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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
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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
1944 June 17: Icelandic National Day
June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day, Canada
1975 June 25: Mozambique Independence Day
1917 June 26: Crimean Tatar National Flag Day
1960 June 26: Madagascar Independence Day
1977 June 27: Djibouti Independence Day
1880 June 29: Internal Autonomy Day/Mourning Day, Tahiti
1976 June 29: Seychelles Independence Day
1960 June 30: Democratic Republic of Congo Independence Day
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Norway to sell off fossil fuel stocks worth more than $8 billion
MIT and other top U.S. universities took funds from Chinese firm tied to Xinjiang security
Hui Muslims Afraid of Becoming as Suppressed as Uyghurs
UN Russian counter-terror czar visits China’s Xinjiang
Bringing the “Uyghur Crisis” to the Heart of the United States
Morocco Agrees to Use Berber as Official Language
Moroccan Parliament Passes Bill Integrating Tamazight in Public Life
Morocco adopts law confirming Berber as official language
Editor Abdulmumin Gadzhiev detained in Dagestan on terrorism charges
Kabardino-Balkaria: head of social movement Martin Kochesoko detained, drugs found on him
Daghestani activists detained in rally for arrested Meduza journalist and Circassian activist
Border conflict shakes city between Chechnya and Dagestan
Chechen Rights Defender Titiyev Granted Early Release On Parole
She’s Gotta Drive It: Emirati Money Funds Female-Only Taxi Service In Chechnya
Moving photographs that tell the story of Lena, a nomadic Nenets as she prepares to give birth
The Nenets of Yamal: a resilient people on the edge of the world
A Giant Severed Wolf Head From 40,000 Years Ago Has Been Unearthed in Sakha
St Vincent and Grenadines smallest nation to hold coveted UN security council seat
US Secretary of State: Georgia will have US support to become a NATO member
‘Still needed’: Nato marks 20 years in Kosovo
Montenegro sack Serbian manager after he refuses to lead side against Kosovo
Moldovan oligarch’s party makes way for pro-Europe, pro-Russia coalition
In Western Sahara, Europe sides with occupier over occupied
Rally in Paris to denounce human rights violations in Western Sahara
As Many as Two Million Protesters Hit Hong Kong Streets
Three islands disappeared in the past year. Is climate change to blame?
Israel closes Gaza fishing zone, blames ‘incendiary balloons’
Israel plans to entrench annexation of East Jerusalem: Report
How do Palestinians beat Trump’s deal?
Chagos case has positive implications for the West Papua issue
Cymru am byth!* – How speaking Welsh became cool
Machynlleth in North Wales becomes first in region to officially back Welsh independence
Sturgeon: Hard Brexit makes Scottish independence ‘more urgent’
Clear majority back independence referendum decisions being made in Scotland
Tory leadership race is a six-week advert for Scottish independence
‘Joyous’ All Under One Banner independence march takes place in Oban
South China Sea: Beijing to ‘end up facing DISASTER’ if they do not back down over waters
South China Sea tensions SOAR as Philippines begs surrounding nations to ‘come together’
U.S. Bulks Up Coast Guard in Pacific to Counter China Fleet
Japan’s largest warship joins U.S. carrier for military exercises in disputed South China Sea
Sinking of Philippine Boat Puts South China Sea Back at Issue
Finland’s Plan to Prevent Russian Aggression
Korean monk pleads Dalai Lama to return to Tibet
China-Tibet concord dream fading fast
Kanu’s resounding reception in Canada a proof of Biafra restoration- IPOB
World Sindhi Congress pays tribute to slain ‘Sindhi heroes
Free speech & call for Sikh homeland
Tragedy of operation blue star
Banbury Sikhs unite for London march
Air New Zealand Lifts Staff Tattoo Ban Over Fears of Māori Discrimination
‘This Isn’t Your Island’: Why Northern Mariana Islanders Are Facing Down the US Military
Brazil indigenous affairs official fired amid push to develop reservation land
New Mexican bishop hopes to lead services in indigenous languages
Dam in Ethiopia has wiped out indigenous livelihoods, report finds
Duterte’s Chinese-Funded Dam Will Displace Indigenous Communities
Mexico Calls Out Carolina Herrera For Appropriating Indigenous Groups’ Patterns
Cherokee Nation celebrates national flag with new exhibit
Indigenous companies told they can’t use the Aboriginal flag over copyright concerns
Hasankeyf: 12,000-year-old Kurdish town in southern Turkey will soon be underwater
Iraqi forces arrest Kurd who accused them of burning crop fields in in disputed territories
Syrian Kurdish authorities to stop wheat going to government territory
Turkey continues to arrest Dutch citizens on suspicion of PKK support
Turkish jets destroy road, petrol station in series of attacks in Kurdistan Region
Turkey ‘neutralized’ 48 alleged PKK fighters in Kurdistan Region since late May
Putin’s envoy says Russia ready to consider Kurdish rights in Syria
Syrian Kurdish delegation visits Iranian Kurdish parties to discuss unity
Raging wildfires have destroyed several Yezidi mass graves
Yazidi farmers return home to cultivate farmland after years in exile
Iraqi forces allegedly forcing Kurdish farmers not to farm amid ongoing land disputes
Kurdistan Racing Team accelerates to Nurberg winner’s podium
Anti-Roma Violence Erupts in Kosovo
Eight Crimean Tatars Jailed On Extremism Charges
