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February 5, 1997: Gulja massacre, Xinjiang

February 6, 1917: Sámi National Day celebrated – 100 years since first Sámi Conference

February 7, 1974: Grenada Independence Day

February 12, 1818: Chile Independence Day

February 13,1913: Tibet Independence from Manchu’s Qing Dynasty

February 15, 1804: Statehood Day in Serbia

Fabruary 16, 1918: Independence Day in Lithuania

February 17, 2008: Kosovo declaration of independence

February 18, 1965: Gambia Independence Day

Former Catalonia president Artur Mas goes on trial for the crime of allowing advisory independence referendum

Dutch and Germans to lead first international rally for Scottish independence

Catalonia’s vote on indy will have consequences for Scots and the EU

Catalan trial turns into pro-independence show of force

Mas at 9-N trial: “We didn’t disobey but faced up to the Spanish State”

Scottish Parliament votes against Theresa May’s Brexit Bill

Game On! Salmond’s rallying cry as support for indy surges to 49% in Scotland

Ex-Doctor Who David Tennant backs Scottish independence after losing faith in Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour

Tatars, beaten by Russian military, are intimidated and bribed in Crimea

Ukrainian Cultural Center may be closed in Crimea

Crimean officials recognize that resources to develop Crimea have been exhausted

Former political prisoner Afanasyev’s family is persecuted in Crimea

“Crimean saboteur” is cut off medical care in prison

Yanukovych knew that Russia was preparing the annexation of Crimea

Four Easy Ways the EU Can Support Ukraine

Hell freezes over: guest blames Russia for war in Ukraine on Russian state TV live

Imprisoned Ukrainian Library Director on trial for ‘extremism’ takes Russia to Strasbourg

Putin’s Mercenaries

Belarusian authorities are helpless before information and psychological attacks from Russia

U.S. Preps for Infowar on Russia

Putin may exploit disarray in Washington to launch attack on Belarus, Minsk experts say

Will Belarus Be Putin’s Next Victim?

Prominent Ukrainian Author Seized In Belarus, Ordered To Leave

Russia likely to use trade disputes to force Belarus to allow Russian military bases

EU-Belarus co-operation: Can it help in fighting illicit trade?

Defective Generator Delivered At Belarusian NPP

Russia to publish “anti-Ukrainian Ukrainian newspaper” in occupied Crimea

Putin signs law decriminalising domestic violence against spouses and children

Senators move to limit Trump on Russia sanctions

Putin´s Rival Barred From Presidential Elections

Russian occupants in Abkhazia expand training range at the expense of cemetery and church

Inside Stalin’s holiday home

Abkhazia: EU Visa Free Travel Denounced as Georgian Trap by Foreign Ministry

Russia increasing isolation of Georgia’s occupied territories

Russia uses collaborators at UN to deny its repression of Crimean Tatars

Will the makeshift blockade in Donbas hit the Russian-backed enclaves’ economy?

Children are being taught that there are two sides to Soviet genocide – this outrage has to stop

Radio Free Europe, Voice of America launch new Russian-language TV channel

Russia invents ‘terrorism’ and fights children in occupied Crimea

Russian meddling in the Baltic is a threat to all Nato members – and the world

Russia urged to intervene in Libyan migrant crisis

Russia has more than torture to hide in FSB’s ‘Ukrainian Crimea Saboteur Plot’

Lithuania claims Russia’s upcoming war game is aimed at the West

NATO says it sees sharp rise in Russian disinformation since Crimea seizure

UN Middle East envoy: Israel’s settlements law crosses a very thick red line

The forgotten generations: Palestinian refugees in Iraq

Amazigh High Council expresses preparedness to fight so-called Libyan Arab Army

Turkey and Greece flex their muscles over rocks in the Aegean

Georgian Foreign Minister, US Secretary of State meet in Washington

Is Ireland about to get its first social media watchdog?

Enda Kenny seeks eastern Europe’s support for Ireland’s Brexit stance

Putin says could meet Trump in Slovenia, but choice not Moscow’s alone

BJP’s Adivasi yatra began on Tuesday from Unai

Greenland needs money. Is a uranium mine the answer?

Greenland´s Expansion Capital Nuuk

The forgotten genocide: While Yazidis struggle for existence, the world does little to help

75 songs to celebrate Welsh Language Music Day

Welsh language campaigners demand broadcasting devolution

Welsh information at 2016 assembly election ‘unsatisfactory’

What would an Irish language act actually mean?

Dismantling the last Soviet nuclear silos in Latvia

Baltic States Seek More NATO Help Ahead of Russian Exercise

Putin planning to send 100K troops to Baltic border for drills?

German President Gauck makes ‘symbolic’ final state visit to Baltic states

Baltic presidents laud Germany’s role

The Trump administration should not encourage Russia’s aggressive land grabs

Baltic leaders plan to meet with new US vice president in Munich in February

Economies Can Recover Without Credit, Just Ask Latvia

China upset about move to invite Uyghur leader to Taiwan

Dreams of Soccer Fame for China’s Uyghur Kids

Persecution of Tibetans and Uyghurs: EP Conference Sheds Light on Chinese Counter-Terrorism Policy

Ghulja Massacre 20 Years On: Uyghurs still facing unprecedented levels of repression

Beijing’s New Scorched-Earth Policy Against the Uighurs

HK bookseller Lam warns Taiwan of China intervention

Serb bulldozers demolish wall in Kosovo’s divided city

19 int’l judges named for Kosovo special court

How West Papua’s gold rush has created a wasteland

Shirking Matilda: The Realpolitik Case for Australian Recognition of West Papua

West Papuan Political Prisoner Steven Itlay released from jail

Cambodian Prime Minister Bans Tibetan and Taiwanese Flags

Tibetan Pilgrims Barred From Kirti Monastery by Chinese Police

HRC chief assures ‘open door’ to Tibetan delegation to UN

Lemma Megersa calls for Oromo unity and economic revolution

Biafra: No retreat, no surrender, IPOB tells FG

How many countries support Biafra?

Nnamdi Kanu named as president of the Biafran people

Promote universal values through education: Spiritual leader of Tibet

Actor Richard Gere talks with Angela Merkel about Tibet

Conference held in European Parliament – Reincarnation of Dalai Lama: Why it Matters to China

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Andhra Pradesh CM Inaugurates First Ever National Women’s Convention in Amaravati

Tibetan Parliament Congratulates New US State Secretary Tillerson

Somali MPs elect former PM, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, as new president

UN warns of possible genocide in South Sudan

EU launches economic development fund for Africa

Togo diversifying to soybeans and Zimbabwe introduces new food tax

EU to give ‘virtually bankrupt’ Gambia 225m euros

Rwanda moves to make Swahili its fourth official language

Libya on edge as militias enter Tripoli

Burundians march to dispute UNHCR figures indicating a surge in people fleeing the country

Turkey’s top Kurdish politician faces up to 143 years in jail

Renowned Kurdish politician Leyla Zana detained in Turkey

Iranian Kurdistan: PEN Intl Urges Turkey to Release Two Activist Writers

Kurdish politician urges ‘new peace era’ in Turkey after jail

Kurdistan Region discuss independence with senior Shiite delegation

Turkey bombs Kurdish villages in northwest Syria

Corporal punishment in Kurdish schools draws public outrage

Why Kurdistan Must Be Independent

15,000 Kurds have taken to the streets in Europe to protest for leader’s release

Why Iceland Could Be Heading for Trouble With the IMF

Sahrawis divided by a mined wall

In violation of the CJUE ruling, France receives a second shipment of Western Sahara

Danish company stops salt imports from Western Sahara: Important victory for Sahrawi people

Zambia hopes that Western Sahara borders are respected following Morocco’s accession to AU

We Are Not a Nation of Immigrants

Chevron Stall Tactics in Ecuador to Be Addressed in Canadian Court

Tribes Get High Marks On Housing Sovereignty

Trump’s Executive Orders Violate Treaties

Will Kadyrov Reap The Whirlwind In Chechnya?

EU red carpet for Azerbaijan sends wrong message

#EU partnership talks with Azerbaijan and Armenia – a chance for peace and prosperity

EU’s Juncker says fun is over as he heads to meet Azerbaijan’s Aliyev

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Cancels Brussels Meeting With EU Parliament President

Thousands of Roma ‘made homeless’ in France in 2016

Gozsdu Udvar denies Roma women entry to popular Budapest nightlife area

Breaking the glass ceiling: meet the first of a new generation of Romani lawyers at the ERRC

Roma Holocaust center closes in Csepel due to lack of funding

For Roma in France, Education Is an Elusive Path to Integration

Czech Human Rights Minister and Romani advisers visit socially excluded locality without meeting Romani residents

President Kaljulaid: Estonia is not afraid of Russia

Estonian president stresses need to preserve unity of countries that think alike

Peruvian news program in Quechua asserts the use of one of the oldest languages in the world

Jovenel Moise sworn in as Haiti’s new president

Macedonia Blasts U.S. Congressman’s Claim It’s ‘Not A Country,’ Should Be Divided

EU Official Urges Formation of Government in Macedonia

Plague of locusts leads Bolivia to issue state of emergency

Kuwait’s new opera house complex catches fire, no casualties

Switzerland, land of European immigration

A Quiet Siege of Turkmenistan

Serb court rejects extradition of Montenegro coup suspect

Landmark Srebrenica massacre trial starts in Serbia

In Serb village, praise for Putin and hopes for Trump

Toxic smog in Mongolia’s capital worsens amid harsh winter

Slovak sportswear firm hit by hate mail for using black model in advert

Chris Sarra, Andrea Mason spearhead Malcolm Turnbull’s bid to reboot Indigenous policy

Half of indigenous Aussies report racism

Fanny Cochrane Smith’s Tasmanian Aboriginal songs and language preserved forever

Moldova’s pro-Russian president in Brussels, asking to scrap Association agreement with EU

There must be no amnesty for corruption in Moldova

Moldova President doesn’t allow troops to participate in military drill in Romania

Moldovan President Warns Against ‘Rush’ To Closer Ties With NATO

Jamaica, EU engage in political dialogue

For Singapore, globalization is still the future, despite ‘dark shift’ to protectionism

Lloyd’s of London is homing in on Luxembourg for its new EU camp post-Brexit

Luxembourg opens criminal case over VW emissions scandal

3,000 Muslim women and their supporters protest in Vienna against Austria’s face-veil ban, claiming the niqab is a sign of ‘self-empowerment’

Balochistan: Teenage Son of Political Leader Abducted in Karachi

Iranian Kurdistan: Kolbar Questioned by Iranian Intelligence

Southern Mongolia: Herder Community Activist to Be Prosecuted for Statements on Land Rights

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February 1, 2004: Kurdistan Region marks 13th anniversary of Eid attacks in Erbil

February 4, 1872: Macedonia marks 145th Birthday anniversary of Goce Delcev

February 6, 1917: Sami National Day

February 7, 1974: Grenada Independence Day

February 12, 1818: Chile Independence Day

Saami: On the shoulders of Tråante

The higher cost of being Greenlandic

Signe Rink and the white woman’s burden

Why Denmark’s Appointment Of A Digital Ambassador Is A Terrible Idea

Danish goverment launches big gang crackdown

Reported rapes in Denmark double in three years

Danish version of Wikipedia turns 15

Lesser-known walls: How Trump’s presidency is intensifying fear in the Baltics

Russian guards detain Georgian man for collecting wood in occupied forest

Occupied Tskhinvali illegally sentences Georgian man to 20 years in prison

European Parliament Approves Visa-Free Schengen Travel For Georgia

KRG’s Relationship with the Yazidi Minority and the Future of the Yazidis in Shingal

Indonesia conducts “sweeping” in Dogiyai, West Papua

Indonesia blocks internet access to petition to the UN calling for an independence vote in West Papua

Police response outside Indonesian Embassy fails to silence Canberra Papua protest

Shifting demographics in West Papua highlight conflict, says academic

West Papuans are united! Are you? Sign the petition

Free West Papua Campaign Launches Global Petition for Independence Referendum

Western Sahara: AU urges UN Security Council to restore MINURSO’s “full operation”

Morocco’s accession to AU without preconditions is victory for Sahrawi cause

Morocco’s Big African Union Win Comes At the Expense of Western Sahara and South Africa

SADR participates in XV International Pedagogy Congress

EU Court of Justice excludes Western Sahara goods from EU agreements with Morocco

Defending Freedom in Catalonia – Carme Forcadell

Referendum on Catalan independence will take place with all legal and democratic guarantees

Spanish police arrest 18 people related to Catalan independist party CDC

Catalan independist associations come out in support of politicians targeted by Spain for organising independence vote

UK government downplayed Eritrea human rights abuses to avoid accepting refugees

German Foreign Min cites torture, executions in Libyan migrant camps: report

Scores of migrants rescued off Libya

Guinean President Conde takes over from Deby as AU Chairperson

UN installs solar power panels in hospitals in Libya

Mauritania’s Supreme Court postpones ‘apostasy’ blogger’s trial

African leaders back plan for mass ICC withdrawal

Somalia: U.N. issues famine alert

Morocco to fund more projects in South Sudan

Tunisia: NGOs contest the Anti-terrorism Law 2015

“Braille” voting to start in Rwanda

Botswana’s opposition parties unite to unseat incumbent in 2019 elections

UN condemns poor prison conditions in Tunisia

Indigenous Sisters Resistance Leads Women’s March in Seattle

Second Trump Transition Meeting Held with Native Americans

EPA Grant Freeze Cuts Tribes Deeply

Beheaded in Peru: Rosa Andrade, Last Female Speaker of Resigaro Language

Isidro Baldenegro Lopez: Second Goldman Prize Winner Murdered in a Year

Chaco Canyon Oil and Gas Leases Spark Protests

Tribal Sovereign Immunity on Trial at US Supreme Court

Ethnic groups in Russian Federation

A new twist in Russianness? “The population of Russia is 129 million people as of 2012 with over 86% of them living in
Russia while the majority of the 14% live in the former Soviet Union states, especially Ukraine and Kazakhstan”. Is
Putin coming to rescue all of them?

