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21st EU – China Summit: Tibetans and Uyghurs Demonstration
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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
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1949 April 4: Founding of NATO
1960 April 4: Senegal Independence Day
1320 April 6: Declaration of Arbroath, Scotland and Tartan Day
1994 April 7: Rwandan genocide
April 8: International Romani day
April 9: Day of the Finnish Language
April 9 in Georgia: Day of National Unity (1989) and restoration of independence in 1991
1998 April 10: Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland peace process
April 14: Rememberance day of Al-Anfal genocide campaign against Kurdistan
1978 April 14: Georgian Language Day
1946 April 17: Evacuation Day, Syria
1975 April 17: Khmer Rouge Killing Fields
1980 April 18: Independence Day of Zimbabwe
April 19, 1940: Indian Day in Brazil
Easter Sunday: Aberri Eguna (“Fatherland Day”) in Basque Country
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Scottish votes ignored again as Commons rejects all Brexit options
Scottish National Party incredibly popular among young voters
All Under One Banner gearing up to kickstart 2019 national tour
New Report Highlights the Threat to the Assyrian People in the Middle East
Positive progress for Madesh in Nepal
Canada could be 1st country to harmonize laws with UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Canadian Indigenous Languages Act sparks controversy
Dayak NGO asks Sarawak to train Native Court judges
Who Should Get to Adopt Native American Children?
Activists sue to erase South Dakota’s new law on preventing ‘riot boosting’
Opponents of Alaska drilling say it threatens climate, wildlife
How A Seed Bank Helps Preserve Cherokee Culture Through Traditional Foods
How A Cosmic Collision Sparked A Native American Translator’s Labor Of Love
‘That is not what happened.’ Native Americans criticize schools’ teaching of their history.
Nunavut celebrates 20 years as Canada’s newest territory, a place where Inuit chart the future
Inuit musicians boycott Indigenous Music Awards over cultural-appropriation concerns
New Mexico drops Columbus Day for Indigenous People’s Day
An Indigenous Nation Battles for Land and Justice in Bolivia
Peru Indigenous Communities’ Lawyers Sentenced To 3 Years
Indigenous leaders decry Colombia’s deadly crackdown on land protesters
Panamanian indigenous people act to protect the forest from invading loggers
Indigenous groups in Ecuador convene to talk resistance in the Amazon
Cambodia returns land taken from indigenous peoples in ‘unprecedented’ move
Over 6,000 Adivasi Workers on Indefinite Strike in MP over Non-payment of salaries
The fading pride of Amazigh tattoos
Niger’s Practice of Selling Young Girls As an Unofficial ‘Fifth Wife’ Has Been Outlawed
32,000 people flee violence in Papua – rights group
Baloch Liberation Army attacks Chinese assets for 3rd time since Aug 2018
Balochistan: Pakistani forces abducted 13 from Kech and Panjgur
Tokelau to standardise national language
Dissident Czech literary master Milan Kundera at 90
Czech television to team up with CNN to run news channel
China is using debt traps to control the South China Sea
Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets to Intercept 4 Chinese Bombers Over East China Sea
Philippines alarmed by roughly 200 Chinese ships spotted near disputed South China Sea isle this year
FM: Georgia Has All Practical Tools for Joining NATO
Jens Stoltenberg: Russia Has No Say on Georgia’s NATO Membership
Russia Practices Winning War in Disputed Region NATO Just Told It to Leave Immediately
Demographic time-bomb: Finland sends a warning to Europe
Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Happier and More Secure
White nationalists from around the world are meeting in Finland
After peace negotiations, threats of war break out between Armenia and Azerbaijan
New wave of detentions among LGBT in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Youth Activist Freed, Then Re-arrested
Taiwanese student protesting China’s Xi Jinping detained by Paris police
Taiwan scrambles jets to confront Chinese fighters after rare incursion
Welsh broadcasting campaigner faces jail over TV licence protest
Kenya sides with countries pushing for Western Sahara independence
Africa must unite for the decolonisation of Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic
Western Sahara settlement is possible: UN chief
Smells like Fascism II: new outbreak of anti-Roma mob violence in Italy
Greek PM makes first official visit to North Macedonia
Uyghur man bids to save ‘most extraordinary mom in the world’ from Chinese camp
Kyrgyz Students Vanish Into Xinjiang’s Maw
Xi Fails to Calm Europe as Juncker Takes Another Swipe at China
On Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Bend to Beijing’s Will
New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern talks Uyghurs and Huawei with Chinese President Xi Jinping
