Protesters clash with Iranian forces in Zahedan, 30 participants arrested
Balochistan: Youth arrested and disappeared on his return from Europe
Balochistan: Eleven Baloch abducted in two days from Gwadar and Kech
Balochistan: Military Intelligence office and FC check post attacked
Balochistan: Iranian forces shot dead one Baloch youth and abducted another
Germany: Free Balochistan Movement demands removal of Pakistan’s nukes
Balochistan: Pakistani forces abduct six Baloch including two students
Balochistan: Pregnant woman dies due to lack of maternity care
Blackheath woman sets up learning centre in East Timor
Russia’s Bulwark on the Afghan Border: Tajikistan
Internet censorship eased as EU Council chief visits Tajikistan
Nicaragua government releases 50 more political prisoners
Inaugural Togo-European Union Economic Forum
Zimbabwe to compensate more than 700 white farmers
Martin Shipton: When it comes to Welsh independence, I’m firmly indy curious
Wales dubbed a ‘Remain nation’ after EU vote
Machynlleth the first Town Council in Wales to back independence
Low turnout in French territories for EU elections
French Guiana still feels forgotten two years after Paris vows
Georgia Marks Independence Day
Breakaway South Ossetia shuts down more Georgian schools
Launch of Project “Education for Democracy in the Republic of Moldova”
Transnistria: Russia’s satellite state an open wound in Eastern Europe
Breakaway Transnistria Threatens to Sue Moldova for ‘War Crimes’
Mauritania: Blogger Mkhaïtir’s Fate Lies in the Hands of the President
Nicola Sturgeon makes fresh call for Scottish independence referendum in 2020
Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland must be able to choose independence
EU Election 2019 result brings Scottish independence a step closer
Scottish Labour implodes after disastrous European elections
Scottish government publishes independence referendum bill
Indyref2: Scottish ministers all set with plan to fast-track vote
Yes groups receive more than £80k from Scottish Independence Foundation
Myanmar frees soldiers jailed for Rohingya massacre
Rohingya ‘still being terrorised by military’
In world’s largest refugee camp, Rohingya children face a desperate choice
Belarus: Interior Minister unrepentant following mass raids and detention of Roma
Thousands rally in Mongolia to call for government to step down
Mongolia hopes for Belt and Road bonanza without heavy debt
70,000 families displaced in Paraguay floods
Burundi threatens to cut ties with UN envoy: diplomats
Equatorial Guinea struggles for place in world tourism
‘Gone Like a Meteor’: Epitaph for the Lost Youth of the Biafran War
Biafra declared its short-lived independence from Nigeria on this day in 1967
52 Years After: Looking At The Civil War Through Biafran Eyes
Photos: IPOB Freedom March for Biafra
EU finds Czech PM in breach of conflict-of-interest rules
Immigrant Proportion Grows Within Icelandic Labour Market
Bosnia mass killings: Efforts under way to identify victims
China and the United States face off in Djibouti as the world powers fight for influence in Africa
Eight Gambian soldiers sentenced over coup plot
High radiation levels found in giant clams near U.S. nuclear dump in Marshall Islands
European Commission recommends opening accession talks with Albania, North Macedonia
Analysis: European elections confirm resilience of Catalan independence
Puigdemont among three Catalan independence activists elected as MEPs
Exiled Puigdemont and jailed Junqueras win seats in Brussels
Catalan leaders braced for legal battle to take EU Parliament seats
Catalan MEPs prepare for legal battle to take seats in Europe
Jailed Catalan pro-independence leader Raül Romeva suspended in Spanish Senate
Strasbourg rejects suit challenging Spain’s suspension of Catalan parliament session in October 2017
ECHR rules against pro-Catalan independence claims about Spain’s handling of secession push
Jailed Jordi Sànchez asks for post-electoral meeting with King Felipe
Judge lifts year-long confinement of pro-independence activist Tamara Carrasco
Spotlight on women in Catalan national theater’s new season
Rene Catalan Finds Time In Giving Back
President Torra announces talks to seek unity among Catalan self-determination supporters
UN calls for release of three jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders
UN: imprisonment of Catalan politicians ‘against Universal Declaration of Human Rights’
UN demands release of Catalan prisoners in Spain
