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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
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1816 July 9: Argentina Independence Day
2011 July 9: South Sudan Independence Day
1973 July 10: Bahamas Independence Day
1968 July 11: American Indian Movement founded
1995 July 11: Srebrenica Massacre
1979 July 12: Kiribati Independence Day
1975 July 12: São Tomé and Príncipe Independence Day
1992 July 17: Slovak National Council’s Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Nation
1810 July 20: Colombian Declaration of Independence
1831 July 21: Belgian National Day
1940 July 23: Welles Declaration
July 25: National Day of Galicia
1847 July 26: Liberia Independence Day
1965 July 26: Maldives Independence Day
1821 July 28: Fiestas Patrias, Peru
2014 July 28: Yarkand Massacre, Xinjiang
1980 July 30: Vanuatu Independence Day
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West African countries choose new ‘ECO’ single trade currency
East Turkestan: Uyghur Children Systematically Separated From Families
Saudi Arabia and Russia among 37 states backing China’s Xinjiang policy
China’s largesse in Tonga threatens future of Pacific nation
Crimean Tatars: New Wave of Arrests on Charges of Terrorism in Russian Attempt to Silence Activists
New roadmap to finally kick Trident out of an independent Scotland
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Why Scotland is RICH ENOUGH to thrive as an independent country
Why Scotland is SMART ENOUGH to thrive as an independent country
Poll reveals just how few Scots trust Boris Johnson as next PM
Scottish Labour and Tories face total wipeout at General Election
New changes to constitution to further suppress Barotseland
The Long Arm of Chinese Law Reaches Vanuatu, Again
Trans TV Personality Santiago Carbajal Killed in Honduras
Japan increases military-related support to Fiji
Google Translate’s camera now works with more than 100 languages
The World’s Only Traditional Māori Garden Was Made From Memories
Alaska Native girl leads animated kids TV show in US first
Kurdish woman fined for not being able to answer survey in Turkish
Erbil Citadel Film Festival highlights hunger for Kurdish cinema
Australia to hold a vote on finally recognizing indigenous people in the country’s constitution
Inuit languages are declining in Nunavut, StatsCan report says
Aborigines outraged at queues on sacred Uluru
Scots: speikin it an scrievin it
How Albuquerque Hopes to Meet the Unique Needs of Urban Native Americans
Protests flare over construction of telescope in Hawaii
Just 551 government staff have competence in Irish language
Navajo Nation’s LGBTQ Pride Event Celebrates A Return To The Culture’s History
European Broadcasting Union rejects Catalan application
UN Denounces the Ortega Regime’s Ongoing Repression in Nicaragua
16 people killed in ‘barbaric’ Papua New Guinea attack
Ukrainian Parliament Intensifies Support for Indigenous Minorities in Russian Federation
Russian journalist to face trial for referencing Orwell’s 1984
A Mammoth Problem Emerges in Siberia
The pitfalls of making movies in Siberia
How Circassians are reclaiming their roots after 100 years of suppression
Ingushetia’s Former Head Becomes Russian Deputy Defense Minister
Activist and journalist arrested and ‘tortured’ in Ingushetia
Denouncing Relatives In Chechnya: ‘If Someone Kills Him, We Won’t Mind’
Chad Lifts Ban on Social-Media Usage After More Than a Year
23 extra-judicial killings in West Papua last year – rights group
Protest at Indonesian trade show in Auckland
West Papua’s Benny Wenda to be awarded Oxford’s highest honour
The Only Way to End Corruption in Laos
Tajikistan regime targeting families of political activists
🙂 Interest in learning Chinese soars in Mongolia
Pro-Khalistan Sikh protestors evicted from cricket World Cup match in UK
EU sanctions Turkey for drilling off the coast of Cyprus
Palestinians Were Spared Turkey’s Rising anti-Arab Hate. Until Now
Belarus To Get Money From China To Pay Off Russian Debts
Kashmir: UN Reports Serious Abuses
Al Qaeda chief calls for unrelenting Kashmir jihad against India and says Pakistan cannot be trusted
The Last Basque Restaurant in Southern California
British paper riducules woman who spent eight years to learn Welsh
Only Christian KRG minister swears in on Bible burned by ISIS
New Kurdish PM says priority is stronger Baghdad ties, rather than independence
Ferhat Parlak, a courageous journalist in Turkey’s Kurdish region
Hopes fade for ‘Kurd Squad’ seeking visas for PUBG tournament in Germany
Is the time ripe for Turkish-Kurdish reconciliation?
Kirkuk’s Arab, Turkmen residents protest nomination of Kurdish governor
Iran says it used new IRGC drone unit to attack Kurdish dissidents
Turkey says over 71 alleged PKK fighters ‘neutralized’ since late May
Tale of two cities: Erbil and Paris sign ‘Friendship and Coordination’ deal
Journalists face risks in Iraq’s disputed areas with 65 reported violations in six months
Raped, widowed, homeless: Haiti’s slum women abandoned to gangs
Donald Tusk: when I say Georgia, I mean freedom, pride, courage – you’re a small but great nation
For Montenegro’s Female Journalists, Equality is a Myth
AG drops charges against Western Togoland secessionists
Turkmenistan exposed: Investors warned nation is “teetering on edge of catastrophe”
Singapore’s GDP badly misses forecasts, shrinking 3.4% from the prior quarter
Kuwait Unlawfully Returns 8 Egyptian Dissidents
Nepal bans Tibetans from celebrating Dalai Lama’s birthday, citing security concerns
Researching Tibet has become more like working on North Korea
Tibetan Nuns Beaten by Chinese Guards For ‘Weeping’ in Detention
China’s thought police set up Uighur-style camp in Tibet
Tibet: China Assumes Control over Choosing Dalai Lama’s Successor
Bahrain hit by the hottest weather for June since 1902
Prominent journalist and an unnamed American among 26 dead in Somalia hotel attack
One fifth of all people living in Northern Ireland have applied for an Irish passport
Spanish police enter Catalan government HQ in independence referendum investigation
Spain spied on Catalan offices abroad
International observers’ platform finds rights infringements in Catalan trial
A guide to the (several) Catalan independence trials
CARACCIO: 12 Angry Men: Catalan Democracy on Trial
Catalan police leadership on trial at Spain’s National Court
Catalan president Quim Torra to face trial for not removing yellow ribbon
The radical Benedictine sister who fought for Catalan independence
EU, Podemos throw Catalan sovereignty under the bus
Record number of passengers fly through Barcelona airport in June
Spain’s prosecutor considering new extradition request against Puigdemont
Cuba takes first step in railways upgrade with Chinese, Russian help
Equatorial Guinea: Dissolution of an NGO shows escalating crackdown on civil society
Jordan buckling under pressure of growing refugee crisis
El Salvador rape victim jailed for stillbirth goes on trial again
Duterte, responding to UN probe, says people in Iceland ‘just go about eating ice’
Marshall Plan for Central America would restore hope, end migrant border crisis
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