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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
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
1846 March 16: Book Smugglers Day, Lithuania
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
1918 March 25: Belarus Freedom Day (Dzen Voli)
1821 March 25: Greek Independence Day
March 25: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
1949 March 25: Operation Priboi, Soviet Mass Deportations from the Baltic States
1971 March 26: Bangladesh Independence Day
1948 March 27: Balochinstan Occupation Day
1976 March 30: Land Day, Palestine
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Small Pacific country roasts Australia over its coal mining policies
Peace deal brings glimmer of hope to Central African Republic
South Pacific reimagines its colonial past
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UN warns Bangladesh of ‘new crisis’ over Rohingya relocation plan
Myanmar’s land law to hurt ethnic minorities
Belarus, Russia locked in bitter diplomatic dispute over anti-Russian rhetoric
Bangsamoro in transition: Don’t call them by their noms de guerre anymore
Anti-government protests erupt in Nicaragua after extended pause
Turkmenistan’s Route To The European Union
‘Welcome To Hell’: Life In A Notorious Russian Women’s Prison
North Ossetia: deputy drags school teacher by hair over two floors
UK denies entry to Russian plotting to assassinate former PM of Chechnya Akhmed Zakayev
Russia ignoring Chechnya torture and murder, say European investigators
Chechnya: taxis, Islam and independence
Chechen Activist Titiyev Gets Four Years In Penal Colony On Drugs Charges
Ingushetia: 3 years after attack on journalists will impunity prevail?
Israel’s double standards on discrimination there for the world to see
Israel launches Gaza strikes after rockets fired at Tel Aviv
Māori man abused and told to ‘speak English’ during public meeting
A terminal cancer patient’s hopes for the future of Māori
More than half of children abused in state care are Māori
New Zealand in shock following mass shootings in Christchurch
Taiwan President to visit Palau and Nauru later this month
The Twelfth Wife of King Mswati III of eSwatini has Died
How China’s trillion-dollar trade initiative helped forge a humanitarian crisis in Xinjiang
East Turkestan: Uyghur Diaspora Finally Receive “Proof of Life” Videos from Loved Ones
Xi Jinping steps up ethnic repression in Xinjiang
Xinjiang human rights activist Serikzhan Bilash arrested by Kazakhstan police, lawyer says
New film shows Kazakhs they suffered a Holodomor too, infuriating Moscow
1.5 million Muslims could be detained in China’s Xinjiang: academic
Tiny Costa Rica Has a Green New Deal, Too. It Matters for the Whole Planet.
Costa Rica’s Church seeks forgiveness after priests accused of abuse
Suriname-French Guiana row over borderline, violent incidents
Discovering South America’s forgotten corner, a land of walking trees and evil spirits
Norway accuses Russia of jamming its military systems
How The Kremlin Silences Critics: The Swedish Case
Russia sending two distinct messages to Finland, says new report
The Estonian Institute to celebrate a worldwide Estonian language week
Estonian rap phenomenon Nublu to perform in Edinburgh
Estonia’s foreign intelligence: Russia the main external threat
Baltic states no longer a bridge between east and west, says Latvia
Snapshots from Soviet Lithuania
Hybrid attack response drills kicking off in southern Lithuania
Russia’s Tragic Great Power Politics
Moscow plans to have a million youths in its Youth Army within a year
Russia’s in the midst of an election campaign – it just happens to be in Ukraine, Kirillova says
Mejlis decides to support Poroshenko in presidential election
Deputy Chairman of Crimean Tatar Mejlis: Nuclear warheads most likely deployed in occupied Crimea
Crimean Tatar leader explains why Moscow resettles Russians from mainland to occupied Crimea
Snatched In Plain Sight: No Justice In Crimean Tatar’s Slaying Five Years After Russian Annexation
Five years after Anschluss, US moves toward a formal non-recognition policy on Crimea
At least 52 Crimeans prosecuted for refusing to serve in Russian occupiers’ army
It matters profoundly what ‘Crimean Tatars’ are called, Belitser says
‘Closed for Destruction’: Russia is digging up 16th Century Crimean Tatar Khan’s Palace
U.S. House of Representatives passes Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act
Crimeans “withdraw” their referendum vote on 5th anniversary of Russian annexation
Russian occupiers are doing everything to kill imprisoned Crimean Tatar amputee
Russia hopes for new “referendum” in Crimea to completely “legitimize” annexation – Mejlis member