35 Crimean Tatars arrested for religious belief since start of 2019
Openly illegal prosecution for a Facebook repost of another Crimean Tatar woman activist
Germany strengthens Russia’s insolence with new economic agreement
Protestants driven underground like in Soviet times in Russian proxy Donbas ‘republics’
Prison on Lontskoho in Lviv: Ukraine’s museum of soviet horror
Imprisoned journalists in occupied Crimea and Russia that Ivan Golunov’s defenders never noticed
A Tiny Tyranny in Equatorial Guinea Sustained by Oil Riches
Elton John biopic Rocketman ‘banned in Samoa over gay sex scenes’
From the ballot box to the courtroom: a timeline of the Catalan independence movement
Spain’s Catalan trial ends, but tensions remain
Case against Catalan indy figures based on ‘lies’, lawyer Andreu Van den Eynde says
Sentence pending after 4 months and 52 sessions of Catalan trial
Protests in support of jailed leaders as trial draws to a close
Events in 2017 were not ‘uprisings but demonstrations,’ defense tells court
Activist Cuixart’s lawyer cites international law to defend ‘peaceful resistance’
Catalan president says right to fair trial was violated
Trial of Catalan Independence Leaders Ends in Spain
Catalan leaders deny violence, call for dialogue as trial nears end
Catalan leader defends push for independence on final day of trial
Five talking points from the defendants’ closing remarks in the Catalan trial
Pro-indy Catalan leaders’ trial closes with further call for dialogue
Catalan Ombudsman Rafael Ribó calls for dialogue as independence trial ends
With the Catalan trial over, what now?
Spain’s politicised legal system on trial
Jailed Joaquim Forn allowed to take up seat as Barcelona local councilor
Socialists reject meeting pro-independence parties and threaten snap election
Twitter removes 130 accounts linked to Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya
Spain’s Liberal Party Needs to Make Up Its Mind
Exiled former officials call on Supreme Court to withdraw arrest warrants
Spain insists that Puigdemont and Comín must come to Spain in order to enter European Parliament
Court bars jailed Catalan politician Junqueras from taking up seat as MEP
Supreme Court refuses to withdraw arrest warrants against exiled leaders
Catalonia: Oriol Junqueras MEP bid blocked by Supreme Court
Oriol Junqueras wants EU Court to rule on Spanish Court’s refusal to allow him to take his MEP seat
60 MEPs call on Brussels to ‘recognize and protect’ rights of Catalan independence leaders
Catalan Gasol brothers become first siblings to both win NBA crown
Sagrada Família occupied in protest against Catalan trial
Ada Colau renews her post as Barcelona’s mayor despite slightly losing to Esquerra’s Ernest Maragall
Entrepreneurial activity in Catalonia above average for Spain and EU
Barcelona airport sees record number of passengers in May
Independence camp takes control of Barcelona’s Chamber of Commerce for first time
Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Deadly Prison Riot In Tajikistan
Celebrating the Irish tricolor this National Flag Day
Saving Greenland could save the world
Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice in one week, which is very unusual
Juncker Plan to support small businesses in the Faroe Islands and Greenland
Macedonia on track for EU accession talks but not Albania -diplomats
Bridging the Internet’s Digital Language Divide
Computer Scientist Wins Fulbright Award to Bring Irish Language Online
Councils’ plans to halt Welsh language impact assessments ‘open to court challenge’
Turkey opposition candidate for Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu pledges to provide Kurdish courses
World Court rejects UAE’s request of measures against Qatar
When a football match between Honduras and El Salvador was the precursor for war
Botswana scraps gay sex laws in big victory for LGBTQ rights in Africa
Nicaragua releases 50 political prisoners under contentious new amnesty law
Oil tankers ‘blown up after being torpedoed off coast of Oman’
Netflix’s first Arabic original series sparks uproar in Jordan
Lesotho’s 80-year-old PM accused of ceding power to his wife
Dominica removed from EU tax haven blacklist
Sweden bomb attacks reignite debate over gang violence
Sweden’s Finance Chief Warns of Ballooning Welfare Shortfall
Slovakia to host EU’s new labor agency
Iceland’s Currency Will Be First in Europe to Be Traded as E-Money
Seventh victim of Cyprus serial killer found
Thailand charges crew of stranded Rohingya boat
When Rohingya Refugees Fled to India, Hate on Facebook Followed
A Report from NATO’s Front Lines
Russian Navy Follows NATO Exercises In The Baltic Sea
Establishment Logic: You Can’t Defend Against the Russian Aggression Because They’re Aggressive
BALTOPS exercise sees US 2nd fleet and Spanish flagship enter Baltic Sea for first time
Estonia remembers the Soviet deportations
Victims of Communist genocide remembered in Latvia
Lithuania marks Day of Mourning and Hope, paying tribute to victims of Soviet deportations
US senators submit bill with sanctions aimed at Nord Stream 2
NATO jets scrambled six times last week over Russian aircraft
Lithuanian MPs call on Adidas to stop sale of Soviet-themed clothing
Lithuanian formin, Belarusian opposition figures discuss human rights situation
In bid to stop teen execution, Austria moves to shut Saudi-founded faith center
South Sudan jails prominent economist over media interviews
How an aid gusher helped and hurt Liberia
Global court to hear Guatemala-Belize territorial dispute
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