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1946 April 17: Evacuation Day, Syria
April 18: Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day
1980 April 18: Independence Day of Zimbabwe
April 19, 1940: Indian Day in Brazil
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 3: World Press Freedom Day
1990 May 4: Independence Restoration Day in Latvia
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Portugal passes law to let trans people self-identify their legal gender
Cameroonian soldier killed in separatist attack, residents decry military crackdown
Zimbabwe marks first independence day without Mugabe
Georgia celebrates Georgian Language Day, April 14, 1978
‘Organs Missing’ From Georgian Man’s Body Returned From South Ossetia
Abkhazia and South Ossetia Reject Georgia’s Peace Plan
Australian warships challenged by Chinese military in tense South China Sea confrontation
Sikh yatrees flash ‘Khalistan Referendum 2020’ banners in Nankana Sahib
Thousands demonstrate against Modi in London
India protests against Pakistan’s attempts to incite Sikh pilgrims to raise Khalistan issue
UK challenges legality of Scottish and Welsh Brexit bills
Scotland praised for standing ‘completely apart’ in its support for Catalonia
Finland is killing its world-famous basic income experiment
Little-known peoples of Europe, have preserved their traditions
In pictures: Israel at 70 – seven major moments
Israeli soldiers kill four Palestinians, wound 700 at Gaza rally
The Future of Welsh-language broadcaster S4C: Funding and Remit
Drama helps battle child marriage in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Moscow Using Serbs Against Bosnia as It Did Ethnic Russians Against Ukraine
Golden Dawn Girls: What Happened to Greece?
Greece and Turkey Are Inching Toward War
Greece’s Macedonian Slavic heritage was wiped out by linguistic oppression – here’s how
EU backs opening accession talks with Albania, Macedonia
Balochistan: Female educationist forcibly evicted from her house
Balochistan: Muslim Student Federation attacked Baloch students on Multan University
Pakistani proxies try to sabotage Sindhi Baloch Forum’s peaceful rally
World Sindhi Congress organises ‘Remembrance Day’ for martyrs
English, Sindhi to replace Urdu in Sindh University signboards
23rd Micronesian Islands Forum set for April 25-27
Outreach scheduled on vote to pursue Chuuk independence
Baltic ambassadors claim Russia is a threat to their nations
Ezidi girl rescued after three years of captivity under IS
Shadow of ISIS hangs over Yezidi new year celebrations in Lalish
Iraqi Yazidi Family Finds Refuge in Armenia
For Yazidis In U.S., New Year Holiday Brings Taste Of Lamb And The Home They Fled
Turkey taking huge strides away from EU: Top negotiator
US concerned about direction Turkey is taking
Turkish singer receives year in prison for ‘insulting Erdogan’
Week of government wrath for intellectuals in Turkey
Two More pro-Kurdish MPs Stripped of their Seats in Turkey
HDP promises ‘Kurdish slap’ to Erdogan’s AKP
Turkey’s Erdogan calls snap elections
HDP walks out as Turkey’s parliament approves early election date
Day after election call, Turkey sentences Kurdish MP Yildirim to 90 months in jail
UN blocked from reaching those displaced from Afrin: Spokesperson
US: Moscow working with Damascus to block chemical inspections in Syria
Chemical weapons inspectors finally visit Douma and take samples
Nearly 150 Iranian Kurdish Kulbar killed, wounded in 2017: Hengaw
UN rights experts urge Iran to annul death sentence for Kurdish prisoner Panahi
Kurdistan holds emotional ceremonies for the Anfal genocide
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Protesters Beaten, Journalists Detained
The great Russian oil game in Iraqi Kurdistan
US: Iraqi assault on Kirkuk led to ‘abuses and atrocities’
US reaffirms commitment to democratic, federal Iraq
Iraq resumes Kuwait reperations stalled by IS conflict
Economic downturn could spark new type of Czech populism
Czech Republic weighs nuclear options
China’s gift to Europe is a new version of crony capitalism
Russia, NATO military chiefs meet in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Journalist Wanted By Baku Leaves Ukraine After Months Of Uncertainty
“The Monkeys’ Father” in Tibet
The litter-collecting monk of Tibet
Tibetan Farmland Seized For New Airport
As EU and China celebrate Year of Tourism, access to Tibet for European travellers remains limited
Tibetan Activists Fight for Release of Language Rights Advocate Tashi Wangchuk
China detains two Tibetan monks for ‘illegal’ WeChat postings
Guinea-Bissau president names new Prime Minister amid political crisis
Former army snipers reflect on military tours to East Timor ahead of Anzac Day
Rural towns are paying a debt of honour to East Timor’s war efforts
Nobel laureate blasts East Timor’s failure against poverty
Australia’s plot to plunder East Timor’s oil
Protestors for West Papua self-determination call for mining company to leave
Taiwan premier reiterates Taiwan-independence approach as ‘pragmatic’
China sends warning to Taiwan in the form of live-fire military drills
60 MEPs call on the EU to boycott FIFA-2018 over Russian wars, Ukrainian political prisoners
Four years of conflict in Ukraine leave 4.4 million people in a dire humanitarian situation
Ukraine asks Constantinople to allow creation of independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Where, when will Kremlin strike next?