In her first speech at the UN, US representative Nikki Haley condemned Russia’s aggression in eastern Ukraine and the
occupation of Crimea

Interference in professional activities and persecution of independent lawyers in Crimea

Crimean Tatar lawyer held over ‘extremist propaganda’

Enemy No. 1 for Exposing Lawlessness & Repression in Russian-occupied Crimea

Crimean Tatar human rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov is free

Kremlin-Installed Crimean Leader Admits Preparations for Armed Uprising

Mafia methods used to get the ‘right’ court rulings in Russian-occupied Crimea

Ukraine has launched criminal proceedings against Booking.com over Crimea

Human rights activists prepare a list of those involved in repressions in Crimea

HMS Putin Hunter: For the first time since the Cold War Theresa May sends Royal Navy warship to Black Sea after warning
we must stand up to Russia

Challenging the U.S., Moscow Pushes Into Afghanistan

Fighting escalates in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine starts presiding over UN Security Council

If the world blinks, Putin will seize the rest of Ukraine

NATO Shelves Plan to Meet With Ukraine

‘Humanitarian Disaster’: Thousands of Civilians Caught in the Crossfire as the War in Ukraine Escalates

Europe’s threat list includes jihadists, Russia — and Donald Trump

Kremlin Critic Hospitalized With Similar Symptoms To 2015 Poison Scare

Trump administration eases sanctions against Russia

Hungary’s Orbán is a tool in Putin’s information war against the West

Ireland votes to stop investing public money in fossil fuels

Croatia and Serbia: Open Issues

Missing Babies Mystery Still Haunts Serbia

‘Serbia is distributing arms in northern Kosovo’

Global Warming could be great news for Latvia

Estonia to create digital information system for EU presidency

Estonian prime minister: EU, US must maintain common understanding about risks

Reasons Behind The Turkmen-Tajik Tiff

Montenegro Shrugs Off Delays in Joining NATO

Gangs’ car bombs rattle Montenegro’s capital

Qatar and Montenegro sign air transport agreement

Macedonian Conservatives Fail To Form Government With Ethnic Albanians

Haiti holds final round of election cycle started in 2015

Israel’s settlers hope Donald Trump will be their champion in the White House

Kuwait Extends World-Topping Rally as Traders Dismiss U.S. Ban

The Gambia: The journalist who found refuge from torture in Scotland on why he’s ready to return home

Scotland Back in the Day: The History of William Wallace inspired all generations

Nicola Sturgeon hints she may set indyref2 date by end of March if the UK ignores Scotland’s voice

Sturgeon hits back at Tory threats to block indyref2

Festival Kernewek – Penzance Cornish Language Festival

Language Legends Help Create a Colorful Snapshot of Australia’s Linguistic Diversity

Aboriginal housing: New lease on life for grandmother who raised 72 children

Tax On Mushrooms And Berries Introduced In Belarus

Project Exile: Azeri journalist fled after warning

Making Malta’s presidency work for people in fisheries

FACTBOX – Who are the Knights of Malta?

How Johnny Mullagh led Australia’s first international and Indigenous team

Pathfinders: The History of Aboriginal Trackers

Finnish-Russian dual citizens in the Defence Force as a serious threat

Finland a “valedictorian in a class of dummies” in cyber security

What happens ‘only in Switzerland’?

25 years on: the end of Zurich’s open drugs scene

How Israel polices Palestinian voices online

The Church of Norway Adopts New Liturgy For Homosexual Marriage

What does it mean to be a gypsy?

Maori Television Brings National Kapa Haka Festival to the United States of America

Iceland: Thousands March in Birna’s Memory

Will Birna’s Death Help Greenland Address Violence?

Yazidi human rights champion banned from coming to Washington to accept award

Sold by Islamic State, bought by strangers: Yazidi child reunited with family

Tibet is Not an Internal Issue of China

Colourful Protests Mark One-Year Anniversary of Language Advocate’s Detention

Monk protestor released after over two years behind bars

Trump Administration Assures Continued Support To Tibet Issue

Cyclists demonstrate in Taiwan ahead of the 60th Tibet uprising day

Dalai Lama Leaves For Public Talk In New Delhi

Tibetan Singer is Freed From Prison After Serving Four-Year Term

Tibet locked down during anniversary of Tibet Uprisin in March 1959

China’s Communist Party is worried about rise of Buddhism

Great Tibet Robbery: know the facts

Kurds, Baluch and Ahwazis Deserve Self-Determination

To Defeat ISIS, Arm the Syrian Kurds

PYD leader Salih Muslim: Kurds are fighting their final war

Overwhelmed KRG warns of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as forces gear up for W.Mosul

Two pro-Kurdish lawmakers in Turkey arrested on terrorism charges – sources

Austria announces it will ban Islamic veils and force migrants to sign ‘integration

Court OKs Registration of Yes, Bulgaria Party

Concern over spate of deaths in Greek refugee camps

Adivasis plead for better implementation of land rights

NI secretary accused of snubbing Irish national anthem

Taoiseach: Brexit an ‘enormous challenge’ for Northern Ireland

In Albania, communism still hurts

Albanian prime minister sacks outspoken justice minister

Police arrest publisher of Biafra Times, 9 others

Fire destroys 300 shops in Biafra market

SAF Terrex vehicles arrive in Singapore after being detained in Hong Kong

U.S. General Sees Closer Partnership With Armenia

Aboriginal boxer refuses to stand for Australian anthem

Brazil: As Guarani Celebrate Victory for Land Rights, Danger Lurks in Mato Grosso do Sul

Savoy: Raclette cheese has been registered with the EU under the Protected Geographical Indication

Somaliland: Students Victim of US Policy Banning Citizens from 7 Countries

Brittany: Breton Language to be Taught at Harvard

Balochistan: Civilians Killed and Women and Children Abducted in Raids by Pakistani Military

Ogoni: MOSOP Warns Illegal Oil Bunkering May Lead to Further Pollution

Taiwan: Folklore Website Maps 22 Languages Spoken on the Island Nation Today

Moldova ready to raise Khojaly genocide with Azerbaijan in int’l organizations: lawmaker

Green Party calls for te reo Maori lessons in all schools

Slovakia approves restrictive church law targeting Muslims

Namibia’s fairy circles: Has one of nature’s great mysteries been solved?

An artist invites you to find inspiration in Adivasi mythological tales – just like he did

ASU American Indian Policy Institute launches Inno-NATIONS initiative to support Native American businesses

Porto Montenegro Win First Superyacht Marina of Distinction Award

When Biafra Defeated Nigeria At A London Court

Switzerland to lift ban on gay, bisexual men giving blood

Francysk Skaryna, the Martin Luther of Belarus

Parliamentary committee approves changes to Maltese Language Council

The Young Queer Writer Who Became Greenland’s Unlikely Literary Star

Tiny objects, big dreams in Bolivia festival

Baltic media portal presents horrors of Azerbaijani blockade of Nagorno Karabakh

What’s next for Miss Haiti? Find cure for blindness

Cyta first Cyprus company to have almost zero waste sent to landfills

Czech Republic Introduces Law Regulating (Restricting) Bitcoin

Hong Kong’s censored New Year’s Fair – another own-goal by the government

Protesting Greek Farmers Briefly Block Crossing to Bulgaria

Deputy Head of the Mejlis is charged in Crimea

A Small Country Goes Small Screen With Iceland’s Newest Suspense Series, ’Prisoners’

Tibetan PM to highlight his country’s cause in Japan

Moldova may grant citizenship to millionaires

Battered Mongolia faces make-or-break moment

30 Years of US-Mongolia Relations

Mongolia’s bumpy journey to independence

Jamaica Cancer Society looks to raise $20m for mobile mammography unit

UN wants Jamaica to broaden definition of sexual intercourse

Hungary tests EU nerves frayed by Russia as Putin visits Budapest

Poland eyes Belarus ties to revive EU’s Eastern Partnership

Russia establishes controls on border with Belarus

Bizarre Basque ‘bellringing’ festival

Libya leader offers NATO sea access if it upgrades navy

Eastern Libya forces fly wounded to Russia in growing cooperation

Tourism in Slovenia boosted by Melania factor

Bosniaks, Serbs in Montenegro to Appeal for Reconciliation

Russia Deploys Chechens to Win Hearts and Minds in Aleppo

Albania’s LGBTQ Activists Are Transforming Their Community

The Hunt for the Hidden Bombs and Land Mines of Kosovo

‘King of the Gypsies’ wants to help President Trump build Mexico wall

Poverty, injustice still drive migration from Guatemala

Finnish city takes €10bn leap into digitisation

Slovenia Wants Vatican to Mediate in Croatian-Slovenian Border Dispute

Cyprus leaders seek new U.N. peace summit in early March: envoy

Gov’t biometric payroll system unveils widespread fraud in Kurdistan Region

Fake news: Czechs try to tackle spread of false stories

Aboriginal University of Tasmania students head to Arizona to share Indigenous culture

Hong Kong’s freedom score down due to Beijing’s influence: US-based report

Greece’s debt crisis is flaring up again, in case the world didn’t have enough to worry about already

Crimean Tatars beaten by Russian soldiers in Crimea

Palestinian Officials Say U.S. Threatens ‘Severe Steps’ if Leaders Sue Israel in World Court

Crisis-Hit Mongolia Has an Unlikely Investment Winner

Mongolian citizens offer cash, jewelry, horses to pay off government debt

Madrid, Catalonia tensions spike over independence

$42 billion Maori economy about more than just Treaty settlements

‘Secret city’ under Greenland could leak nuclear waste as ice melts, NASA warns

Project Exile: Eritrean state media reporter turns critic – Global Journalist

Senior Eritrean Delegation Concludes Visit to Russian Federation

Albania prosecutor in confrontation with US ambassador

EU Parliament ‘Calls on Albania to Recognize Bulgarian Minority’

Kosovo Wants EU, NATO to Warn Serbia Against Escalation

Danish authorities demand women-only swimming sessions used by Muslim immigrants are scrapped so ‘people learn it is
natural to swim together’

A 19th century Lithuanian book smuggler defies the autocrat’s book-ban

Scottish parliament to hold its own vote on triggering Brexit

Greek Farmers Seal Off Macedonia Border Crossing

Iceland building biodome community to be fully sustainable oasis

Country risk: Croatia is heading for investment grade

Comprehensive Industrial Cannabis Production Coming to Croatia?

Turkmenistan’s silent election [program] – Global Journalist

Roma Women Taking Center Stage in Spain’s Theater Scene

Three Jailed In Armenia On Charges Of Inciting Mass Disorders

Jamaica seeks place on International Maritime Organisation Council

Sweden sets goal to phase out greenhouse gas emissions by 2045

NATO Chief To Discuss Bosnia Membership During Sarajevo Visit

Facebook search for shy Māori language speaker

Rebel, Kurdish Areas in Syria Hit by Heating Fuel Shortages

Artur Mas hopes trial will rouse Catalan separatist movement

Galicia on red alert for giant waves and gale-force winds

Renewed Sortu sets 2026 as target date for sovereign Basque Republic

Bolivia opens ‘Evo museum’ dedicated to indigenous president

Belarusian leader lashes out at Russia

NATO urges Kosovo, Serbia leaders to ease tensions

Don’t Play With Mongolian Fire

Armenia among top ten on Global Militarization Index 2016

Moldova’s pro-Russian President Proposes Flag Without Romanian Symbols

Biafra nationhood: Unfinished decolonization

Serbia’s and Montenegro’s Leaders Need Each Other

Party of Haiti president-elect wins majority of parliament

Singapore to cane Saudi diplomat for molesting hotel intern -paper

Scotland deserves honest politics and it is about time we got it

Albanian authorities call for capture of cannabis kingpin

Sweden’s deputy prime minister trolled Trump with a feminist photo op

‘Go kill yourself’: Social media messages encourage Indigenous youth to commit suicide

How decriminalizing drugs helped Portugal solve its overdose crisis

Denmark seeks harsher punishment for ‘revenge porn’

Denmark appeals to kindness of foreigners to save its citizens from skin cancer

Syria Creates All-Female Force in Kurdish Area

High-profile Spain trial stokes Catalan independence fervour

Bulgaria Grows Uneasy as Trump Complicates Its Ties to Russia

Adivasi way of life is crumbling

For Montenegro, On The Brink Of Joining NATO, The Stakes Are High

Albanian extremists attack Greek National Minority in the country

Former Norway PM detained at US airport over 2014 visit to Iran

Abkhaz, South Ossetian De Facto Officials Reject Tbilisi’s EU Visa Liberalization Offer

Switzerland Parodies Trump’s ‘America First’

Chinese Authorities Turn a Deaf Ear to a Uyghur Mother’s Dying Wish

The Quiet Undercurrents of South Xinjiang

Kosovo and its Serb minority reach deal on contested wall

UN peacekeepers say attacked in south Lebanon

European Union replies pro-Biafra agitators over calls for BiafrExit

21 Biafra agitators detained for 10 years without trial

MASSOB,IPOB must unite to actualize Biafra Republic – Archbishop Chukwuma

European Police Now Patrolling Border Between Greece, Macedonia

Scotland: most expect independence

Namibia: ‘Do not drink and walk’

Finland Wants You to Celebrate their Independence by Going Outside

Serbia blames Kosovo for failed negotiations amid war talk

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Help Yazidis On Mount Sinjar

Help end genocide in West Papua

February 2-3: Conference: Sovereignty and E-Commerce in Indian Country

February 25 – March 5: Festival Kernewek – Penzance Cornish Language Festival

January 22, 1946: Kurds mark 71st anniversary of Republic of Kurdistan

January 22, 1990: Day of Unity of Ukraine

January 22, 2014: The first killings of protestors on the Maidan

January 25, 1759: annual celebration of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns

January 25: St Dwynwen’s Day, Welsh Valentines Day

January 26, 1788: Australia Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day: a long history of celebration and contestation

January 26, 1950: Republic Day in India

January 27, 1945: International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 31, 1968: Nauru Independence Day

February 4, 1948: Sri Lanka Independence Day

One in six Roma students excluded from school in Sheffield

Racism’s cruelest cut: coercive sterilisation of Romani women and their fight for justice in the Czech Republic (1966-2016)

Documentary by young Roma records testimonies of their Elders

Reconsidering ‘GYPSY’ As an Ethnic Slur As the DC Character Comes to the CW

How a Holocaust Commemoration Can Be a Starting Point for Today’s Roma Advocacy

Remembering the Romani Holocaust

More nations must follow Belgium’s lead on Israel

Trump, Netanyahu Discuss Iran and Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

Everything you need to know about Donald Trump’s pledge to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

Report: Obama quietly sent $221 million to the Palestinian Authority hours before leaving office

The Fate of Iraq’s Indigenous Communities

Yazidi Refugees Languish in Policy Spat After IS Attacks

Yazidi refugees arrive in Canada to open arms

Routed by IS, Yazidis Hope to Build ‘New Sinjar´

Tibet This Week

Passports of Kalachakra returnees torn on arrival, further punitive measures feared

China to Push Mandarin for Minorities

Tibet’s bottled water output to surpass one million tonnes

China says hopes Mongolia learned lesson after Dalai Lama visit

Exiled Tibetans hope Donald Trump will help in resolving Tibet issue

Appeasing China by sacrificing the interests of the Tibetan people have not yielded any benefits to India

Tibetan Doctor Linked to Self-Immolation is Freed After Beatings, Torture

First Tibet Interest Group Meeting of 2017 held in the European Parliament

In China, torture is real, and the rule of law is a sham

Tibet at United Nations-Strengthening Advocacy for Human Rights in Tibet

China objects Tibetan Prime Minister’s presence at US envoy’s dinner

Uighur independence activist invited by minor party to visit Taiwan

China Poised to Repeat Tibet Mistakes: Abusive Policies Planned for Uyghur Region