The EU, China, and human rights in Xinjiang: Time for a new approach
Uyghurs and allies urge action against China in Washington
Former chair of China’s Xinjiang region Nur Bekri arrested for graft
China’s Influence Digs Deep Into Europe’s Political Landscape
Nobody Safe From Persecution By Chinese Regime, Says Family of Beloved Uyghur Comedian Adil Mijit
Xinjiang Uygurs and other Muslims are paying the human cost of China’s belt and road plan
Uyghurs urge Canada to impose sanctions on Chinese officials over treatment of Muslim minority
Soyuz Rocket Launches Satellites From French Guiana Site
Electric Cars Hit Record In Norway, Making Up Nearly 60 Percent Of Sales In March
Disney on Ice’s Moana segment to be performed in Māori in New Zealand
The Suspect in the New Zealand Mosque Massacre Will Face 89 Charges of Murder and Attempted Murder
African Court Slams Benin’s Treatment of ‘Chicken King’ Ajavon
Benin Opposition Urges Protests as Elections Set to Proceed
Bosnia Capital to Host First Pride Parade
HRW Blasts Russia Over ‘Escalating Pressure’ On Crimean Tatars
Crimean Solidarity civic journalists were tortured during Russian FSB ‘arrest’
“My only crime is that I am a Muslim”: mass terrorism arrests hit Crimean Tatar solidarity campaign
16-year-old Crimean Tatar sentenced for removing 3 Russian flags in occupied Crimea
Russia applies punitive psychiatry against the 24 Ukrainian POWs seized after Sea of Azov aggression
15-year sentences demanded for Ukrainians accused of invented ‘Crimean sabotage’ plot
Two Ukrainians get 14-year sentences for refusing to cooperate with Russian FSB
Protestant pastor arrested for ‘illegal worship’ in Russian-controlled Luhansk ‘republic’
Moscow Snuffs Out Religious Liberty in Eastern Ukraine
Moscow close to UN recognition that its continental shelf extends far into the Arctic
Does Russia Seek Regime Change in Moldova?
China begins building major new power station in Tibet
China Plans International Airport In Tibet To Facilitate Mansarovar Visit
US warns access to Tibet is increasingly limited
China to destroy over 300,000 more world maps for not showing Taiwan, Arunachal as its territory
I will reincarnate where there is maximum suffering of mankind: Dalai Lama
China’s 60 Years of Environmental Destruction in Tibet
Tibetans in Gonjo forced to give up ancestral land and home
Indigenous Arctic Population Accuses Russian Authorities of Rights Violations
Museum of History of Buryatia Holds 20th Anniversary Exhibition of the Atlas of Tibetan Medicine
Buryatiya district ex-head and ex-deputy detained for fraud
What’s behind anti-migrant feeling in Russia’s arctic republic of Yakutia?
VKontakte 4 Tatarstan users demand compensation for passing their personal data to police
Ingush Activists Under Pressure After Protests Over Chechnya Border Deal
Arrests follow Ingush referendum law protests
Ingush opposition leaders searched and jailed after popular protests
Kremlin Dispatching Forces To Ingushetia Not Just From North Caucasus But From Across Russia
Jailed Human Rights Defender Titiyev Will Not Appeal His Sentence
Daghestani authorities protest ‘unilateral’ border demarcation by Chechnya
War and refuge: Minnesota Opera to set Hmong story to music
Rape Victims Find a Voice 20 Years After Kosovo War
Akitu: Assyrians celebrate 6769th New Year
NASA chooses Erbil Citadel as Image of the Day
Pentagon suspends delivery of F-35 to Turkey
US calls on Turkey to respect election results
Villagers flee as Turkey repeatedly shells Kurdistan Region border areas
Turkish-backed militia arrests leader of pro-Barzani party in Syria’s Afrin
What Kurds can learn from Israel
Erbil book fair attracts domestic, regional publishers
German official backs Syrian Kurdish call for international ISIS court
Newly-elected Kurdish mayors in Turkey under investigation after celebrating victory
Westerners fighting with Kurds face uncertain future after defeat of Isis
Erdogan ignores US warnings, Turkey will buy S-400
Kiribati govt defends Chinese scholarship scheme
What Will Decide Nicaragua’s Fate?
Nicaragua releases 50 prisoners to house arrest
Panama Papers helps recover more than $1.2 billion around the world
Panama President Cheers China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative
China mired in Tahiti social media discourse
Floating cities once seemed like sci-fi. Now the UN is getting on board
Paraguay’s LGBT community feels outcast amid conservative shift: ‘We are forgotten’
Russia’s Military Mission Creep Advances to a New Front: Africa
Pro-independence FLNKS launches campaign for New Caledonia’s provincial elections
Anti-independence alliance fails in New Caledonia’s northern province
Gong banging marks new Bangsamoro beginning
Kiwi journalists investigating a Chinese company’s activities in Fiji released from Fiji jail
Facing criticism of China deal, Vatican’s top diplomat says ‘be patient’
Lawyers ask Vatican to denounce criminalization of homosexuality
Libya: General Haftar orders forces to take Tripoli as crisis escalates
What Do Ireland and Northern Ireland Want From Brexit?