Russia State Duma Speaker demands compensation from Ukraine for ‘annexing’ Crimea
Mogherini Slams Russia As EU Marks Fifth Anniversary Of Crimea’s ‘Illegal Annexation’
Crimean Annexation Five Years On
Crimean Tatars rally in Toronto to protest ongoing Russian aggression
Slovakia charges man with ordering journalist Kuciak’s murder
Anticorruption Activist Caputova To Face Ruling Party Candidate In Slovakia Presidential Runoff
As Indonesia prepares to head to the polls, the crackdown in West Papua continues
Political And Military Situation Deteriorates In West Papua
West Papua is this generation’s Timor-Leste
‘Houses were burned’: Papuans claim thousands displaced in conflict
More Indonesian troops sent to West Papua
Papuans face violence, detentions, threats – US State Dept report
Displaced Papuans who fled to Wamena in desperate situation
Flooding kills at least 58 in Indonesia’s Papua province
Making A Mark: Ancient Tonga Tattoo Tools May Illustrate Birth Of Polynesian Body Art
Vivid, strange and yet to be ruined by tourists – why Bolivia should be on your wish list
Bolivia’s Morales, in Greece, backs Venezuela’s Maduro
How Bolivia’s cholitas are shaping history through the news
Bahrain sentences 167 people to prison in crackdown on dissent
Crazier than Fiction: the Elephant Rangers of Laos
Inside El Salvador’s battle with violence, poverty, and U.S. policy
Responding to El Salvador president-elect, China denies it meddles
El Salvador’s Supreme Court suspends scrapping of Taiwan trade accord
Finland, Switzerland and New Zealand lead the way at teaching skills for the future
A Dazzling Reindeer Camp in Norway Focuses on Preserving Sámi Culture
First Indigenous woman in the history of the Brazilian National Congress stands up to Bolsonaro
Brazil to build long-resisted Amazon transmission line on indigenous land
Brazil to open indigenous reserves to mining without indigenous consent
Ecuador: Waorani, protesting ‘rushed’ hearing, shut down court with song
New series aims to tell more indigenous stories
After 200 years, Cherokee poised to regain mysterious tribal mound dating to 1,000 AD
Navy Names New Ship Class After Navajo Nation
Phillip Blake wins Gwichya Gwich’in election for chief
How does measuring poverty and welfare affect American Indian children?
A Native American tribe will cover the costs of the funerals for all of the Alabama tornado victims
Ottawa announces compensation of up to $200K for students of Indian Day Schools, $200M legacy fund
Tea workers’ never-ending fight to get tribal identity
Adivasi March for their Rights | Prof. Nandita Narayan
Exploited or foolish: How Adivasis are represented in Malayalam cinema
Australia Aboriginals win right to sue for colonial land loss
Australian hotel segregates Aboriginal guests, report says
Australia’s One Nation candidate Mark Latham wants DNA testing for Aboriginal people
People of Parihaka, NZ receive compensation for 1881 invasion
Botswana court to hear case against criminalisation of gay sex
China proposes building rail tunnel to Taiwan
Activists in Hong Kong and Taiwan feel heat as China fears ‘separatist’ collusion
China, Vietnam Regularly Clashing at Sea Despite Diplomacy
Vietnam’s Communist Party Ousts Historian Who Criticized Its China Policy
U.S. sends bombers over disputed South China Sea for second time in 10 days
Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago and Paraguay join Clean Seas campaign
Drought in Somaliland: Who’s at Risk?
Baloch leaders want India to recognise their government-in-exile
Baloch activists highlight Pakistani atrocities
Balochistan: Punjab police arrest 15 Baloch youth for wall chalking
Balochistan: No news of previously abducted Baloch poet, singer shot dead in Khuzdar
Balochistan: Iran executes Baloch athlete in Zahedan prison
Baloch protesters demand UN to act against Pakistan for human rights violations
India’s Sindhi community is flourishing but the going isn’t always easy
Sindh Assembly passes resolution on mandatory Sindhi teaching in private schools
Russian-Backed Warlord Haftar Now Controls Two-Thirds of Oil-Rich Libya
Another Mysterious Opposition Death in Rwanda
Civil society organizations to hold rally for Welsh independence in May
The forgotten Welsh themed Disney film which almost killed the company
Why I’ve launched a new social network for a bilingual Wales
What it’s like to give a Welsh language class to 7 million people
How a simple box is transforming women’s lives in Sierra Leone, thanks to Christian Aid
Bill Establishes La Ku’oko’a (Hawaiian Recognition Day) As State Holiday, Replaces Good Friday
Independence Referendum On Bougainville Postponed To October
‘Our inspiration is Afghanistan’ – East Timorese hope to copy cricket rise
What does Moldova’s inconclusive election mean for the country’s future?