In Hong Kong, the Lunar New Year flower market takes the pulse of the city’s political climate

Chinese Military Newspaper Hurls Insults At Hong Kong Pop Star

Meet Iraq’s hipsters: Incredibly well-groomed Kurdish men launch clothing brand to prove Iraq is not just a country of war and terrorism

Kurdish Female Fighters: Leaders of a Revolution

‘Cubs of the Caliphate’ face problems reintegrating into local populations

Syrian Kurdish YPG says not bound by Astana peace talks outcome

Kurdistan Region prevents Kurdish infighting in northern Syria

The Case for a Kurdish State in the Middle East

Kurdish pop star fled Iraq as a child refugee and was threatened to be ‘hung with a rope of fire’

Erdogan’s crackdown on pro-Kurdish Halklarin Demokratik Partisi

Pro-Kurdish party to launch ‘no campaign’ against Erdogan empowerment

Yes ‘would win an indyref2 held in 2018’ claims former special adviser to Alex Salmond

Brexit: Article 50 ruling a ‘boost to independence,’ says Nicola Sturgeon

Celebrating Burns: Anither Blast Fir Burns – A poem by Rab Wilson

Profile: Gambia’s new President, Adama Barrow

Catalan president vows independence referendum, no matter what

Puigdemont in Brussels to defend Catalonia’s right to hold an independence referendum

Catalan President: “Europe cannot look the other way”

MEPs urge the EU to find a “democratic solution” for Catalonia

The leader of Catalonia’s independence movement deserves a fair trial

Rhode Island woman’s quest uncovers hundreds of Irish Famine graves

As Maharashtra makes big mining push, tribals push back

As Bastar mob hounds researcher Bela Bhatia out of her home, little has changed for activists here

More than 50 cities in twenty countries joined the global protest action #StopPutinsWarInUkraine

Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution, Then And Now

EU escalates its campaign against Russian propaganda

Russia is targeting French, Dutch and German elections with fake news, EU task force warns

Russian Political Interference: The Finnish Case

Ukraine demands say in any Russia-U.S. talks to end conflict on its territory

Legal war: Ukraine vs. Russia in international courts

Russian aggression against Ukraine not listed as a key problem for Council of Europe

EU court confirms Russia supplies weapons to Donbas separatists, upholds sanctions

Russian soldiers were called by Yanukovych to Crimea

Russian FSB stage abduction to deprive Crimean Tatar leader of his lawyer

Dirty Russian Media Lies as Repression Mounts in Occupied Crimea

Russia uses repression to remove witnesses to illegal arrests in occupied Crimea

Mystery death of ex-KGB chief linked to MI6 spy’s dossier on Donald Trump

Russia resorts to open terrorization of lawyers & their families in occupied Crimea

Jailed Pro-Ukrainian Crimean Activist likely subjected to torture

OSCE Representative condemns continued deterioration of media freedom and safety of journalists in areas not controlled by Ukrainian government

Donbas “republics” remove Ukrainian from local schools

Plans for a “Great Serbia” and the Kremlin’s hybrid war in the Balkans

Kosovo, Serb dispute threatens to derail Balkan peace

EU commissioner praises Serbia for handling migrant crisis

In Serbia, migrants are held in terrible conditions — from which they can’t leave

Balkan push for new coal-fired plants raises environmental concerns

Overview of Croatia’s Border Disputes with BiH, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Liberland

Capturing the Image of Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia

Remembering the genocide in Bosnia and beyond

Slovenia’s Ana Ros named world’s best female chef 2017

In Slovenia, Melania Trump–Themed Merchandise Sells

White House Website Removes Native American, LGBT, Climate Change, Healthcare & Civil Rights Web Pages

Trump Pushes DAPL, Keystone XL Forward With Executive Order

Native Americans Vow Legal Battle Over Trump Pipeline Orders

Indigenous Women Rise: Inside the Historic Women’s March By Native Youth Cierra Fields

Malia Obama Supports Standing Rock at Sundance

Pilot program puts aboriginal elders in family court process

Canada oil pipeline spills nearly 53,000 gallons on aboriginal land

Indigenous suicide: Struggling communities get $10 million funding boost

Australia Day protesters commemorate ‘Invasion Day’

City’s first Aboriginal councillor driving cultural awareness and opportunities

Locals concerned over closure of Mount Isa Link-Up office

The Human Zoo: Documentary sheds light on stolen Aboriginal people ‘treated as animals’

124 years after overthrow, Hawaiians continue sovereignty push

Rhode Island woman’s quest uncovers hundreds of Irish Famine graves

Former head of EC customs unit says border with Republic will return

In generation shift, Sinn Fein names O’Neill as Northern Ireland leader

With Brexit looming, Ireland’s once-disputed border is again contentious

Brexit Supreme court dismissal of Northern Ireland undermines Assembly’s democratic mandate

DUP ‘should back majority in Northern Ireland’ who voted Remain

UK Corbyn REFUSES to say if he would deploy UK troops to defend an ally invaded by Russia

Denmark remains world’s least corrupt nation

New Bulgaria President Pledges Post to Continuity, Democracy

Bulgaria: President sets date for early general elections

Wales: Carwyn Jones and Leanne Wood unite with alternative Brexit plan

Singapore Exchange to Launch LNG Index

Singapore 2G switchoff highlights digital divide

Singapore Consumer Prices Rise for First Time Since 2014

Hong Kong to return armored troop carriers to Singapore

Iceland is drilling the world’s deepest geothermal well

Biafra: Nigeria arrests 65 at pro-Trump rally

South Sudan: Strategic choice between bribery and right to self-determination for Saharawi people

Representative of Frente POLISARIO in France to BBC: We favour political solution with Morocco

Liberia: George Weah to lead opposition coalition into October 2017 elections

Mauritius PM appoints son as successor

Mauritius opposition hold mass protest calling for fresh elections

Burundi pardons political prisoners

The rise and exile of Gambia’s ex-President Yahya Jammeh

Families appeal to Gambian president to find missing victims of Jammeh’s regime

Gambia’s Barrow promises major reforms in first press conference as president

Somalia sets another date for presidential polls after four postponements

Seychelles passport, most powerful in Africa

Ethiopia’s Oromo leader facing terrorism charges denied bail again

IMF calls for international support in recovering CAR’s economic prospect

Benin: Authorities lift ban on 3 pro-opposition media outlets

Whistleblowers feted in Tunisia call for more protection

Kenyan court stops deportation of two South Sudanese opposition figures

Fighting resumes in Upper Nile region of South Sudan, scores feared dead

At least 7 dead after explosion outside Mogadishu hotel

Somali presidential aspirants start $30,000 candidacy process

Somaliland: Opening of the Diaspora Agency Office

Germany moves to atone for crimes against Namibia

EU considers increased support to help Libya tackle people smugglers

Libya Says Oil Sector Open Again for Business

It’s good to talk: Trump phones world leaders

The Cornwall Inspirational List: 50 of the most inspirational men and women in Cornwall today

Truro bidding to be European Capital of Culture

Tories planning to ditch Cornish national minority status?

Could we have our money back please Sir?

Government wants cosmopolitan country with best standards for the Maltese and hope for foreigners

Finland sees more deaths than births for first time since 1940

First American state to adopt Finnish baby box

Finnish cities at their safest since at least 2000

Sex crimes on the rise

Lebanon’s security forces foil suicide bomber in busy Beirut district

Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize: Peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia

Georgia has been and remains top US ally in the region

New awareness campaign to boost EU-Georgia integration

Georgia’s Defence Minister initiates Nordic-Baltic-Georgian cooperation format

2017 will be very active in NATO-Georgia relations

Hungarians in mourning after horror coach crash

Eastern European countries back NATO support against Russia

Baltic prime ministers to meet with Donald Tusk in Tallinn

Finland, Sweden to consider training along with NATO forces in Lithuania

Ecuador Assumes G77 Presidency, Commits to Promoting Equality

Talysh: Round-Table Discussion Calls for Autonomy and Democratic Change in Azerbaijan

Spokesperson of Balochistan People’s Party Meets with EU Institutions in Brussels

Sindh: Provincial Government Outlaws Child Labour

People of West Papua signing global petition to the UN calling for internationally supervised vote on Independence

Indonesian government to block websites that spread the new petition to the UN

Support for the petition from inside Timika prison in West Papua

Hundreds of people showing support for the petition in Timika, West Papua, outside the prison

Demonstration in support of the petition in Port Numbay/Jayapura

West Papuans not yet a minority in homeland

Greek farmers gunning engines for nationwide protests, blockades

Turkmenistan: Two prisoner of conscience deaths from torture?

Turkmenistan Tirelessly Searching for New Markets for Its Energy

PM Fico: Fascism is not creeping into Slovakia but openly present

EU denies Russia say in Moldova Association Agreement

Moldova: President Wants To Cancel Agreement For NATO Office In Capital

Moldovan President Says ‘Strategic Partnership’ With Russia Essential

Fight over migrant centers in Belarus

Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer whose works gave voice to revolution, dies at 86

Before Haiti’s president-elect even takes office, he’s battling money-laundering suspicions

Luxembourg to set bar high for UK firms seeking post-Brexit relocation

Armenian Service Awarded For Reporting on Migration

Bolivia: The Proud Child Laborers

Bolivia Might Become the South American Energy Core

Lasting Impunity for Violations in Russia’s North Caucasus and Human Rights Crisis in Chechnya

Kadyrov Says Chechens In Russian Military Police In Syria

Gang rape in Sweden streamed live on Facebook

A 100,000-Year Tomb for Finland’s Nuclear Waste

Ukrainian President: Finland and Ukraine both face external threat

CERN pact aimed at halting brain drain in central Macedonia

Development bank EBRD readying northern Cyprus plans

Kuwait declares state of emergency over oil leak on shore

The Roma people’s Hungarian hell

Montenegro Opposition Chiefs ‘Seek Investors’ in Chechnya

Iwi festival brings celebration and unity among Maori generations

How a nod from Germany could trigger a second Scottish independence referendum

Eritrea hasn’t held an election since 1991

Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa’s Most Repressive State

RFE/RL Crimea Contributor Indicted

Adivasi Mela 2017 begins in Odisha capital

Protestant and Catholic employment rates level for first time in Northern Ireland

‘One-China policy’ must not dilute Taiwan’s independence

Roma in Kosovo: The justice that never came

Malta looking to build on its success

Indigenous views on Australia Day

Thousands march demanding change to Australia Day, citing aboriginal injustices

Videotaped gang rape in Haiti sparks debate on sexual violence

Kuwait hangs seven people including royal

What Finland’s plan to be tobacco-free can teach the world

Goodwill short-lived between Kosovo and Serbia after EU talks

Pot, Kettle, Black: The U.S. And Norwegian Air

Indigenous tribes: Arizona road a threat to sacred land

Donald Trump’s ‘Forgotten’ People Doesn’t Include Native Americans, Apparently

Migration Helping to ‘Russify’ Crimea

At Hong Kong New Year Fair, Defiance Gives Way to Resignation

Indigenous languages are being wiped out – and social media isn’t helping

Nordic NATO Members Alert to Risk of Russian Cyberattacks

Bulgaria’s interim PM says priority is fair elections

EU Debates Whether Yazidi Refugees Merit Special Protection

Tibetan govt to highlight the the human rights violations in Tibet at UN

‘Serious Retreats’ In Indigenous Rights Protection, Says UN Rapporteur

Marriage between Nigeria and Biafra no longer working – Pro Biafra Agitators

Greek Farmers Briefly Block Crossing at Bulgaria Border

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January 15, 1992: Croatia Marks 25th Anniversary of International Recognition

January 16, 2014: Ukrainian anti-protest laws passed by the Parliament of Ukraine

January 20, 1990, Azerbaijan: Black January

January 20, 1991: Barricades remembered in Latvia

January 22, 1919: Day of Unity of Ukraine

January 26, 1788: Australia Day to Invasion Day to Survival Day

Russia’s Chechnya chief says over 50 suspected militants detained

Fleeing Chechens stranded at door to EU

Details Of Roundup Of Suspected Chechen Extremists Unclear, Contradictory

Chechnya Fast Facts

Copenhagen tops Global Talent Competitiveness Index

IS fighters to stop receiving Danish unemployment benefits

Western Sahara: Fragile peace is “on the brink of collapse,” warned New York Times

Lectures on Western Sahara in Japan

North Africa’s Next War

Is FiShara in the Western Sahara the world’s most isolated film festival?

Western Sahara’s Polisario to test EU court ruling on oil shipment

Paris peace conference agrees on two-state solution in Mideast — but neither Israel nor Palestinians take part

Palestinian embassy opens in Vatican City

Why Trump’s team invited leaders of Israel’s settler movement to attend the inauguration

Film: Arktischen Bären

Greenland’s huge internet upgrade may have some hidden costs

Greenland’s prehistoric hunting-grounds are bucking for World Heritage designation

9 facts that’ll make you want to visit Greenland right now

Violence in Balochistan Continues

News from Wamena, West Papua. Pastor Beaten and Tortured by Indonesian Police

Review of West Papua and International developments in 2016

Kantius Heselo, Chairperson of West Papua National Committee in Sorong arrested by Indonesian police

Detention extended for 4 West Papuan political prisoners for treason for demonstrating peacefully

Depopulation of the Papuan People

West Papuan students tortured by Indonesian police in Dogiyai

West Papua: Website Covering Human Rights Violations Blocked by Indonesian Government

Tibetans in Switzerland demanding Free Tibet when China’s president Xitler arrive at Bern. 32 Tibetans jailed.

Tibet protesters detained in Swiss capital during Xi Jinping visit

World Uyghur Congress participated in demonstrations in Geneva in anticipation of Chinese President Xi Jinping

Why more Chinese companies will come to Switzerland

What’s the secret to Switzerland’s success?

Switzerland is world’s best country for attracting talent

Thousands of protesters march through Geneva

China appoints new Tibet governor: Xinhua

Press freedom predator Xi given Davos platform: Media watchdog

Demolition, Expulsions Stop For Now at Larung Gar

Call for release of Tibetan language advocate

Tibetans in Chengdu Call for Bilingual Education for Their Children

Dalai Lama’s Home Dharamshala Made Second Capital Of State

Japan helping Mongolia improve its public pension system

Hungarian firm to produce biometric passports for Mongolia

Mongolia to introduce e-signature in 2018

New China-Mongolia Mining Deal: Economic Windfall or Environmental Threat?