How Russia Promotes Terrorism on YouTube
FSB’s ‘secret witness’ exposed during trial of 6 Crimean political prisoners
Four violent deaths in Crimean prison where Russia is holding political prisoners
Thousands attend march for Irish language in Dublin
Only British passport holders can apply for Brexit border force jobs
Irish unity question can’t be dismissed as ‘hypothetical’
Theresa May’s Irish border plans ‘annihilated’ in Brussels
Iceland to resume hunting endangered fin whales
Justice Neil Gorsuch Hires First American Indian Law Clerk In SCOTUS History
How indigenous women who survived Guatemala’s conflict are fighting for justice
This App Can Tell You the Indigenous History of the Land You Live On
Cooperative agroforestry empowers indigenous women in Honduras
Aleutian run: Island-hopping on an Alaskan ferry
Trauma Of Assimilation Still Felt By Navajo Students Today
Navajo language has immeasurable value, Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye
The Paradox of the Women of La Paz
American Indians are being ignored
How New York’s suffragists drew inspiration from indigenous peoples
An Indigenous Corn Makes a Comeback
Costa Rican Aborigines, the beginning of our people
Gwich’in Nation resolves to fight Trump’s rush to drill in the Arctic Refuge
2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
Empowering indigenous communities for mother and child health
Indigenous peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and natural resources
Indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories and resources at the centre of UN annual forum
Indigenous leaders at UN forum ask for more accountability in international aid
An indigenous Australian perspective on Cook’s arrival
Driven from home, Philippine indigenous people long for their land
Adivasis in Adilabad pay tributes to Indervelli martyrs
Why did police fire on Adivasis in Indervelli on April 20, 1981?
Job quest spurs adivasi exodus
An Adivasi woman is Kerala’s newest cricket star – and dreams of playing for India one day
Twenty five languages at risk of completely disappearing
Preserving delicate languages is the life work of Yale visiting fellow
Increased visibility has led to a serious drop in prejudice against the Roma
Gypsies arrive in Gloucester park and tell us how much they love the city
Celebrating Romani art and culture at the first Roma Biennale
Roma in Ireland: Pavee Point report exposes ‘relentless’ poverty and deep discrimination
Murder trial but no probe into police inaction during anti-Roma pogrom in Loshchynivka
Kosovo in ‘early stages’ of its EU path, says EC progress report
Kosovo bank reportedly freezes accounts of alleged followers of Gülen movement
Legality of Hong Kong media covering pro-independence comments will depend on the situation and law
Hong Kong Law Professor Reported to Police For ‘Sedition’
As Hong Kong’s crackdown on dissent continues, is independence the secret dream in many hearts?
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Party Denied Permission to Register as a Company
Hong Kong film flirts with political controversy
Beijing ‘confuses Hong Kong localism with being anti-China’
Ukraine Affirms Readiness To Provide Territory For Withdrawal Of Russian Troops From Transniestria
Transnistrian “instructors” who helped Donbas militants detained in Moldova
With Catalonia’s leaders in jail, Spain hits the grassroots
Thousands march in Barcelona for jailed Catalan leaders
Junqueras tells judge Catalan vote was not a crime
‘I’m a political prisoner,’ says MP Jordi Turull
Scottish trade unions call for release of all Catalan “political prisoners”
‘Catalonia was changed forever after independence referendum’
Switzerland won’t extradite Marta Rovira for “politically motivated” crimes
Spain to retaliate against Brussels delegation after deposed minister’s visit
Institutional violence up in Catalonia
Catalans living abroad increases 6.4% in 2017
‘We call for release of political prisoners,’ says EU-Catalonia Dialogue Platform spokesperson
Madrid sacks two Catalan government officials using Article 155
Diplocat advisors to continue work despite dissolution
Spanish intervention halts Sant Jordi institutional events
Spain’s anthem booed at the Copa del Rey final
For Mali’s Tuareg, music speaks of suffering and the Sahara
Why Ardern’s Maori cloak, worn to meet the Queen, delighted New Zealand
Hmong Language and Culture Enrichment Program Develops Strong Cultural Identities
Artists to showcase Hmong-American experience in ‘ALOUD’ exhibition
Biafra protesters storm London as Buhari meets Queen of England
Biafran War testimonies of ordinary people
Biafra when restored will be far better than Nigeria
Kanaks want ‘crime against humanity’ statement from Macron
Macron not welcome by New Caledonia tribe
Taiwan expands solar streetlights to outer Marshall Islands
How a tiny paper in the Marshall Islands has given voice to victims of nuclear testing
Huge demonstration for official status for #Asturian language
Peace in the Basque Country cannot be built by only one side
Basque separatist group ETA to announce final dissolution in May
Basque separatist group ETA issues apology to victims
ETA “truly sorry” for suffering caused by independence campaign
Thousands rally for ETA prisoners in Basque city
Kiribati president invites Donald Trump to see impact of climate change on his country
Kiribati govt’s media control stifling transparency, says MP
Journalist found stabbed and killed in Liberia
Liberian War Criminal Sentenced to 30 Years in US prison
Pacific Commonwealth islands on the front line of the plastic waste crisis
Commonwealth: International body born out of colonial past
Guyana: Opposition leader to boycott anti-corruption walk
Ministry Of Information Blocked In Minsk
Belarus to require internet comments to be authorized
Wartorn South Sudan’s army chief dies
More than 200 child soldiers freed in South Sudan
South Sudan rebels say they have freed seven aid workers
For international donors, Lebanon is a country worth saving
Election fever hits Lebanon, nine years since last legislative vote
Costa Rica unveils 1st and sustainable convention centre
Qatar joins Gulf war games in apparent compromise
Diabetes ‘ongoing disaster’ tops Fiji health bill at $124 million
The great game comes to Greenland
Mining firms from China to Canada watch as Greenland holds election
Denmark seeks UN cultural agency recognition for ‘hygge’
Kyrgyzstan cabinet falls in surprise no-confidence vote
Can blockchain help a tiny, travel-dependent island reinvent its economy?
