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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
March 5: St Piran’s Day, Cornwall national day
1991 March 5: Kurdish National Uprising in Iraq
1957 March 6: Ghana, 1st sub-Saharan African country to become independent from colonial rule
1944 March 8: Mass deportation of the Balkars by Stalin’s Soviet Union
1959 March 10: Tibetan National Uprising Day
1990 March 11: Day of Re-Establishment of Lithuania’s Independence
1968 March 12: Mauritius Independence Day
2005 March 13: Tunisian National Day of Internet Freedom
1855 March 14: International Circassian Language Day
1801 March 14: Mother Tongue Day in Estonia
1848 March 15: Hungarian Revolution of 1848
1988 March 16: Halabja Massacre, Kurdistan
461 March 17: Saint Patrick’s Day, Ireland
1956 March 20: Tunisia Independence day
1990 March 21: Namibia Independence Day
1992 March 21: Tatarstan Sovereignty Referendum
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International aid guarantees 90% of São Tomé and Principe’s budget for 2019
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Indonesian soldiers clash with rebels amid tensions over Papua highway
Indonesian Police Beat Up Two West Papuan Politicians
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Stalin’s death anniversary reminds of love and hatred for “leader of nations” in Caucasus
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Balkars In Russia’s North Caucasus Mark 75th Anniversary Of Deportation
China’s censors pull BBC broadcast from the air as it mentioned Uyghur Muslims
UN religious freedom expert requests visit to China’s Xinjiang
Hundreds protest Hong Kong student’s expulsion from university in row over free speech
Ainu leaders bash bill for absence of their aboriginal rights
The Schools That Tried—But Failed—to Make Native Americans Obsolete
How Alcatraz Island Was Reclaimed by Native Peoples
Indigenous group sues Ecuador for earmarking its land for oil drilling
Guatemala: Proposed new park on indigenous land treads fine ethical line
Venezuela’s indigenous migrants struggle to preserve traditions
Forced sterilizations of Indigenous women: One more act of genocide
Trudeau apologizes for mistreatment of Inuit during tuberculosis epidemic
‘Cherokee America’ Blends Family Saga, History and Melodrama
Renowned Sindhi intellectual Javed Bhutto murdered in US
Balochistan: Iranian forces killed and injured 28 Baloch in two months
Historic day as Scottish and Welsh parliaments reject May’s Brexit deal
How the Welsh Flag Became the Coolest Flag in the World
UN Security Council to discuss situation in occupied Crimea
Google puts profit before principle on Crimea, Portnikov says
Will Putin face the tribunal for Russia’s “human shields” in Crimea?
Russia breaks all records in Crimea with level of persecution of 8 Crimean Tatars
Benin: opposition parties barred from legislative elections
Climate Change is Impacting Indigenous Peoples Around the World
The Killing Times: the massacres of Aboriginal people Australia must confront
As the toll of Australia’s frontier brutality keeps climbing, truth telling is long overdue
No matter your skin colour, all non-Indigenous Australians are complicit in colonialism
Britain’s belated reckoning with imperial crimes
Cook Islands to choose new indigenous name and remove any association with British explorer
Minister evokes changing Wallis and Futuna statute
Call for quick New Caledonia independence referendum
The hidden history of America’s conquests overseas, from Guam to Puerto Rico
Bosnia Gives Green Light To Controversial Chinese Energy Loan
Greek prosecutors charge 20 over deadly wildfire in Mati
India’s Divisive Policies Marginalizing Vulnerable People, says UN Rights Chief
Bharat Bandh: From Forest Rights Act to UGC roster, here’s why Adivasi, Dalit groups are protesting
Adivasis accuse Maoists of extortion
Serbia’s Vucic Says No Recognition Of Kosovo Unless Belgrade Gets Something Too
Taiwan envoy: US commitment ‘never absolute’
Official: China Planning Series of New Moves to Unify with Resistant Taiwan
Spanish and French Basque Countries in talks to host Tour de France Grand Depart
Make St Piran’s Day a holiday in Cornwall say public
Welsh-language children’s literature festival to hit Cardiff
Storytelling Instead Of Scolding: Inuit Say It Makes Their Children More Cool-Headed
Peru’s First Indigenous Radio Soap Tells Tales of ‘Invisible’ Slavery
‘The night is thick’: Uyghur poets respond to the disappearance of their relatives
Marta Pessarrodona wins Òmnium’s Literary Lifetime Achievement Award
Growing Irish language sector targeting teachers
Unionists blast council decision to light up building for Irish language act
The importance of using Scots language in the classroom
Latvia: May 13 will become “State Language Day” next year
Students learn Inuvialuktun with puppets that don’t speak English
In Year of Indigenous Languages, Norway sends song with Sami joik to Eurovison Song Contest
Lapland’s indigenous Sámi score victory in fishing dispute
Why is China so terrified of Tibetan language classes?