Learning the Singapore way

China will “take off the gloves” if Trump continues on Taiwan, state media warns

Taiwan leader concludes America tour amid Beijing harassment

Beijing wants to crush youth activists in Taiwan and Hong Kong trying to band together

Hong Kong activists declare ‘war’ after appeal bid snub

Taiwan to test criminal gang links in protest against HK activists

Rumors fly that HK-based singer Hins Cheung to be cut from mainland show ‘I Am A Singer’ for political reasons

Robert Chow: Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing firebrand

Hong Kong gov’t bans two political groups from selling merchandise at New Year fair fearing pro-independence merchanise

Hong Kong’s Localist Revolutionaries

Beijing’s Responses to Hong Kong Independence Movements Expected

Hong Kong Media Lose Independent Stance After Bad Year For Press Freedom in China

Hong Kong’s future in doubt as China flexes muscles

Beijing Worried Trump Taiwan Call Indicator of U.S. Policy Changes

Belgium aims to open Honorary Consulate in Kurdistan

US to build biggest consulate building in Erbil

Biden accepts President Barzani’s invitation to visit Kurdistan

Turkey arrests Iranian Kurdish writers

Turkey invites three Kurdish leaders to Syria peace talks

The curse of oil in Iraqi Kurdistan

Iran’s Kurdistan Democratic Party elects new leader

A unified Kurdistan necessary for tomorrow’s challenges

Turkish prosecutor seeks up to 142 years in jail for Kurdish leader

Turkish forces penetrate into Kobani countryside targeting Kurdish forces

Kurdish president: Independent Kurdistan is ‘neither a rumor nor a dream

Multi-party Kurdish delegation will open independence talks with Baghdad

Kurdish Independence and New Constraints on Ankara’s Relations with Erbil

A baby named Trump and admiration for a new U.S. president in northern Iraq

Clashes break out between Kurds and Iranian forces on anniversary of ‘Kurdistan Republic’

Assyria: Anti-Christian Campaign of Turkish Government Gains Momentum

Catalan, Basque leaders snub Spanish regional talks

Catalonia versus the Spanish state — the battleground in the new year

Puigdemont to explain the Catalan Referendum in the European Parliament

Spanish Government sees referendum as ‘democratic abnormality’ and vows to fight it ‘firmly’

Catalan separatists launch new independence campaign

“2017 will mark the start of a new era for Catalonia”, Catalan President Carles Puigdemont

Catalan government to guarantee electronic referendum vote for those living abroad

Diplocat argues that Germany would deal with a case like Catalonia’s “more intelligently” than Spain

Catalan MEPs urge the new president of European Parliament to keep his word and allow Catalan language

Spain’s Supreme Court to try Francesc Homs over 9-N vote

Catalonia to set recommended rental price to avoid new housing bubble

Resilience personified: An Indigenous woman’s perseverance pays off

Innovative strategy for at-risk and Indigenous youth in Vancouver gains momentum

City launches new strategy to improve supports for urban Indigenous people

Saskatoon program helps Indigenous kids get ‘fire lit inside’

McMaster students seek to understand Indigenous youth mental health

Canada’s Indigenous call for national suicide strategy

Ontario chief suggests class action lawsuit to stop Indigenous youth suicides

Vancouver Island First Nation files aboriginal-title claim in court

History To Be Made As Native Legislators Take on Leadership Roles Across the US

Native and Civil Rights Hang in the Balance

Native Americans expect nothing good from Trump…

Faith Spotted Eagle on the Settler-Colonial Mind-Set

Leonard Peltier Denied Clemency in Obama’s Last Days

Center for Native American Youth to Honor American Indian and Alaska Native Youth Leaders

Housing Conditions Worse for American Indian Households

Bolivian jail where families live alongside their criminal relatives

Bolivia Environment Minister Resigns Amid Historic Drought

Bolivia to Build Nuclear Center with Russian Technology

Brazil: Indigenous People Face Uphill Battle for their Rights in 2017

Malia Obama Traveled Bolivia During Her Gap Year and Spent Time With Quechua Community

Russification through church

The first Putin’s Champion Award Recipient Is: Marine Le Pen

Russian involvement in Donetsk and Luhansk

Ukraine sues Russia at UN for acts of “terrorism” and “discrimination” related to eastern Ukraine and annexation of Crimean Peninsula

Over half the Berkut officers suspected of Maidan killings given shelter by Russia

Price of Appeasing Russian Adventurism

UN envoy on Putin: A murderer of journalists isn’t a good partner

Freedom cannot be traded in Ukraine

Estonian minister: Russia sanctions shouldn’t be lifted as reward for cooperation elsewhere

Swiss minister wants an end to Russia sanctions

German opposition leader calls for security union with Russia, dissolution of NATO

Putin will meddle in upcoming elections

Russian nationalist accused of war crimes in Ukraine deported from Norway

Third anti-war protest #StopPutinsWarInUkraine took place worldwide

Domestic Refugees in Ukraine: Waiting Out the War

Pickets in support of Crimean Tatars, against Kremlin repression held in St. Petersburg

Putin Will Come: Warning From The Russian Opposition

A Russian presidential candidate recognizes Crimea part of Ukraine

Ukraine’s Savchenko Draws Fire For Crimea Comments

Ukrainians are fired from the biggest plant of Crimea

Poroshenko: Ukraine will get Crimea back

Crimean authorities refuse to investigate abductions of Ukrainians

Mejlis head calls on Ukrainian authorities to initiate creation of Crimean Tatar Autonomous Republic

“Balkan autumn” VS “Russian spring” — how Russia tried to hold on to the Balkans in 2016

Balkan Feminists Rally in Solidarity With US Women

Melania Trump’s hometown in Slovenia marks inauguration

Macedonia says its capital is most polluted city in Europe

Macedonia Warns Serbia to Keep Out of Name Game

Kosovo launches drive to encourage women to claim property rights

Serbia-Kosovo train row escalates to military threat

Serbia’s President Says Ready to Protect Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo

Serbia wants to annex part of Kosovo using ‘Crimea model’: Kosovo president

US Urges Serbia, Kosovo to Avoid Nationalist Rhetoric

Protesters In Kosovo Demand France Release Former Prime Minister Haradinaj

Dodik’s Secession Talk Keeps Bosnia on Edge

U.S. imposes sanctions on Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Dodik

New Movements Emerge Ahead of Albanian Elections

CIA declassifies document on Lithuania’s post-WWII guerrilla fighting

Lithuania to build fence on border with Russian exclave

Gorbachev served summons to testify in 1991 crackdown trial in Lithuania

Estonia, Lithuania sign defence deal with US after Trump bashes NATO

Estonians join paramilitary forces to face Russia fears

Moldova turns from EU to Russia

New President of Moldova does not risk to recognize Crimea part of Russia

Commission approves new aid programme for Moldova

In Russia, Moldovan president says he may scrap EU trade pact

Moldovan President In Moscow To Meet Putin, Discuss Transdniester

Moldova: PM insists ex-Soviet republic wants to join EU

For Former Soviet Republics, Moscow Has a New Playbook

Reunifying Cyprus

Britain, Greece and Turkey wrap up security talks on Cyprus

No timeframe for resumption of Cyprus conference

Security options: can international precedents inform Cyprus?

Can Malta lead in Europe?

Malta Can Lead in Digital Identity Management

Ireland and Malta to probe closer ties on defence matters

Mind your language in Luxembourg

Luxembourg has best healthcare in the world

EU’s future in its own hands say Latvia and Luxembourg

CIA gives a glimpse of Latvia under Soviet occupation

Basques rally for end to Spain’s dispersion policy for ETA prisoners

Estonia to adopt more modest behavior ahead of upcoming EU presidency

Amid Trump’s NATO Blasts, U.S. Marines’ Norway Mission Goes On

Riga, Minsk to make joint bid for hosting 2021 World Ice-Hockey Championship

February 17 – Outraged Belarusians’ March

Freedom Of Expression: Why Do Belarusian Authorities Fear Graffiti?

20 Facts About Belarus In One Video

Belarus To Extradite Russian Blogger To Azerbaijan

Turkmenistan: Life under Trump: What will happen next?

Oromo: Feyisa Lelisa runs in exile after his protest in Rio

Pride in this rich country called Jamaica

Jamaica’s Decade of Misery Is Almost Over

Jamaica’s last vinyl factory Tuff Gong to start pressing records again

Haiti’s cholera fight hits global stage at World Economic Forum in Davos

Donor ‘consortium’ needed to bolster Haiti’s long-term recovery and eradicate cholera, UN adviser says

Women Empowerment In Haiti: Teaching Women To Fish … And More

Discrimination against women continues unabated in West Africa – ECOWAS

14 Benin prisoners ‘abandoned’ in death row despite scrap of death penalty

217 raped by South Sudanese rival forces since July 2016 violence: UN report

Benin malaria drug innovation changing lives

Yahya Jammeh ‘agrees to step down and leave’ The Gambia

Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh flies into exile

AU chief: Obama made Africa proud as POTUS, welcomes Trump

Namibia: Professional Hunters Welcome China’s Ivory Ban

A Colonial-Era Wound Opens in Namibia

Biafra Agitation: Need For A Referendum

The case for Pro-Biafra agitators

Why Biafrans Support Donald Trump

Trump rally turns to tragedy as pro-Biafrans ‘shot dead’ in Nigeria

The man fighting for independence of the tiny West African nation of Biafra… from a council flat in Peckham

Pro-Donald Trump rally in Nigeria leaves 20 dead, many missing: reports

Ogoni: MOSOP Strongly Believes in Peaceful Solution of Niger Delta Conflict

Tamazigh in Morocco: Righting Wrongs

Hanane Oubella Crowned Miss Amazigh of 2017

Billboards and van adverts accuse BBC Scotland of bias

Scotland: Labour leaders harden rejection of independence

With Hard Brexit looming, Nicola Sturgeon asks: What kind of country do we want to be?

Second independence referendum inevitable after Theresa May announces hard Brexit plans

Scots protesters join world to show distaste for Trump

Scotland: Demographics of Independence

How a new data report may hold the key to winning indyref2

‘Clock is ticking’ on Scottish independence vote

Scotland faces independence choice after UK single market decision

Scotland faces independence choice after UK single market decision – Sturgeon

Alex Salmond: Scotland will vote for independence in two years

Welsh language group Cymdeithas yr Iaith refuses to answer UKIP questions

Llangennech School pupils WILL be taught solely in Welsh

Welsh institutions named in top LGBT employers list

Everything you need to know about the next stage of devolution to Wales

First female bishop consecrated in Wales

Ireland: Brexit vote forces Dublin to seek new EU friends

Brexit may be just what the doctor ordered — for Ireland

Ireland to consider banning schools from using religion in admissions

Northern Ireland child abuse inquiry singles out police and church

Northern Ireland faces snap election amid political crisis

End of an era in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland: Tens of thousands taken off Stormont electoral roll

Australia was invaded, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk

‘We were the first’: How No Fixed Address made white Australia listen

Australia names first indigenous minister

Budj Bim Cultural Landscape: Ancient Aboriginal site a step closer to UNESCO World Heritage status

No picnic at Hanging Rock: Campaign to recognise Aboriginal past rather than ‘white myth’

Indigenous arts community lobby Government to make it illegal to sell fake Aboriginal-style souvenirs

Finland: world’s largest parents’ evening

“We’ve been driven away”: Nordic climate project disrupts lives in Uganda

Will Finland’s basic income trial help the jobless?

Must-see Finland: A year of centenary celebrations

Juuso the bear makes artistic debut at Finnish gallery

NATO is a cornerstone of Europe: Finland foreign minister

Austria’s far-right Freedom Party calls for ban on ‘fascistic Islam”

Austria And Russia: A Love Story In Oil

Austria ‘foils potential terror attack’

Yezidi IDPs on Mount Shingal struggling beneath heavy snow

As Support for E.U. Flags Elsewhere, Bulgaria Sees Its Benefits

Where is Bulgaria After Ten Years in the EU?

Bulgaria’s communist UFO: The abandoned Buzludzha Monument

Bulgaria’s president elect says to dissolve parliament in a week’s time

Portugal protests Spain’s stockpiling of nuke waste near border

Jack Straw and UK government must face kidnap and torture claims, court rules

Russia turns to Libya with show of support for eastern commander

East Libya rejects humanitarian aid from Italy

Libya, Neighbors Hold Talks in Cairo to End Country’s Crisis

Native Affairs Summer Series – Catalan Experts – Make te reo Maori compulsory

Native Affairs Summer Series – DNA of Maori identity

Maori emojis ‘culturally insensitive’

Destruction of Maori village recalled at ceremony

African-born actor in Hungary: ‘People just see me as a migrant’

Hungary set to turn screws on Soros-backed NGOs

New ‘Stop Soros’ Movement Unveiled in Macedonia

Mass rape of Adivasi women in Bastar: Why are human rights body and women’s panel mum?

Tribals of Chinna Jaggampeta left to starve by authorities

‘Safeguard Adivasi rights over forest lands’

Historian’s new book praised for challenging perceptions of Adivasis

Adivasis of Chinna Jaggampeta sit on hunger strike

Back to the cradle of tribal civilization

Ambulances to jam car radios in Sweden

Lone wolves the biggest terror threat facing Sweden in 2017

Sweden conservatives woo far-right to topple government

Sweden’s population reaches historic ten million milestone

Roma and Sinti were again not taken into considaration for the UN Holocaust Commemoration

Far-right violence against Roma in Hungary: victory in Strasbourg for the Helsinki Committee

Azerbaijan’s Successful Path

Another Youth Activist Convicted on False Drug Charges in Azerbaijan

Lebanon gets a new government, now it needs a new economy

Divorce in Lebanon

Lebanon foils bomber in busy Beirut district: security sources

Kuwait’s World-Beating Stock Rally May Just Be Getting Started

Nato to open regional centre in Kuwait

Nordic noir turns dark reality in Iceland as girl vanishes

How Iceland‘s winning war on teen substance abuse

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January 7, 1977: The Women Of Charter 77 And The New Dissenters

January 11, 1932: Soviet leadership make a decision enabling Holodomor in Ukraine

January 13, 1991: Soviets storm Vilnius TV tower in Lithuania killing 14 unarmed civilians

January 14, 2004: Georgia celebrates National Flag Day today

January 22, 1919: Day of Unity of Ukraine

29-30 March, 2017: Uyghur Youth Leadership Training Seminar Application

Batumi Trump Tower project in Georgia officially cancelled

Kerry: “Nothing was done after Russia invaded Georgia in 2008”

One day five years ago a man left his house to find it in a different country

Turkmen petroleum products will be transported via Georgia

Frankfurt Book Fair director visits Georgia

Russia’s creeping annexation of Georgian territory

Blood Brothers – Why Lithuanians feel Ukraine’s pain

ISIS kidnaps 1,200 Yazidis, moves them to Mosul

Brave Yazidi teenager tells her story of sex slavery and torture

‘They raped us; they killed our men’: Psychologist helps Yazidi women recover from trauma of ISIS captivity

Freed Yezidis from Mosul renew hope for those still missing

PKK will leave Shingal only once it is under Yezidi control

Iraq’s Yazidi community clings to homeland amid genocide

In the hunt for new ideas, Singapore eases obsession with grades

China links seized vehicles to Singapore’s ties with Taiwan

Uighurs in Kyrgyzstan hope for peace despite violence

Chinese police shoot dead three ‘terror’ suspects in Xinjiang

Xinjiang town orders residents to engrave names and ID numbers on to all knives, including kitchen tools

Group to Probe China’s Human Rights Violations Under U.S. Law

China to ‘take revenge’ if Trump recognizes Taiwan’s independence

US lawmakers defy China’s objections, meet President of Taiwan

China says committed to peace as aircraft carrier passes near Taiwan

Nigeria orders Taiwan trade office to move out of capital

China Tries To Push Taiwan Out Of Its Second Continent, Africa

Human Rights in Hong Kong at Lowest Point Since 1997 Handover

Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians attacked by China protesters

Hong Kong’s legal elite voice autonomy fears after China intervention

Tibetan PM in exile for negotiation with China

Hundreds of Tibetans defy China, gather at birthplace of Buddhism in India

Kalachakra: Dalai Lama’s message to Tibetans inside Tibet

Hope and joy in photos of the first nuns to earn “doctorates” of Tibetan Buddhism

Eat, pray, love the Communist Party: a road trip through Tibetan lands, guided by China

Richard Gere in Bodh Gaya for Dalai Lama’s Kalachakra

Swiss limit Tibetan protest against visit by Chinese president

Why are Swiss-Chinese relations so close?