Netherlands, U.S. agree on use of Curacao as possible aid hub for Venezuela
BBC accused of deliberately ignoring Scottish National Party
BBC journalists were out to prove Yes vote was ‘foolish’ during indyref
Majority of Scots back independence over any Brexit
Ian Blackford: The only way to protect Scotland’s interests is independence
Brexit meltdown ‘has made momentum for independence unstoppable’
‘Scotland should be compensated for squandered oil revenues’
Teenagers given a writing boost by Scottish Book Trust
Month-Long Oil Spill in the Solomon Islands Threatens World’s Largest Coral Reef Atoll
Diego Maradona to become father of eight by recognising three children in Cuba
One year without internet in Chad: Citizens have been offline since March 2018
Kiribati families fundraise for lawsuit against govt over ferry disaster
Niue joins Asian Development Bank as 49th Asian Pacific member
Supercomputer supercharging innovation in the Czech Republic
Director Kusturica named advisor to Bosnia’s Serb president
Switzerland ranked as best country for women’s rights, according to the OECD
IMF: Greece among best performers in eurozone
Guyana Named World’s Best Ecotourism Destination
Lebanon’s Hezbollah appeals for donations to combat sanctions
Modi supporters attack Khalistanis, Kashmiris in London
Football on the edge of nationalism: Wales and Athletic Bilbao
Catalan language exhibition in the European Parliament
Spanish far-right Vox in spotlight in Catalan trial
Puigdemont pledges to return to Catalonia if he is elected to European Parliament
Exclusive: Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont on the future of Spain and Europe
Puigdemont includes Spain in lawsuit against Spanish judge Llarena
Exclusive: Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont on reinventing nationalism in a new century
Catalan president Quim Torra defies electoral authority and keeps yellow ribbons on public buildings
Jailed Raül Romeva named Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) candidate for Spain’s Senate
Cuixart’s lawyer vows to take case to Human Rights court if activist is found guilty
Financial Times commends Catalonia and Barcelona as business hubs of the future
Catalan government official under fire after tweet quoting Anne Frank
Spanish government to exhume Franco’s remains on June 10
More than 100,000 pro-indy Catalans take battle to heart of Spain
Independence trial protest organizers celebrate a “historic” march in Madrid
Catalonia to feature in FIFA window for 1st time ever, against Venezuela
Wildlife traffickers thrive on Guatemala’s murky border with Belize
‘Black Mother’ a real portrait of life in Jamaica
Serbia Condemns Kosovo’s New Negotiating Platform on Talks
As China prevails, France’s Macron shuffles his cards in Djibouti
North Macedonia Jails Former Spy Chief for Election Fraud
Former British paratrooper to be charged over Bloody Sunday killings
Everyone is Irish for San Francisco’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
A St. Patrick’s Day Miracle: United Ireland
What does it take to raise your children through Irish?
Hebrew’s revival has lessons for the Irish language
Kurdish women prepare for a life after IS
John Bolton: ‘Very optimistic’ Britain and France will join Syria Observer Force
US State Department says Turkey killed civilians during Afrin capture
After Afrin Turkey cannot continue to play ‘Kurdish card’ in Rojava
Kurdish-led Syrian forces pound final IS redoubt
SDF: Estimated 5,000 ISIS fighters and their families remain in Baghouz
Iraq’s PUK Peshmerga willing to help Syrian Kurdish forces if Turkey attacks
ECHR orders Turkey to compensate owner of closed Kurdish newspaper
Istanbul’s first Kurdish film festival casts light on women issues
Turkish police fire water cannon at pro-Kurdish election posters: report
No short-term solution for tribal politics in Turkey – scholar
Turkey courts ban election billboards in Kurdish language
Freed From ISIS, Few Yazidis Return To Suffering Families, Many Remain Missing
Yazidi sex slaves set fire to their burqas after being freed from ISIS
Yazidi hostages traded to criminals as Isis loses
Iraq and UN begin exhuming first Yezidi mass grave in Sinjar
Halabja Chemical Attack: Kurds mark the tragedy on its 31st anniversary
‘Time to recognize Kurdistan as nation,’ Toronto councillor says
Newroz, 1991 uprising will be marked in Kirkuk: Kurdish parties
Clashes after Kurdish prisoner suicide in Turkish jail
All change in Kuwait’s energy sector
Erdoğan most popular foreign leader in Kuwait
Right-wing French party presents list for New Caledonia election
New Caledonia restates France’s claim on Matthew, Hunter islands
Tibet: Satellites Show New Internment Camps in Tibet
Restrictions in Tibet tighter than ever: New report on eve of 1959 revolt
Will Tibetans have a homeland of their own?
Beijing closes Tibet to foreigners because they suffer from ‘altitude sickness’
Shunning the Dalai Lama for the fear of Chinese backlash wrong: Foreign delegates
The 1959 Tibetan uprising, in pictures
State Aid Tied to Loyalty Displays in Tibet’s Markham County
China tech giants elbow into fast-growing Tibet
Tibet activists across the world mark 60 years since uprising against Chinese occupation
Time to rebalance EU-China relations and demand unfettered access to Tibet
China to establish five national parks in ‘Tibet’
Tibet slowly sliding off global radar as Dalai Lama ages
Rediscovering Dominica two years after the hurricane – has it fully healed?
Uruguay’s president removes commander of the army
Wallonia single-parent family website goes live
Kashmir dailies print blank front pages to protest gov’t ad ban
Qatar allegedly offered $880m secret payment to Fifa
Western Sahara: Gdeim Izik Group begin an alarming hunger strike in several Moroccan prisons
Sahrawi political prisoner Mohamed Bourial starts unlimited hunger strike
Georgian national detained in Abkhazia ‘commits suicide’
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