RTÉ presiding over ‘complete eradication’ of Irish language programming
Albania clamps down on cannabis but trafficking of hard drugs increases
Tunisia: Investigations into deadly police abuses must deliver long awaited justice
State Department says US cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
No fishing, no exporting in April: Sierra Leone authorities enforce ban
Greenland doubles Atlantic salmon tonnage allowed under conservation deal
Special Rapporteur Urges Human Rights Approach to Water and Sanitation in Lesotho
Belize more than doubles protected marine area
Handling the Transatlantic Stress Test: A Conversation with Lithuania’s Foreign Minister
Estonian President to talk bilateral relations, Ukraine, Georgia with Putin
How Estonia fought for Latvian independence
Fewer Latvian-speakers see threats to their language in Latvia
The long journey out of the closet for Lithuania’s gay community
Estonia to host the world’s largest cyber exercise
Latvian Saeima endorses ban on Soviet and Nazi uniforms at public gatherings
With Lithuania pact, US signals increased military role near Russia
Mayor of Latvian capital suspended over suspected misuse of public funds
Kyrgyzstan Urged To Drop Charges Against Anti-Putin Protesters
Kyrgyzstan passes law allowing prosecution of ex-presidents
Violence and persecution against Christians growing in Chad
It’s not just Babich – Russian embassy in Minsk is a subversive organization
Belarus demolishes crosses at Soviet-era execution site
Heroes And Scum. “Rogue Song” Of Belarusian Tractor-Driver Breaking Crosses In Kurapaty
Lithuania provided info to Belarusian KGB on asylum seeker
EU accused of funding ‘forced labour’ project in Eritrea
Brunei introduces death by stoning for gay sex amid international condemnation
Maldives president hoping for election majority to probe China deals
Joke In Turkmenistan Goes Too Far For Women Drivers Facing Unofficial Ban
Game of Thrones tourism is wildly popular — and not just because the show is a hit
WOW Air collapse will dent Iceland’s growth and cause losses for banks: central bank
Rwanda’s genocide killers learn new life back home
From the ashes of genocide, Islam rises in Rwanda
Macron Calls for Probe into French Role in Rwanda Genocide
France to throw open archives on Rwanda genocide to clarify its role 25 years after the massacre
Serbia sentences four over 1999 killing of prominent journalist
Untapped East Timor talked up as mining destination
Myanmar army says six Rohingya killed in air strike were ‘with terrorists’
Q&A: Justice for Civil Wars-Era Crimes in Liberia
Gambia becomes 22nd African country to ratify the AfCFTA agreement
Africa’s historic free trade deal now has enough countries signed up to go into force
Life in ‘revolutionary’ Guinea-Bissau favela: ‘We’re fighting to protect our people’
The oil and gas of Lebanon tempts the appetite of its neighbours
Ex-Croatia PM jailed after court ups his corruption sentence
Greece’s DEPA breaks Gazprom monopoly in Bulgaria
Congo Ebola outbreak spreading faster than ever – WHO
Congo arrests rebel leader wanted for mass rape
Pope to host South Sudan’s divided leaders in peace retreat next week
Burundi bans BBC and suspends Voice of America
Burundi begins mass release of prisoners
How two bloggers exposed a property Ponzi scheme linked to Mauritania’s president
On the Bolivian altiplano, cultures collide
Cuba cuts newspaper size due to paper scarcity as shortages bite
Where’s the beef? Drought-parched Botswana struggles to keep cattle culture alive
Uruguay: The world’s marijuana pioneer
Vatican removes Guam archbishop after conviction of sexual abuse
Pere Aragonès claims Catalan pro-independence parties are the only viable government
Catalan Parliament urges president Torra to face a confidence vote or call a snap election
High court to investigate President Torra over yellow ribbon row
Catalan trial could be ‘political’, claim international observers
‘What hurt the most are the lies’: Catalan mayors talk about referendum
Spanish Constitutional Court unsurprisingly sides with unionist Cs
New fact-checking platform aims to fight ‘fake news’ in Catalan politics
Road Trip Europe Day 12 – Barcelona: ‘There is no justice, there is no democracy’
SNP MP questions UK Govt on whether its silence over Catalan rights is due to Brexit negotiations
Spanish police accused of orchestrating evidence to Catalan trial
Catalan independence declaration prompted by police violence
Spanish Constitutional Court deems swearing Catalan president in at a distance illegal
Catalan ex-deputy police chief dismisses follow-up of Spanish officers as ‘totally false’
Spanish Civil Guard officers deny hitting protesters during Catalan indyref
Catalan election debate in prison? It’s up to the Spanish Supreme Court
International observers express concerns over Catalan independence trial
Spain, Catalonia and football: Separate but intertwined
Pro-independence ERC lead polls in Catalonia for Spanish general election
Barcelona applies to host EuroPride 2022
Catalan public TV to take unionist leader to court for ‘slander’ and ‘hate speech
Belgium apologizes for colonial-era abduction of mixed-race children
A Tiny Danish Town Plans to Build Western Europe’s Tallest Skyscraper
In Denmark, long opening hours for unstaffed libraries
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