Can gifts help save local democracy?

Can one be refused a Swiss passport for being too Swiss?

Biafra: Kanu, others ask court to quash treason charge against them

Biafra: Court Fixes February 10 to Rule On Kanu’s Application

Biafra: Kanu in court, alleges plot to detain him perpetually

Journalists ‘barred’ from attending trial of pro-Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu in Abuja

West Papua independence bid continues decades after 1969 UN backing

Indonesia: Silence, and Complicity on Human Rights Abuses

Free West Papua Campaign Australia hold demonstrations outside the Indonesian Consulate tomorrow

ISIS are welcome to help to defend the state of Indonesia

West Papuan attacked by 8 Indonesian soldiers

Four West Papuan students charged with treason

West Papuan Independence Leader Benny Wenda’s interview with Al Jazeera

West Papuan children forcibly removed from families and sent to Islamic schools for re-education

Australia continues to train and fund Indonesian soldiers who murder West Papuans peacefully advocating for their legal right to self determination

Latest effort by a non-tribal person to publicise Adivasi culture ended up offending them

Chhattisgarh police’s arrest of 7 Telangana activists a reminder of its license to destroy lives

Why do reports of mass rape of Adivasi women by the police fail to elicit outrage?

Jharkhand tribals’ protest

Adivasi: Ashram schools – disguised death traps

What Indigenous businesspeople in Toronto think about a district of their own

Coroner blames Aboriginal suicides on Canada’s “ancient apartheid system”

Interactively Tracking Stolen Land in the Name of Oil in Ecuador

Bolivian Water Crisis as Glaciers Vanish

Bolivia’s 1st Autonomous Indigenous Govt To Take Local Office

Forest Guardians: Indigenous Continue Fight against Illegal Logging and Mining in Brazil

National Indigenous Congress announces a parallel indigenous government

Exclusive Interview With Leonard Peltier: ‘I’d Be There For My People Again’

US: Tribes Showing Continued Interest In Solar Energy

‘Their Culture Is Their Armor’

The value of indigenous people

Study Will Explore Best Practices for Creating Free Knowledge in Indigenous Languages on Wikipedia

New Tasmanian play with all-Aboriginal cast set for Opera House premiere

Aboriginal Australians co-existed with the megafauna for at least 17,000 years

Australia Day is a day of mourning – indigenous TV producer

Indigenous family of 10 strong women star in refreshing new reality series

Deadly Indigenous people to watch in 2017

‘You cannot do things alone’: Sherwood Park man receives Aboriginal Lifetime Achievement Award

Politician’s New Year challenge – speak only in Maori

Maori language app launched by the Department of Conservation

Maori suicide rates up dramatically since 1980s

Greenland: Independence is a virtue

Germany may pay out for Namibia genocide

Lawyers for indigenous Namibia groups file suit against Germany over 1904 genocide

Main Killers of Civilians in Syria in 2016

Syrian Kurdish groups say not invited to peace talks

Ankara riled by US push for Kurdish seat at Syria talks

Iraqi Kurdistan, Caught Between Worlds

Turkish PM meets Iraqi Kurdish leader in Erbil

Turkey suspends pro-Kurdish lawmaker for ‘genocide’ comment

Is Turkey wiping out Kurdish institutions during lengthy state of emergency?

New ISIS Video Shows 3 Militant Children Executing ‘PKK Spies’

The Becoming Of Kurdistan

Diaspora plays a role in furthering Kurdish cause

Iranian Kurdistan: Is an Independent Nation Taking Shape?

Iranian Kurdistan/Southern Azerbaijan: Ayatollah Rafsanjani’s Funeral Becomes Opportunity to Voice Dissent

2016 most fatal year for Kurdish Kulbar: Hangaw

Student translates literature into Kurdish to celebrate native language

Obama Extends Sanctions On Russia Over Aggression In Ukraine By One Year

U.S. Sanctions Russia’s Bastrykin And Alleged Litvinenko Killers

Trump Says He’s Open To Shift On Russia Sanctions

Trump Nominates outspoken critic of Russia’s seizure of Crimea as Intelligence Chief

Canada names leading Russia critic, as foreign minister

Which Repression in Russian-occupied Crimea is ‘Smart’, Mr Trump?

Moscow plans to ‘export separatism’ to Baltic countries

Europe erects defenses to counter Russia’s information war

Waiting for medical assistance prisoners die in the remand prison of Simferopol

Russia Invades Crimea, Then Charges Crimeans with ‘Violent Seizure of Power’

FSB detains Ukrainian Cultural Centre activist & his wife in Russian-occupied Crimea

Survey results: Human rights violated badly in Crimea

Will Trump Recognize Russian Annexation of Crimea?

Crimea: In the Dark: The silencing of dissent

Tillerson: Russia Had No Right to Take Crimea

Tillerson says ‘weak’ US response to Crimea emboldened Russian aggression in Ukraine

Ireland Reconsiders Its Constitutional Ban on Abortion

Phil Hogan urges Ireland to keep distance from UK on Brexit

Irish language campaign logo goes viral on social media

Stormont in crisis: Ten-year power-sharing pact ends with exit of Martin McGuinness

Northern Ireland faces elections as deputy leader McGuinness quits

How did it come to this? The cash for ash scandal that brought down Northern Ireland’s government

In Northern Ireland, old divisions could have a new casualty: Brexit

Why Brexit means Irish unity is now inevitable

Paul Givan reverses cuts to Irish language scheme

Máirtín Ó Muilleoir challenges 280-year-old law banning Irish in court

Tory MP Dismisses Malta As A ‘Tiny Little Island’

The future of theatre in Malta

Pope Francis’s authority challenged by Knights of Malta over condom row

Corruption allegations tarnish Malta’s EU presidency

Malta accused of being tax haven as it takes EU presidency

Malta raises alarm on Russia in Libya

Slovenian tourism stirs ‘Melania’ hype

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin May Meet In Slovenia, Melania’s Home Country

6 Reasons Montenegro May Be This Year’s Most Tempting Travel Destination

Support for Montenegro’s Accession to NATO Would Send a Message of Strength

Montenegro seeks extradition of 2 Serbs over failed coup

Serbia: Two Suspects Detained In Alleged Montenegro Coup Attempt

Kosovo blocks entry of ‘provocative’ train from Serbia

Serbia Seeks Extradition From France of Former Kosovo PM

Albanians Abroad Unite for Kosovo Ex-PM Haradinaj

Serbia says it will retaliate if France refuses to hand over Kosovo ex-PM

Serbia under fire for Russian gas deals

Bosnia to expel foreign nationals who have violated property investment rules

Bosnian Serbs Mark Controversial ‘Statehood’ Holiday

Bosnian Serbs halt contact with envoy over national day ‘insults’

Photographers Document Bosnia’s ‘War of Memories’

Croatia’s pension reform: An uncertain future

Croatia to Introduce Euro ASAP

On surviving the Christmas holidays as a lesbian in Bulgaria

Anti-corruption party launches in Bulgaria as election approaches

Albanian Political Parties Demand Language Equality In Macedonia

Albania – A trustworthy and solid partner for the euro-atlantic agenda in the Balkans

Lithuania marks 1991 independence dead as fears rise about Russia, Trump

UN classifies Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia as Northern European countries

Estonia wants to build government systems with other countries

Moscow plans to ‘export separatism’ to Baltic countries

Baltic populations still shrinking

Russian propaganda unsuccessful in Latvia

Lithuania’s foreign minister: Dialogue with Russia shouldn’t be smokescreen for inaction

NATO’s ex-military commander: Dialogue with Russia inevitable

Within just a few years, Russia has been able to transform itself from a partner to a strategic problem for all

NATO Deputy Secretary General: US armored brigade a ‘proportionate response’ to Russia

US defense secretary nominee backs permanent troops in Baltics

Lithuania bars data centre project over fears of Russian spying

Cyber attacks among ‘eight main threats’ to Sweden

Sweden PM ‘can’t rule out’ Russian interference in Swedish elections

Denmark: big year ahead for the 850-year-old capital and European city of culture

Norwegian mass murderer Breivik in human rights appeal case

Iceland’s Independence Party Forms New Government, Pirates Excluded

Iceland gets new government, could restart EU entry talks

Iceland ousted one leader named in the Panama Papers, but ended up with another on the list

‘Tom of Finland’ Opens Goteborg Film Festival

World’s most eco-friendly icebreaker starts duty in Finland

Finnish President mulls changing political landscape as Trump prepares to take office

Niinistö to meet Putin twice in 2017

Four soldiers dead in Jerusalem truck attack

A multibillion-dollar natural gas boom may reunify Cyprus

Cyprus: four decades of division and negotiations

Cyprus, the endgame

Cyprus fears Russia could wreck reunification

Indyref2 still in sight as May drops heavy hints about hard Brexit and Sturgeon insists ‘I’m not bluffing’

Alex Salmond blasts Theresa May as he tells Scots to prepare for a second independence referendum

Yes Scotland’s digital chief: We’re going to have to be clever if we want to win … and we are going to win

Wee Ginger Dug: Don’t wait for permission … Scotland’s future is in our hands

Elaine C Smith: Scotland deserves a better script… let’s start writing it

Indyref2 can be won with a radical agenda say Greens

‘Huge response’ after Labour for Independence relaunches

What we know about Yes and No voters … and how it can help us move forward with indyref2

‘We’ve got the band back together’: Pictures from the first Yes conference since 2014

Sarah Beattie-Smith: Scotland could be a beacon of hope if we work together

Norwegian politicians say Scotland could only join EFTA if independent

Campaigners gather for conference to prepare for indyref2

Yes campaigners make proposals for Scottish pound in bid to improve IndyRef2 bid

Mystery NY donor funds Basque campaign showing girls with penises and boys with vulvas

Euskadi: thousands rally in Spain for ETA prisoners to be moved closer to families

Portugal mourns ‘father of liberty and democracy’ Mario Soares

Catalonia’s Romeva on Mario Soares: “He understood the singularity of Catalonia’s democratic demands”

Spain and Catalunya at loggerheads over independence referendum

Catalonia: Spanish Prosecutor demands 9-year ban from public office for Homs for allowing 9-N symbolic vote

Latvia’s PM wasn’t bribed to support Catalonia’s independence process

Puigdemont won’t stand for president in next Catalan elections

Will Catalonia try to secede from Spain this year?

Catalans plead with EU to recognise ‘insistence on democracy’

Spanish government “must get more involved” in Sahrawi cause

“Moroccan expansionism is a drama that affects the entire region”

Western Sahara: Year of Reform and Repression

Czech Republic: ARA ART launches campaign to support LGBT Roma

Look back in anger: 2016 through a Roma rights lens (part 1)

Stázka Brodníčková: I wouldn’t have come this far without my foster mother

Greek gov’t launches drive for social inclusion of Roma

Bullies Force Out Roma Kids

Czech Republic, Slovakia to cooperate on guarding air spaces

Azerbaijan wants a solid foundation for EU relationship

Azerbaijan’s Oil Fund to carry out transfer to Central Bank with ceiling of AZN 7.5 bn in 2017 first time in its history

The Price for Journalism in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan: Sustained Crackdown

Azerbaijan: Rights Groups Demand Justice for journalist Mehman Huseynov Tortured in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan: Using Soviet Methods to Revive Cotton Industry

Chechen President Kadyrov curses Stalin

Prospects For Chechnya’s Oil Sector Remain Unclear

Speaker of Chechen parliament threatens journalist Grigory Shvedov

Moldova wants to be a bridge between East and West

Moldova To Receive Up To 100 Million Euros In EU Aid

Belarus Introduces Visa-Free Five-Day Stay For Citizens Of 80 Countries

Salaries In Belarus To Amount To $40

‘Europe’s last dictatorship’ has a new plan: Tourism

Belarus To Build Camps For Refugees From Syria, Chechnya, Ukraine?

CPJ Urges Belarus To Release Russian Blogger Wanted In Azerbaijan

Lebanon’s Aoun visits Riyadh to mend Saudi fences

Lebanon: Time for Action on Rights Abuses

Jamaica Says U.S. And Others Are ‘Poaching’ Its Nurses

Luxembourg’s Bid to Become the Silicon Valley of Space Mining

Luxembourg broaches dropping French and German as official languages

‘Change education’ to hit one million Welsh speakers target

Welsh language centres will succeed, says Alun Davies

Corbyn rejects idea for Welsh immigration control

Palestinians in Israel strike over home demolitions

Israel lobby infiltrates UK student movement

The Next ‘Exodus?’ Jews Moving Out of France, Italy, Belgium To Israel At Large Rates

Syria accuses Israel of military airport rocket attack

Algerians celebrate Berber New Year amid calls for official holiday

Italy reopening embassy in Libya two years after closure

Libya Ramps Up Oil Production, Threatening OPEC Plans

Russia woos top Libyan military chief

World in Progress: Fleeing from oppression and poverty in Eritrea

Hungary to Meet NATO Defense Spending Goal by 2026

Hungary Plans to Crack Down on All Soros-Funded NGOs

Scotland is butt of jokes in Hungary and Scots are asking for a ‘square go’

Armenia raises alarm as abortions of girls skew population

Armenia: No Accountability for Police Violence

U.S. citizens targeted after extradition of Haiti ex-coup leader

Rebel. Drug Fugitive. Hero? Haiti Erupts Over an Arrest

Here are the real lessons from flawed responses to Haiti’s disasters

Austria to propose plans for businesses to hire local workers ahead of other EU citizens

Greece’s Supreme Court Rules Against Extradition of Remaining Turkish Army Men

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January 01, 2007: Bulgaria Marks 10 Years of EU Membership

January 01, 1814: Haiti observes 214th anniversary of political independence

Rapper from Cornwall is taking the internet by storm with song about PASTIES

What Does It Mean To Be Cornish In 2017?