“The Spanish state has the moral obligation of freeing its political prisoners”
Jailed Catalan activist Jordi Cuixart asks for release following UN verdict
Catalan president urges Spain to free pro-independence leaders following UN report
Quim Torra calls for Catalan prisoners to be freed after UN report
Prosecutor to uphold rebellion charges in Catalan independence trial, say media reports
European Parliament refuses entry to Catalonia’s Puigdemont
Catalan independence leader ‘BLOCKED’ from EU Parliament despite winning MEP election
European Parliament denies pass to ex Catalan President and new MEP Carles Puidgemont
European Parliament refuses to issue pass to former Catalan premier
Puigdemont files complaint against EU Parliament heads over denied access
Independence camp plans protest in Strasbourg for EU parliament inauguration
Benin: The Fall of a Model Democracy
Greece Hands Out a Lesson to Italy
ANALYSIS: Liberia – George Weah’s Government Finally Ready to Wear the IMF’s Strait Jacket
Ander Larunbe: The view from the Basque pro-independence left in a year of elections
Taiwan’s 2020 presidential election is crucial
Taiwan is preparing for war by training fighter pilots to use freeways as runways
Election weekend splits Belgium in two
India may extend $100-million defence line of credit to Kyrgyzstan
HRW: Year After ‘Bride-Kidnap’ Murder, Kyrgyzstan Doing Too Little To Curb Violence Against Women
A Journalist Was Killed in an EU Country. Why Has No One Been Caught?
Malta failing on rule of law after journalist’s murder – draft report
Oromo Liberation Front says “it will no longer have an armed group”
Bulgaria makes first U.S. gas purchases with two LNG cargoes
Israel ‘open’ to talks with Lebanon over disputed sea border
New Papua New Guinea leader a wildcard in Pacific power play
US-UAE defence deal comes into force amid Iran tension
Clashes, arrests after Sierra Leone court unseats 10 opposition MPs
Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia denounce decision to grant Amazon Inc rights to .amazon domain
Kurdistan Region Parliament to develop new legislature on disputed areas
ISIS ambushes villagers after setting fire to crops in disputed Kirkuk town
Multiple explosions rock Kirkuk, leave many casualties
Kurdish leaders urge for joint protection of Kirkuk following deadly bombings
Nechirvan Barzani elected Kurdistan Region president
Kurdistan Presidency will be ‘umbrella for unity,’ Nechirvan Barzani says after election
Families of Yezidi genocide victims ask for construction of memorial in Shingal
KRG: Nearly 1.5 million refugees, IDPs remain in the Kurdistan Region
New Call of Duty game inspired by Kurdish female fighters
Kurdistan Region and Iran exchange tens of prisoners
Turkish-backed militants in Syria’s Afrin region abduct, kill disabled child
Turkey’s opposition leader calls for legal arrangements for Kurdish language
HDP welcomes opposition call to recognize Kurdish language
Is the HDP a pro-Kurdish party?
Turkey probes Kurdish city for using Kurdish name
The World’s Longest Minefield Isn’t Where You Think It Is
Exit poll indicates strong support for Irish language
Northern Irish party surges in EU poll, seeks Brexit referendum
‘Bilingual town’: Carlow steps up efforts to become landmark Irish language destination
Academics, musicians and sports stars sign letter demanding Irish Language Act
Varadkar and May urged to implement Irish language act in North
President Trump will meet the Irish prime minister — at the airport
Tiny Irish village to welcome Trump with pride, not protest
Irish ‘bad bank’ surplus estimate hits $4.45 billion on property surge
Smyllie’s people: The Irish Times editor and southern Protestant identity
From sky farms to lab-grown shrimp, Singapore eyes food future
US Removing Eritrea from Counterterror Non-Cooperation List
Turkmenistan: In Ramadan, Muslims fear “extremism” accusations
Museum tells complex Bangsamoro story
Bangsamoro region information website launched
UNHCR evacuates hundreds of vulnerable refugees out of Libya to safety
Cuba legalises Wi-Fi routers in private homes
Remembering the Tiananmen Massacre, 30 Years On: ‘They Died on The Spot’
China Launches New Drive Against Dalai Lama Photos in Kardze
Chinese government orders Buddhist monastery to “rectify” Tibetan architecture of temple
After Rare Visit to Tibet, US Envoy Urges China to Resume Dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
No Tibetan Leader Invited to Modi’s Swearing in Ceremony
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