20th year of raising the Tibetan national flag in Northampton
Tibetan community to mark 60th anniversary of uprising with march, flag-raising
2019 Tibetan Youth Leadership Program in Washington, DC
Tibetans Restricted in Sichuan, Gansu Ahead of Uprising Anniversary
“The Future of Tibet, Heartland of Asia” exhibition and reception event in the Scottish Parliament
Tibetan PM in exile welcomed in Prague
Taiwan Will Welcome Dalai Lama’s Visit Says Ruling Party Secretary
Botswana’s Former President Set To Visit Dalai Lama in India
Dalai Lama On Time’s Cover Once Again at 60 Years in Exile
US Congress will continue to support Dalai Lama
Yazidi refugees return to Sinjar in Iraq following collapse of Islamic State
Yazidi Children in Syria Await Family Reunions
An Estimated 3,000 Yazidis Remain Unaccounted for as U.S.-Led Forces Close in on ISIS
Turkey faces growing Kurdish insurgency in Syria’s Afrin
Turkey’s new Kurdish card in Syria: Kurds themselves
Turkey says it will stage raids with Iran against Kurdish rebels
Protesters Join Kurdish Lawmaker on Hunger Strike
Protest held outside Bristol City Hall to support Kurdish refugee on hunger strike
Belgian court: PKK not a terrorist organization
British officials join London Kurdish community to celebrate Newroz
Paris museum cancels concert by Western Sahara singer
Polisario Front delegation meets with UN Secretary-General’s Envoy for Western Sahara
UN Security Council to hold four meetings on the Western Sahara conflict in April
Western Sahara talks to be held in March: UN
Enemy’s barbaric policy will not discourage Sahrawi people
An oil leak in the Solomon Islands is threatening the world’s largest raised coral atoll
Tradition or trafficking? Guinea-Bissau children suffer in Senegal’s Islamic schools
Guinea-Bissau to vote in hopes of ending long leadership deadlock
Papua New Guinea’s men-only parliament eyes seats for women
Comoros president survives assassination attempt during campaign
An El Salvador Court Has Ordered the Release of Three Women Who Were Jailed for Abortion
It’s so dangerous to police MS-13 in El Salvador that officers are fleeing the country
The Free Press Is Under Threat in Northern Ireland, Too
‘This will be a wasteland’: Northern Irish farmers fear Brexit
Bombs sent to London transit hubs came from Ireland: cops
Belfast Shows the Price of Brexit
Northern Ireland Minister Apologizes for Saying Killings by U.K. Forces ‘Were Not Crimes’
Vatican Will Unseal the Archives of Pius XII, the Controversial Holocaust-Era Pope
Melodie Robinson becomes first-ever Māori Barbie doll
Panama slave descendants’ ‘congos’ recognized globally
Nikol Pashinyan: Armenia will not be authoritarian
Al-Shabab car bomb attack kills seven in Somalia
Somaliland – key to winning America’s longest war
Belarus leader says he wants closer ties to NATO
Lukashenka Says Belarus Must Balance Policies Between East, West
Belarus-EU Relations: Uneven Rapprochement
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UNICEF Explores Blockchain to Improve Internet for ‘Every School’ in Kyrgyzstan
Wolves Kill Two Women In Tajikistan After Villagers’ Hunting Rifles Confiscated
Burundi Government Forces Closure of U.N. Human Rights Office
Protests against Cuba’s censorship law continue as Havana Bienal opening nears
Qatar 2022 expansion: Oman and Kuwait considered as co-hosts
The calypso caliphate: How Trinidad and Tobago became an ISIS recruiting hotspot
Lesotho government hangs by a thread
Montenegro President Milo Dukanovic receives first-ever European King David Award
Son of former Liberian President charged in probe into missing millions
Ebola survivors in Liberia face ongoing health issues, study finds
Croatia’s Journalists Demand End to Pressure and Censorship
Inside Singapore airport’s new £951million complex with rides and an indoor forest
The message to China behind Singapore’s US F-35 jet plan
South China Sea tensions at new high after Vietnamese boat rammed and sunk
In Albania, a unique Jewish history museum on the brink
Thousands surround Albania parliament, demand new elections
In conservative Mauritania, confronting sexual violence laws
Tackling domestic violence: Inside Sierra Leone’s Husband School
Former Spanish security secretary says ‘minimum force’ used in Catalan indyref
‘Exquisite proportionality’: Coordinator of 2017 referendum police crackdown testifies
Catalan speaker: “We will never give up on the will to decide our own future”
‘Fairy trap’ goes viral after Spanish delegate’s testimony
Quim Torra slams Spanish diplomat over indyref ‘violence’ claim
Referendum websites in the spotlight as witnesses take the stand
Vox takes credit for trial of independence leaders at Brussels event
Imprisonment of Kurdish and Catalan leaders ‘similar,’ says trial observer
Spain’s propaganda drive only proves injustice towards Catalan politicians
Catalonia’s Junqueras chosen as EFA party candidate to head European Commission in upcoming election
Jailed Catalan politician named top candidate for EU polls
Police under scrutiny in Catalan independence trial
Spanish police give their version of Catalan referendum violence
Mariano Rajoy’s staff accused of destroying Catalan referendum papers
The world must ensure Catalans are not left to struggle alone
Girona upset Barcelona to win club’s first Catalan Super Cup
Catalan MPs launch monarchy inquiry after independence referendum
All sectors down tools for Women’s Day general strike
Jailed activist to lead pro-independence ticket in Spanish election
Russian mercenaries back Libyan rebel leader Khalifa Haftar as Moscow seeks influence in Africa
Digital Savvy Estonia Is Set to Get Its First Female Prime Minister
‘A Partial Freedom’: What Latvia Found in the KGB Archives
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Lithuania renews opposition to Russian-built nuclear plant in Belarus
F1 faces pressure over rights ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix
Slovakia launches new environmental strategy
Digitising Slovakia’s literary heritage for posterity
Why Bhutan Is All Alone in the Carbon-Neutral Nation Club
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Remains of air crew lost over Laos in Vietnam War identified
Prince Harry unveils memorial to victims of Tunisia terror attack
Tunisia to hold national elections in October and November
Costa Rica authorities raid Catholic Church offices
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Belgian carnival float depicting Jewish stereotypes condemned as anti-Semitic
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