Chair of Welsh language group refuses to pay TV licence fee

Wales needs more “innovative” grassroots media to help explain how the nation works

Radio Cymru is 40: Penblwydd Hapus

Western Mail launches its latest Welsh History Month with women centre stage

Smiles and happy tears as new parents open Scotland’s first baby boxes

Consultation on a Draft Scottish Independence Referendum Bill

Nicola Sturgeon takes next step towards second Scottish independence referendum

The 3 steps that could take Scotland to an independent currency

Labour for Independence returns to launch major recruitment drive with Yes2 backing

No Irish Need Apply – The actual signs and ads

Northern Ireland’s peace process is not too big to fail

Tim Cook accused of being ‘disrespectful to the Irish people’ after refusing to appear before tax probe committee

Poland to set up consulate in Belfast

Police Killed More Native Americans in 2016 Than Previous Year

Fighting Big Oil in the Amazon

New Witch Hunt in Ecuador Against Indigenous and Environment Defenders

Amazon Indigenous REDD+: an innovative approach to conserve Colombian forests?

Bolivia indigenous group nears extinction with woman’s death

First Quechua Language TV News Show Premiers In Peru

New mayor a woman and indigenous too

Maori and Aztec unite on environmental issues

Sixties Scoop: Personal Stories of Adoption in Canada

First Nations Adoptees Seeking Redress: Canada Confronts the Sixties Scoop

From Dakota Access to Murdered and Missing Women: The Indians Won 2016

White House Hopes Trump Won’t Kill Council on Native American Affairs

Project adds Indigenous names to Canadian history

Ottawa accused of failing to provide for indigenous children

Pilot project designed for Indigenous survivors of domestic violence

Learning Not To Discuss Native People in the Past Tense

‘We, as a people, still exist’ — artist illuminates Native American history with family photos

What it means to be Indigenous: Boyden raises difficult questions

The Video Game That Attempts to Preserve Native Alaskan Culture

Pari Ibrahim receives prize from Folia magazine HvA / UvA_Amsterdam (University of Amsterdam) for founding / leading Free Yezidi Foundation

Why are Yazidis being uprooted again?

US to Resettle Iraqis Victimized by IS

KRG closes offices of Yezidi rights organization Yazda

Closure of Iraq Charity Puts Rescued Yazidi Sex Slaves at Risk, Director Warns

A network of smugglers rescues women from ISIS

West Papuan Flag was seen on the roof of the Indonesian Embassy in Melbourne

Australian government funds and trains Indonesian army that tortures, mutilates and kills Australia’s WW2 allies, the people of West Papua

West Papuan Zakarias Waer died after being severely tortured by drunk Indonesian police officers

EVERY DAY over 20 West Papuan people are arrested by the Indonesian police for peaceful expression

Steven Itlay sits in jail for treason against Indonesia for leading prayer service to support West Papua as a full member of the MSG

West Papua celebrate the anniversary of the alliance of people of Timika for self determination

China Considering Strong Measures to Contain Taiwan, Sources Say

The Taiwanese see themselves as Taiwanese, not as Chinese

Young Taiwanese support independence even if it means war with China: poll

Chinese trolls jumped the firewall to attack Taiwan’s president and military on Facebook

South China Sea: Japan And Taiwan Send Their Own Strong Messages To Beijing

Taiwan leader heads to Americas; US stops set to irk China

American bull in a china shop

Hong Kong: Pro-Independence Protests Erupt

China’s leaders worry about Hong Kong independence movement

HK activist Joshua Wong under police protection after failed assault in Taiwan: Reports

Hong Kong in the mood for marching, as Beijing cracks down on local aspirations

Singapore and Hong Kong gain ground as rising currency trading rivals to London

Uyghur Government Workers Ordered Not to Identify on Forms as Muslim

Show of force in Xinjiang sends hardline message

Xinjiang: Uighurs Grapple with Travel Restrictions

Modi’s Empty Promises May Have Pushed Mongolia Into China’s Arms

Inner Mongolia: Herdsmen welcome 2017 with camel race and beauty pageant

Tibetan Parliament Appeals UN to Reaffirm its Commitment on Tibet

Dalai Lama Commences 34th Kalachakra

China admits it discouraged Tibetans from attending Kalchakra ritual in Bodhgaya

Tibetan Singers Release Music Albums in Bodh Gaya

Thousands of Tibetans Forced Back to China Ahead of Buddhist Gathering

China Calls Dalai Lama’s Kalachakra ‘Illegal,’ Threatens Punishment for Those Taking Part

Spiritual leader of Tibet urges devotees to be 21st century Buddhists

Buddhist Scholar Bob Thurman on the Dalai Lama’s View That a Woman Could Succeed Him

China tightens Tibetan border security to combat ‘separatism’

Tibetan parliament-in-exile asks UN to restart Sino-Tibet talks

Tibetans Beaten, Detained For Coming Late to Lecture on Public Health

Security threats bring Iran’s Kurdish groups closer together

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party condemns Istanbul attack

Are Conditions Ripening for Iraqi Kurdish State?

Barzani vs. PKK: Recipe for Kurdistan’s Second Civil War?

Donald Trump-themed restaurant opens in Iraqi Kurdistan

Kurdistan and Hungary extend education exchange program

Turkey demands US to stop supporting Kurdish YPG forces in Syria

Turkey shuts down Kurdish language institute in Istanbul

Three countries to open, upgrade representative offices in Kurdistan

US welcomes France’s support to the Kurdistan Region

Paris Demands Justice for Murder of Kurdish Citizens in 2013

‘Patients who should live are dying’: Greece’s public health meltdown

Demonetisation ground report: Helpless adivasis pay Rs 20 for withdrawal slip

Mainstream and marginal in ancient India

If Adivasi children want to get educated, they have to leave their families

70 villages in Maharashtra unite to oppose mining, save the Adivasi way of life

Tribals protest sexual exploitation of students in Adivasi Ashram Shalas

Khagrachhari blockaded over arrest of Adivasi leader

Adivasi question in Uttar Pradesh

Adivasis cautioned against women trafficking

Odisha’s Niyamgiri adivasis pick their nominees for development

Former Soviet republics must and will become Russia’s ‘protectorates,’ Moscow blogger says

Russia should reinstate the monarchy and appoint PUTIN as royal emperor, says influential Moscow churchman

Putin’s most likely next anschluss – a united Ossetia within the Russian Federation

French Front National chief Le Pen: annexation of Crimea “not illegal”

Ban on entry for Le Pen after scandalous statement on Crimea

A Trump-Putin deal on Crimea could trigger a much bigger war, Israeli analyst says

USA Today Parrots Kremlin Propaganda on Crimea

Moscow is trying to destroy the Crimean civic nation, Shtepa says

Like Crimea, ‘Trump is Ours,’ Russian products proclaim and other neglected Russian stories

Crimean Tatars: Moscow Adds Those Opposing Annexation to List of ‘Terrorists & Extremists’

NATO is funding a cyber defence programme for #Ukraine

Ukraine Def. Minister reveals number of Russian military grouping, hardware in Donbas

Senator McCain says U.S. ‘must stand up to Vladimir Putin’

Greendland: Independence: Quiet resolution

Saami: Making a statement

The slippery nature of cultural identity

U.S. Lending Support to Baltic States Fearing Russia

Latvia not actually «scared to death»

Latvia worried about potential attempts to influence elections

Lithuania: new links cut electricity costs to Baltics

Like the sound of 10-gigabit internet everywhere? Then move to Estonia

Baltic states: please stop calling us «former Soviet» countries

Lithuania refuses to extradite former head of Georgia’s anti-terrorism center to Russia

Kosovo ex-PM arrested in France on Serbian warrant

US Senator: Putin Illegally Annexed Part of Georgia

Finland Celebrates 100 Years Of Independence: Here’s What To Expect

US deterrence forces arriving in Europe

Homeless man invited to spend Christmas in Sweden after giving directions to tourists

Russia spreading fake news and forged docs in Sweden: report

Biafra: International observers to monitor Nnamdi Kanu’s next court sitting

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called for a sovereignty referendum in its bid to actualising Biafra

Israel Refuses to Return Bodies of Hamas Militants

Benjamin Netanyahu Questioned in Israel Graft Inquiry

Israeli Blogger Feared Soon to Be Extradited From Belarus to Azerbaijan

South Africa’s Jacob Zuma: It is unfathomable that Western Sahara still remains colonized

US administration does not recognize alleged Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara

Independence of Western Sahara is an inalienable right

Anatomy of Europe’s democratic recession

Understanding Malta’s EU Council presidency

Malta to establish common EU Policy on asylum seekers during presidency

Olympics: IOC refuses to lift Kuwait sports ban

Oil Rallies To 18-Month High As Kuwait, Oman Cut Output

Kuwait Shows Depth of Opposition to Austerity in the Gulf

When Kuwait was on fire, they saved the day

‘Denying [Armenian] genocide traumatises survivors a second time’

Roma actor sells Silver Bear award to feed kids

Tragic death in UK of two Romani girls from Czech Republic sparks horrible online commentary

Ukraine: Odessa is flooded with anti-Romani posters

Documentary: The men of the Fifth World

First Nation healers working to keep traditional medicine alive

Australia’s first Aboriginal grower group established in Western Australia

Aboriginal culture tours kick off in Watsons Bay

Czech Fake News Watchdog Kicks Off Operations

Czech ‘hybrid threats’ centre under fire from country’s own president

Czech budget shows first surplus in two decades

Albania: Europe’s cannabis paradise

Transgendered no longer considered mentally ill in Denmark

Denmark: Russia, terrorism and cyber-attacks highlight annual risk assessment

100-year flood hits Denmark

Flooding in Denmark becoming the norm

Montenegro’s NATO-Russia Chess Match

Iceland center-right parties to seek EU referendum

This Is How Often Iceland Will Cover Europe In A Volcanic Ash Cloud

Iceland: artist salary in 2017

Norway Ends 500-Y-O Lutheran Church Partnership, ‘Biggest Change Since the Reformation’

Norway, an Exemplar of NATO Burden-Sharing

Norway will become the first country in the world to switch off FM radio

Jamaica’s film industry — 100 years on and we are still gasping for breath

Costa confounds critics as Portuguese economy holds course

India, Portugal sign defence agreement

New Moldovan, Transdniester Leaders Hold Meeting Behind Closed Doors

Moldova’s Dodon Revokes Citizenship Of Pro-Western Romanian Leader

Ex-Romanian President will sue Moldova’s President for removing his citizenship

Largest lake in southern Europe under threat from “eco-resort”

16 sexual assaults reported in Austria after New Year’s Eve celebrations

Satire one of few remaining bastions in Orban’s Hungary

Fidesz dominance of Hungary’s rural media depicted on a map

Hungary’s First Heart Transplant Operation Was Performed 25 Years Ago

Luxembourg nationality law goes to vote in January

Luxembourg’s millennials optimistic but critical of society

The website daring to mock the Eritrean regime

2016 Donostia Protocol – A Tool to Ensure Protection for Regional and Minority Languages

Galicia: shellfish management plans will include environmental information for the first time

Critics urge repeal of Lebanon rape law

Haiti: Jovenel Moise confirmed as new president

Why it took 14 months for Haiti to get a president-elect

Food stocks low in southern Haiti in wake of storm

Former Haiti rebel leader wanted in US arrested during talk show

Former Haitian rebel leader appears in US court on drug charges

Croatia Starts 2017 Off Right by Abolishing Fur Farms

Oromo: Study Identifies Strategies Ethiopian Government Uses to Create Information Blackout

A total of 1,523 violent deaths were reported in Libya in 2016

Libya says will declare force majeure at two ports over smuggling

Germany is sued in U.S. over early-1900s Namibia slaughter

How Spain’s King Felipe kept low profile in Catalonia in 2016

Bulgarian radio barred from playing new music in copyright fight

Anti-corruption party launches in Bulgaria as election approaches

Macedonia’s Ethnic Albanians Want Nation Declared Bilingual

Belgium to fight terror with curb on travel tickets

Hope for a fresh settlement in Cyprus

Balochistan: Malnutrition and Child Mortality Still Rampant

Somaliland: Internet Providers Support Government in Suppressing Critical Voices

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“We are not fine” – Yazidis on Mount Sinjar

December 26, 1991: `Evil Empire` dissolved – Ronald Reagan Evil Empire Speech

December 28, 2011: Turkish warplanes bombed 34 Kurdish civilians, mostly children, in the village of Roboski

January 4, 1948: Myanmar Independence Day

Meet the Yazidi refugees forging a new life in country NSW

‘I cannot sleep at night’: A Yazidi mother’s anguish over her husband and daughters, captured by ISIL

25 years on, evil empire is less big but no less evil

The Soviet Union Is Gone, But It’s Still Collapsing

Happy New Year from West Papuan Independence Leader Benny Wenda

Alan Bissett: Hope and humanity – our only chance of survival

SNP’s crisis warning to Theresa May amid fears of UK quitting European Convention on Human Rights

Welsh outrage at reports of plan to pull out of European Court of Human Rights

Mhairi Black: As a turbulent year ends, we must be ready for fresh battles

China pushes plans to bottle and ship Tibet’s clean water

Forced expulsion of monks and nuns from Serta Larung Gar continues

Han Chinese, Western Students of Buddhism Also Forced From Larung Gar

Tibet: Tensions on the roof of the world

China says party control over religion in Tibet will only increase

Tibetans in Tibet will be blessed with Kalachakra initiation

Tibetans in anguish as Chinese mines pollute their sacred grasslands

Our freedom struggle is alive, int’l support for Tibet is growing: Sikyong

The road to Tibet will soon be a freeway to a tourists’ playground

Will the Trumpquake create favourable waves for Tibet?

China to build major visitor centre on Mount Everest

How the battle for Mosul may bring independence to Iraqi Kurdistan

Kurdish journalist missing in Turkey after protesting TV closure

Iranian Kurdish groups warn of further attacks against them in Kurdistan Region

This is Kurdistan, a documentary

Democratic Federation of Northern Syria moving ahead with declaration of autonomy

Kurds and Damascus meet over tensions, future of Rojava

Kurdish women in Sweden awarded as they lead the way in public life

At least 16 Kurdish women are political prisoners in Iran

Turkey shuts down Kurdish distinctive school

Nine journalists and writers on trial in Turkey charged with supporting outlawed Kurdish rebels

PKK command in Shingal says era of Kurdish civil war is over, vows to stay

The First Kurdish Novel Ever Translated Into English Bridges Politics, Poetry, and Johnny Depp Movies

As 2016 comes to an end, Kurdish leaders optimistic about 2017

Turkey shutters Kurdish language institute

New government in Spain, same old deadlock for Catalonia?