Politics a dirty game all over the world – Botswana’s ex-President
Botswana’s new president urges Congo’s Kabila not to stand again
Botswana’s Ian Khama: Leaving office not a train smash
All that glitters is not gold: Can Ethiopia’s new PM deliver?
Ethiopia’s PM names new cabinet, MPs appoint female speaker
Luxembourg leads the trillion-dollar race to become the Silicon Valley of asteroid mining
Luxembourg banks’ digital maturity lower than EU average
Luxembourg’s love affair with water
US bars second Albanian lawmaker over alleged corruption
EU urges Albania to deepen reforms for entry talks
Albania Offers to Host US Military Bases
Al-Qaeda Raids in Somalia Scuttle Africa’s Plan to Withdraw
Comoros president suspends constitutional court
A very potent protest movement is emerging in Armenia
Armenia: Tens of thousands call for PM Serzh Sargsyan to step down after ‘power grab’
Church supports move to legalize homosexual acts in Trinidad and Tobago
All politics is local—in Libya, that could be an opportunity
Frederic Wehery on the Battle for the New Libya
What happens to Libya without Khalifa Haftar?
Haftar’s military chief targeted in Libyan assassination attempt
Oil theft ‘costing Libya over $750m annually’
As drought keeps men on the road, Mauritania’s pastoralist women take charge
Mauritanian president to step down after second term expires
Maldives rejects U.N. call to let ex-president fight election
‘World’s First’ Underwater Villa to Open in the Maldives Later This Year
Is this the most Instagrammable hotel in the world?
Meet the EU’s next member state: Montenegro
Pro-EU Milo Djukanovic Wins Montenegro’s Presidential Election
Some See Gold In Investing In Chechnya, But Not Everyone Is Sold
How the Kremlin’s anti-corruption agenda masks federal control in the North Caucasus
Iraq Hands Life Sentences To Two Daghestan Women For Islamic State Ties
Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader: If Ukraine extradites Chechen refugee to Russia, I could be next
US Calls Out Russia For Chechen Violence In Human Rights Report
Broad coalition of non-Russians launch Internet petition drive against Putin’s language policies
Human Rights Abuses of Eritreans, At Home and Abroad
Burundi forces kill perceived regime opponents
Nkurunziza reshuffles Burundi cabinet ministers ahead of referendum
Eight arrested in Burundi for planning to disrupt key vote
Former diplomat: UK will remember Slovakia kept silent in Skripal case
Journalist among at least 10 killed in Nicaragua protests over social security
How do people die in Switzerland today?
King Mswati III of Swaziland proclaims his nation will be henceforth known as eSwatini
Tunisia’s “Startup Act” could show other African governments how to support tech ecosystems
Togo: Protests break out despite ban
WorldLink: Togo’s witch children
El Salvador arrests 200 gang members in nationwide sweep
El Salvador court reopens investigation of 1989 Jesuit massacre
Gambia will pursue Jammeh with rule of law, due process – President Barrow
The silencing of Malta’s anti-corruption campaigner Daphne Caruana Galizia
Cuba’s Raul Castro steps down as vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel takes over
Cuba’s new President just a rebranding of repression
This Is Not the ‘End of an Era’ in Cuba
Canada Recalls Families of Diplomats in Cuba Following Mystery Illness
RAF planes take off from Cyprus base ahead of Syria strikes
Russians buy EU citizenship in Cyprus
Cyprus church defrocks priest for 1st time over sex offense
Bahrain sentences 24 Shiites to jail, revokes nationality
‘White Gold’: Discovering Bhutan’s natural energy treasure
Guatemala votes to refer conflict with Belize to ICJ
Is the Pressure now on Belize?
Equatorial Guinea calls for African ‘human rights institutions’
Croatian Parliament speaker cuts short visit to Serbia after flag incident
Bulgaria, freedom of the press at the time of the EU presidency
Seventy-six Rohingya refugees rescued in Indonesia after drifting at sea for nine days
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh on ‘precarious ground’ ahead of monsoon season
Rohingya Crisis Is Becoming Islam’s Genocide
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