Catalonia will make unilateral declaration of independence from Spain in the event of “50 per cent plus one more vote” referendum result

Joan Coma testifies before the Court for defending “civil disobedience” in a plenary session

‘We’ve come to make a country’ — fans flock to watch Catalan national team

Catalan chief pledges ‘binding’ independence referendum in 2017

Catalan president pledges referendum in New Year address

Catalonia leader vows 2017 referendum on Spain independence

A Separate Catalonia?

Governance, Resources and Livelihoods of Adivasis in India

Kerala: Adivasi colony goes cashless

Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistanmull recognizing Crimea as Russia

Pinchuk proposes Crimea for Donbas

Kissinger advises Trump to accept Crimea as Russia – Bild

Christians urge Russia to return the house of prayer to believers in Bakhchisarai of the Crimea

Russia learned in Aleppo what to do with Ukrainian cities, Moscow TV host says

Crimean Tatar leader added to Russian List of ‘Terrorists & Extremists’ for Opposing Annexation

Russia recognizes only punitive psychiatry while driving tortured Ukrainian political prisoner insane

Who are the 36 Ukrainian hostages of the Kremlin? Interactive graphic

Crimea, and why Ukraine could not support Israel

‘Deported’ Crimean Tatar activist on hunger strike too weak to stand

Russia’s terror grip on Crimea tightens with new ruling on 4 Crimean Tatar political prisoners

No investigation into abduction of Crimean Tatar activist

A day in the life of Nariman Dzhelyal

US Commerce Department adds 23 companies from Russia and Crimea to sanctions list

New monuments in Crimea reinforce Russian version of ‘historical justice’

Ukraine has counted 652 foreign vessels called at the ports of Crimea

Mustafa Dzhemilev fears situation in Crimea will become worse

Wines from Crimea have been found in European shops in spite of import prohibition

Kremlin’s Donbas Proxies Use Russian FSB Tactics Against Luhansk Bloggers

Moscow media have launched an anti-Belarus campaign, Warsaw’s EAST Center says

Ukraine Fears Pro-Russian Coup In Belarus

Lukashenka’s Dismissal Seriously Discussed By Kremlin Strategists

Lukashenka’s Leash Becomes Shorter

Belarus’ Post-Soviet Economy: Tractors to World of Tanks

Misfortunes Chasing Rosatom’s Nuclear Power Plant Construction In Belarus

Arctic Studies for Climate Change Require Voices of Inuit People

In Greenland’s oil hunt, all’s quiet on the western coast

Canada’s growing indigenous population reshaping cities across the country

Jim Carr open to permanent indigenous voice on National Energy Board

Indigenous voices to grace Paganicon stage

Canada 2016: A Roller Coaster Ride of a Year for Indigenous Peoples

Trudeau promises aboriginal language bill, but activists say whole system needs overhaul

5 Most Significant Business Developments in Indian Country in 2016

American Indian chamber honors 6 businesses at conference

“Trump advisors aim to privatize oil-rich Indian reservations”

Descendants Of Native American Slaves In New Mexico Emerge From Obscurity

Evo Morales seeks to defy Bolivia’s constitution, Latin America’s rightward shift

Floods kill at least eight in Bolivia

Russian and Chinese Arctic roles “high-priority” for Danish spy outfit

Call for end to Boxing Day hunts with dogs in Northern Ireland

UK Financial Firms Attempting Ireland Relocation Post-Brexit

Brexit pushes Northern Ireland applications for Irish passport above 65,000

McCain visits frontline Ukraine troops in anti-Putin gesture

US Senators in Latvia give reassurances over Article 5

‘Every credible member of U.S. Congress, Senate’ views Putin as threat, McCain in Estonia

McCain calls for permanent US troops in Baltics

Lithuanian ‘Elves’ Combat Russian Influence Online

Security report: Estonia’s current maritime defense would not stand up to crisis

Finnish President: Russia and US could sideline EU

China Resumes Ties With São Tomé, Which Turned Away From Taiwan

Quoting Mao, China says Taiwan, HK independence supporters will fail ‘like flies’

Beijing blasts Taiwan, H.K. independence supporters

Hong Kong’s pro-independence lawmakers make final appeal against ban

Taiwan’s President to Make Two Stops in U.S. During Central America Trip

No space for Hong Kong independence, China says

China Gives “broken and bleeding” Warning to Taiwan, Hong Kong Independence Advocates

Taiwan president to visit US

Is Kosovo a breeding ground for Islamists?

Serb wall in Kosovo to be brought down by government

Kosovo Serb Minister Quits Under Serbian Pressure

Albanian Judges Likely to Quit to Avoid Vetting

Albania kicks three out of politics over past crimes

Bank branches disappearing in Denmark

Denmark vows action after Isil fighters revealed to be receiving benefits payments

2016 Saw Surge in Danish Children Receiving Transgender Hormone Treatments

Efforts for a Cyprus settlement at crucial junction

Natural gas key to Cyprus talks

Turkish Cypriot leader says referendum possible in 2017

UN envoy sees ‘historic opportunity’ for Cyprus reunification in 2017

Reporters Without Borders Urges Bulgaria to Protect OCCRP Partner Journalist

Biafra: Be steadfast! Freedom fighting not a child’s play

Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra complain about depreciating standard of living

We won’t stop agitation until Biafra Republic is created

Allow us to go, ‘Biafrans’ beg Buhari

Croatian Mural on World’s Most Beautiful in 2016

A trip on Palestine’s social media bus

Palestinians Eye Israeli Settlements With Unease, Hoping For Foreign Support

Israeli Settlers Move Into Another Building in Palestinian East Jerusalem Quarter

UN sharpens global focus on Israel-Palestinian conflict

Abbas: 2017 will be the year of Palestinian statehood

Israel accuses Barack Obama of promoting UN resolution that denounced West Bank settlement

Pakistan minister issues nuclear warning to Israel after ‘being tricked by fake news site’

Israeli guard: ‘Go from this land or I will kill you’

‘There’s no way to dream’: A glimpse of life in Mongolia’s ger shantytowns

Landlocked Mongolia considering permanent neutrality

Mongolia, with deep ties to Dalai Lama, turns from him toward China

Protests outside Morocco’s embassy in Madrid for release of Saharawi political prisoners

POLISARIO win several campaigns at UN, international courts and public opinion courts against Morocco

Moroccan forces intervene “violently” against Saharawi citizens in El-Aaiun

Why Luxembourg, Of All Places, Is a Global Leader in Asteroid Mining

Luxembourg to sharpen tax rules for intra-group financing

Kuwait jails Filipina for joining IS jihadists

Switzerland moves further to end bank secrecy

When Switzerland was in the 2016 news search spotlight

Watch: Malta’s 2016 in two minutes

2016 was the year the Maltese stood up for women’s rights and gender equality

Malta’s leadership role proves how a small country can thrive in Europe

Finland: top stories of 2016

Finland kicks off celebrations for 100 years of independence

Universal right to open a bank account and receive online banking, in Finland

Switzerland: Defining Protestant identity – 500 years on

The indigenous model who is going to change the world

Corey Barker’s family calls for more Indigenous representation on juries after police acquittal

More Indigenous Doctors Aim to Close Australia’s Health Gap

China Demolishes Thousands of Mosques

China Doesn’t Mind Islamic Extremists, as long as they’re not Uighur

More than 1,000 violent clashes in restive Xinjiang this year, including acts of protest and rebellion by minority groups

The Four and a Half Days That Portugal Ran on Renewable Energy

Why the crisis in Greece has no end in sight – and another summer of stress is on the way

Greece: The Game Is On Again

Greece: 2016 in pictures

Maori admitted to mental health services at higher rates than non-Maori

Forbes: Sweden is the best. Swedish business: No it’s not

Montenegro seeks 2 Russians & 3 Serbs over anti-NATO coup attempt

Trash crisis forces Lebanon’s environmental awakening

Explosion kills local official in northern Lebanon

A legacy of war in Lebanon’s unknown mass graves

Jamaica wants to sign Open Skies agreement with five African countries

Crime pays in Jamaica – Senior Cop

Moldova to get $95m gas interconnector with Romania

Anti-Putin Moldovan politicians RESTORE EU flag after it was REMOVED by pro-Russian leader

TV licence fee strike launched by Welsh language campaigners

Traffic management solutions for drones in Singapore’s airspace

New Year Will See Norway Church And State ‘Divorce’

Haiti Postpones Release of Official Election Results

Namibia: Germany Grapples With Its African Genocide

Hungary’s Jobbik gets double rebuff for Hannukah greetings to Jews

One Little Country Blocks Moscow’s Domination Of The Entire Middle East: Azerbaijan

Slovenia marks decade since adopting the euro

Iceland’s ‘crazy’ year ends without a government

It’s not game over. Austria stopped rightwing populism in its tracks

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December 26, 1990: Independence and Unity Day in Slovenia

December 29, 1911: National Independence Day in Mongolia

January 1, 1984: Brunei Independence Day

January 1, 1960: Cameroon Independence Day

January 1, 1993: Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia

January 1, 1804: Haiti Independence Day

January 1, 1956: Sudan Independence Day

25 Years On, Collapse of Soviet Union Still Brings Cheers—and Tears

25 Years Ago, First Western Countries Recognized Croatia’s Independence

Yazidi leader seeks protection for community after genocide

Only few Yazidi women kidnapped by IS freed – Iraqi MP

Yezidi on Mount Shingal suffering under heavy snow

Santa Claus takes off to spread Christmas cheer around the world

Agreement on the Nordic Saami Convention reached

Nordic Sámi Convention agreement reached after more than a decade

Children of the Crimean political prisoner Uzair Abdullaev: “STOP BEATING AND HARASSING OUR DADDY!”

No investigation into abduction of Crimean Tatar activist, just FSB surveillance of his parents

How Russian ‘law enforcers’ humiliate their Muslim prisoners in Crimea

The Hague Court recognizes the war in Ukraine and Crimea annexation as an international armed conflict

“Convicted” Crimean prisoners will be sent to correctional labour centres in Russia

The Daily Vertical: Does Anybody Remember Crimea?

Crimean political prisoners tortured on the way to court in Russian occupied Crimea

Russia prepares new criminal charges as Crimean Tatar leader refuses to be silenced

UN officially recognized Russia as an occupying power in Crimea

Trump is on collision course with international law over Crimea

U.S. Blacklists 15 Russian Entities Linked to Ukraine and Crimea

Booking.com introduces special mode for hotel booking in Crimea

Turkey agrees to visits by cruise ships stopping over in Crimea, Caucasus ports

Japan to maintain Russia sanctions while embarking on economic project

Russian police arrest Yuri Dmitriev, Karelian human rights leader

Russia to ban Ukrainian World Congress

Russian Kalmyk soldiers “got lost ” in the steppes of Ukraine

Two Chechen battalions to be deployed in Syria

Putin’s Hit Teams Head for Syria

West Papuans look to march again, despite police

Over 500 arrested in West Papua demonstrations

Two West Papuans charged with treason for demonstrating

Westminster must grant Scotland the powers to remain in the European Union, writes Joan McAlpine

Alex Salmond predicts indyref2 victory should Theresa May sever Scotland’s ties with EU

Former Scottish leader warns of pre-Brexit independence vote

Nicola Sturgeon lays her Brexit cards on the table but holds back indyref2 hand

Nicola Sturgeon presents complex ‘independence in Europe’ plan to Theresa May with warning of second referendum

Analysis: First Minister plays for high stakes as she fires first shots in indy long game

Spain rejects Nicola Sturgeon’s plan for Scotland to stay in single market

Jean-Claude Juncker ‘still open’ to Scots deal despite Spain

Independence campers ordered to pay £105,000 in legal bills

Independence movement needs strong women to build it

The Bruce, The Wallace and the declaration of Arbroath

Tibetan Teen Detained, Beaten Following Protest

His Holiness the Dalai Lama remains hopeful about returning Tibet

20 nuns 1st in history to receive the Geshema degree, the highest academic title in Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Protest Monk Released After Serving Full Term in Jail

Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, and Laurie Anderson to perform at Tibet House benefit in March

Tibetan Women’s Association Donates Rs 6,43,950 to Tibetan Market Fire Victims in Delhi

India should make Tibet a core issue with China: Tibet PM in exile

Tibetan PM hopeful after Trump’s take on ‘One China policy’

Tibetan community outraged by TTC ads

China wages cyber war via dharamsala

Mob attacks offices of pro-Kurdish party in Istanbul

ISIS offers $1mn reward for Kurdish-Danish Peshmerga

US relations with Kurdistan solid, strong

Canada to continue military, humanitarian support to Kurdistan Region

Kurdistan’s independence, a moment of truth: Kouchner

Suspected Turkish spy ‘thought to have planned Kurdish murders’: report

Bombs kill seven near Iranian Kurdish party headquarters in Iraq

Kurdish group says Iran behind bombing its Kurdistan Region base

Kurdistan parties urge Iranian Kurdish parties to reach unity

Kurdish Militants Claim Attack on Off-duty Turkish Soldiers

PKK-armed wings recruit child soldiers in Iraq

Erdogan vows not to allow Kurdish state in Syria

We’ll discuss Kurdistan independence with Turkey in 2017: PM Barzani

Catalan leader to push for independence vote

85% of Catalans in favour of calling a referendum according to latest poll

Catalan Government receives Spanish Constitutional Court warning on penal consequences of holding a referendum

Catalan leaders call for bilateral relationship with Spain, refuse to attend upcoming regional summits

Catalonia cross-party National Alliance bids for agreed referendum in 2017 with international recognition

Catalonia’s pro-referendum block stages summit

Catalan separatists gather, prepare independence vote

Spanish Court allows Catalonia to carry out foreign action but not establish bilateral relations

February trial set for ex-Catalan chief Artur Mas

Russian gifts for ISIS: what was left behind in the abandoned military base in Palmyra

Ukraine’s rising Euroscepticism

Austrian far right signs deal with Putin’s party, touts Trump ties

Foreign Contenders: Ukrainian Sheriffs is a Buddy Cop Doc Set Against the Annexation of Crimea

The U.S.S.R. Fell—and the World Fell Asleep

Timeline: Ten Years of Russian Cyber Attacks on Other Nations

Russia’s War on the West Is Real. Why Aren’t We Fighting Back?

Russian pundit calls for Syria-style airstrikes against Ukraine

Millionaire returning $4M piece of Manhattan to Indian tribe

Ireland scoops ‘best destination’ award in New York

War over Taiwan undesirable, but not unthinkable

Roma breaks glass ceiling in Bosnia but challenges remain

Behind the wall – Ghettoization of Roma people in Krusevac, Serbia

Albania must move to ensure equal rights for Roma and Egyptian women and girls

The Year of Hygge, the Danish Obsession with Getting Cozy

Israeli Blogger Jailed in Belarus over Visits to and Comments about Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan to buy Israeli air defence system

Czech Republic buys Iron Dome radars

Greenland and Denmark: China syndrome

Obama ignores Alaskans, Natives with decision to prohibit Arctic offshore development

Obama, Trudeau, Invoke Indigenous Rights in Curtailing Arctic Drilling

Sovereign Mineral Rights and Wrongs

Ryan Zinke: Interior Secretary Pick has a Record of Listening to Tribes

Intergenerational Trauma: Understanding Natives’ Inherited Pain

An Economic Contract With Indian Country: Trump’s First 100 Days

Three out of four Greek firms in Bulgaria are ‘ghost companies’

Rebuilding Haiti: Hopes for a homegrown recovery

Sowing seeds of hope for Haiti’s future

The complicated story of NGOs in post-disaster Haiti

Haiti orders review of presidential vote results

Iceland: World’s Hottest Borehole Is Being Drilled Into a Volcano

Work has finally started on building Kresen Kernow – Cornwall Centre

Russia offers Serbia warplanes as Balkan state looks east

Serbia, Beware Russians Bearing Gifts

Russia arms Serbia amid tensions with NATO

Clashes in Chechen Capital Leave at Least Seven Militants Dead

At least 7 Libyan National Army fighters killed in Isis attack in Benghazi

A Tortuous Path to Peace in Libya

Illustrator brings Indian tribal struggle to life

Aboriginal teacher connecting people with country in the middle of the city

Finland’s Basic Income Experiment – 2017

2,000 selected for compulsory basic income trial – participants to be notified December 28

Finnish police aim to ban neo-Nazi group

Finns top mobile data table

Lauder welcomes Ban Ki-moon’s ‘long-awaited’ admission of UN bias against Israel

World Jewish Congress President Lauder ‘dismayed’ by UN Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements

UN Security Council passed a resolution to end Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories

Palestinian leadership praises passing of UN resolution

Israel settlements: Netanyahu orders UN ties review

Palestinian protesters in Santa suits clash with Israel Defence Force

Israel summons ambassadors over UN Security Council vote on settlements

Abbas: Resolution doesn’t solve Palestinian issue, but rather defines it

Once outlawed, Uganda’s tiny Jewish group opens synagogue

Holocaust survivors call on world to indict those responsible for Syrian atrocities

For Uighur exiles, Kashmir is heaven

Bolivia’s Morales says he may run for fourth term despite referendum loss

Biafra Agitation: IPOB uncovers plot against its members

‘President is a killer of Biafrans,’ IPOB says

British Govt. Exposes Atrocities Committed By Gowon During Nigeria-Biafra War

Christianity led Biafrans to slavery – Nnamdi Kanu’s supporters

Biafra: 16 members of European parliament ask EU to challenge Buhari, DSS

Biafra: IPOB thanks media for bold reportage

Sultan’s comments show hatred, hypocrisy against Biafra — MASSOB

Biafra: IPOB to protest Buhari’s visit to South-East

42 rights organisations seek probe into alleged repression of pro-Biafra activists

Massive Biafra protest hits Enugu over Buhari’s visit

Killing of Biafra activists: IPOB demands panel of enquiry, referendum date

#MissionCashless: Few use mobiles, fewer know what internet is in adivasi belts of Madhya Pradesh

Dalits and Adivasis faced highest number of atrocities in Rajasthan between 2013 and 2015

Darkness falls: thousands go blind in Chhattisgarh, no relief in sight

Police arrest adivasis who wanted to submit plea

‘There’s an elephant in the flowerbed again!’

Kennewick Man to return to Native Americans for reburial

President named Ukraine’s Environmental Pig of the Year for vetoing crucial EU-integration laws

Māori constitutional law lies in stories not statutes

Emotiki, the world’s first Maori emoji app, goes live

Foiled Coup Plot in US-Allied Montenegro Has Russia’s Fingerprints All Over It

New language protocol seeks to level linguistic playing field

Police brutality in Belarus

Kosovo arrests 59 officers in traffic police corruption probe

Wales takes on income tax powers for first time ever in milestone agreement

What exactly is a traditional Luxembourg Christmas?

A newspaper’s closure sparks fury — and concern over Hungary’s rightward drift

Deterioration of health situation of Sahrawi political prisoners on hunger strike

European Court dismisses Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara

Macedonia: Ex-PM threatens foreign ambassadors, NGOs

Macedonia’s conservatives win national elections after poll rerun

New Russian-Language Websites Offer Reality Check For North Caucasus And mid-Volga

Under the Guise of Public Safety, China Demolishes Thousands of Mosques

Algeria: 15th National Amazigh Film Festival Opens in Tizi Ouzou

Chilean football club tours West Bank to reconnect with its Palestinian roots

Cracks deepen in Palestinian politics as Abbas clamps down

First Use of Quechua Language in Peruvian News

Norway and China to normalize relationship after Nobel rift

How to save a dwindling language: Inuit fly to Wales and back

Belgium says will ‘re-examine’ relations with former colony Congo

Slovenia Finds Croatia’s Chocolates Not Very Sweet

A spat with China could push Mongolia into default

Mongolia says Dalai Lama won’t be invited again

Mongolia’s nomad herders facing winter disaster as temperatures plunge

India gets sucked into Mongolia – China relations; As China sanctions Mongolia over Dalai Lama’s visit

Trump Should Read India’s Playbook for Taunting China

Taiwanese pro-independence groups urge President Tsai Ing-wen to have courage and get tough

‘Wait until the harvest’: Leading figures in Iran, Lebanon warn of Aleppo fallout

In multicultural Lebanon, Nativity scenes are common in public places

US gets drone back, but Singapore still waiting on armoured troop carriers

East Icelanders tell TV weatherman to stop standing in front of their region

Israel just announced it will take in wounded civilians from Aleppo

Bulgaria faces early parliamentary election next spring

Bulgaria’s president-elect to appoint interim government next month

Missing and murdered Indigenous women inquiry launches new website

EIB, EBRD, EU back construction of Moldova-Romania gas link

U.N. sees steep Gaza population growth in 30 years, with economic problems ahead

Portugal dreams of a Tesla Gigafactory

Sweden Heads The Best Countries For Business For 2017

Silicon Valletta Accelerates Malta’s Emerging Tech Hub In The Mediterranean

Singapore Convicts Former Banker With Ties to Key Figure in 1MDB Probe

The extraordinary story of Wales’ protest against England after FA banned playing of the Welsh anthem at Wembley

Luxembourg opens Europe’s first hybrid bus recharging station

Albania revises gas pipeline deal to get more support

In Albania, recycling foreign waste means big business

1st Native American to receive a vote in the Electoral College for president

Why Chechnya influences Russian action in Syria

N.L. commits to annual leaders forum with Aboriginal leaders

Quebec launches inquiry into treatment of aboriginal people

Greece’s New Year of Living Dangerously

Which was the site of the world’s first decorated Christmas tree?

Taiwan’s president to visit US despite objections from China

A small African nation severs ties with Taiwan, and Beijing applauds

São Tomé and Príncipe: Sao Tome Latest Target in China and Taiwan’s Fight for Allies

Taiwan star’s gig off amid ‘support’ for independence

China tightens screws on Taiwan businesses

The BBC and Wales’ information deficit

A life in flux for Lebanon’s Dom community

Lithuania said found Russian spyware on its government computers

Albania clears path for judges law that is key to EU talks

EU presidency strengthened Slovakia’s government

Energy giants to begin talks for Cyprus gas

Norway fund blacklists more coal groups over climate concerns

Portugal Is The Country Everybody Will Be Visiting In 2017

Real-life Libya plane hijack halts hijack film shoot in Malta

Slovenian business sentiment rises to highest in 8.5 years

When Native Americans were arms dealers: A history revealed in ‘Thundersticks’

Irish language bursary scheme withdrawn in Northern Ireland

Latvia releases unique translucent coin with Earth

Germany Drains Bosnia of Doctors and Nurses

Singapore police investigate event HK activist addressed

Xi backs HK’s curbs on independence

Belarus: reporter sentenced for ‘radioactive’ milk story

Croatia Unblocks Serbia’s EU Negotiations 1

Croatia unblocks Chapter 26 in Serbia’s EU accession talks 2

‘Unscrupulous’ art dealers taking advantage of Aboriginal artists over the Christmas holidays

Norway’s ten weirdest Christmas traditions

Portugal produced 4.8 million tons of rubbish in 2015

Tiny Estonia Spearheads Fight Against Human Rights Abuses

Bosnian ‘minehunter’ dogs saving lives across the world

Singaporean blogger in immigration detention in US

5 more books by Indigenous authors for your holiday reading

Moldova’s Igor Dodon sworn-in as president

The pioneering Aboriginal team that took cricket by storm

Peru and Bolivia vow to clean Lake Titicaca

Georgia becomes partner of Europol

2016 12 18

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December 15, 2012: Indonesia assassinated West Papua independist Hubertus Mabel

December 16, 2009: Indonesia assassinated West Papua independist Kelly Kwalik

December 17, 1945: people of Kurdistan celebrate national flag day

December 18, 1971: Qatar National Day

December 24, 1951: Libya Independence Day

Pooping Logs Bring Christmas Cheer In Catalonia

Meet the Thirteen Yule Lads, Iceland’s Own Mischievous Santa Clauses

Sweden beats China to win Santa world cup

Welcome to Santa Claus Office: Joulumaantie 1, 96930 Arctic Circle

Indigenous Peoples activist detained in Moscow

Trump’s man in Moscow claims ‘misinformation’ about Crimea, Ukraine was ‘catastrophic’

We are watching Aleppo burn in real time. And just like in Bosnia and Rwanda, we do nothing

Pakistan is repeating in Balochistan what it did in Bangladesh

Iceland’s Seamen Start Their Strike Tonight

Iceland’s president calls on deadlocked parties to form government

Ireland Rules Out Bilateral Deal With U.K. for Brexit

O Muilleoir wants to end 279-year-old ban on Irish language in courts in Northern Ireland

Scotland gets new tax powers, as economic growth dims

Scotland Back in the Day: How Andrew Carnegie worked his way up to become the Bill Gates of his day

Jean-Claude Juncker tells Salmond: Scotland’s earned the right to be listened to

Alex Salmond’s Brussels speech in full: Europe must see Scotland’s Brexit fate as unacceptable

Cornwall Draws Up Brexit Blueprint

Was Cornish language funding cut because it was too successful?

Spanish court ruling tells Catalans to delay any plans for an independence referendum

Not Even a Prosperous Slovakia Is Immune to Doubts About the E.U.

Palestine prepares for 2017 general census

Palestinian official: peace prospects dead if Trump moves US embassy to Jerusalem

Hamas blames Israel for killing of drone expert in Tunisia

Israel’s government is bracing for a violent showdown at the settlement of Amona

Israel’s Parliament Draws a Line on Short Hemlines

Sweden ‘to seek anti-settlement resolution’ during Security Council presidency in January

Britain Restricts Palestinian Aid to Prevent Transfer of Money to Terrorists

MPs call for financial penalties to combat Palestinian ‘anti-Semitic incitement’

Free Cash in Finland. Must Be Jobless

Two journalists quit Finnish broadcaster in row over coverage of PM

Tibet, Southern Mongolia, East Turkestan: Exiled Human Rights Defenders Release Statement on Systematic Disregard for Human Rights in China

New Parliament of Brittany Inaugurated in Lanrodec

Provisional Government of the State of Savoy seeks more autonomy

Georgia – Best destination for business trips

Donald Trump cancels Trump Tower project in Georgia, Associated Press says

Trump Moves to Cancel Deals in Azerbaijan, Georgia

E-signatures, e-documents simplify legal services in Georgia

Georgian President: NATO enlargement is possible with occupied territories

Report: 52% of Georgians have positive view of EU

‘Australia Day’ boycott gathers steam in call for date change

Hobart Mayor Sue Hickey warns against ‘guilt-ridden’ Aboriginal focus

Aboriginal woman’s slaying exposes racial divide in Australia

Twitter suspends account lobbying against black deaths in police custody

Footage of ‘inhumane’ treatment of jailed Aboriginal woman rattles Australia

Aboriginal artwork worth $150,000 thought to be missing since 1981 is FOUND hanging in a tourism boss’s office

Africa’s first humanitarian drone corridor brought to life in Malawi

South Sudanese child soldiers estimated to be over 17,000

Tunisia’s torture victims speak out

Namibia Has Been Recycling Raw Sewage Into Drinking Water For Nearly 50 Years

Trouble stirs in sands of Western Sahara

President Ghali calls for release of Sahrawi political prisoners

Lamamra urges AU to get fully involved in effort for resolution of Western Sahara conflict

International Law Students’ Seminar about Saharawi Self-determination in Japan

Croatian Minority in Serbia Celebrates Its Day

Haiti among countries being left behind

Swedish island rejects renting pipe storage space to Russia

Russia To Nuke Baltics, Use Space Weapons And Start WW3, Report

Lithuania caught up in spying, illicit border trade

Denmark and EU to set up Europol backdoor

The Danish word of the year is…

Danish teens still most boozy in Europe

It’s official: Hygge part of new Denmark Canon

Bolivia ruling party defies referendum, backs Morales for 4th term

Despite Legal Protections, Violence Against Women Is Spiking in Bolivia

These brave LGBT activists are marching for equal rights in Montenegro

Montenegro opens two chapters in EU accession talks

China Bars Taiwan Tourists From Tibet Amid Ongoing Row With Trump

Taiwan Is Both Exhilarated and Unnerved by Trump’s China Remarks

Independence advocates thank Donald Trump

US-Taiwan breakthrough likely: ex-minister

Four Kuwaitis arrested in Iran

World’s longest tunnel opens regular service in Switzerland

A country full of Christmas markets

Switzerland: a pirate’s paradise?

Finland, the Baltic states and security

Estonian representation in Belarus becomes NATO contact point embassy

Estonian government approves ban on display of tobacco products in stores

United States decides to accelerate troop deployment to Poland, Baltic, and Romania

US, Baltics eager to sign military pacts before Trump inauguration

France, Spain accused of sabotaging Eta peace efforts with Basque arrrests

Anti-ETA militant wanted to commit suicide attack

World Bank, OECD: Latvia needs tax reform

Gorgeous portraits capture the people of old Ireland in magnificent detail

Greenland and Denmark: not so foreign

Libya announces liberation of Sirte from ISIS control

Austria: a weak link in Europe or historical ally of Ukraine?

Ex-Soviet states tell US ‘I told you so’ over Russia hacking allegations

Russian riot police conduct mass arrests in Crimea

What Putin is doing in Aleppo is what he could have done in Kyiv or Lviv

Crimean Tatars find new home in Lviv Oblast

Navalny says will hold referendum on Crimea if elected president

After Crimea and Aleppo, what does Vladimir Putin want from his wars?

Ukrainian savagely beaten in Russian-occupied Crimea now arrested

From His Home in Russia, #Calexit Leader Plots California Secession

Cambridge spy seminars hit by whispers of Russian links as three intelligence experts resign

FBI in agreement with CIA that Russia aimed to help Trump win White House

Russia’s youngest victims in occupied Crimea urgently need support

Russia’s next election operation: Germany

Putin using all means against the West – including Islamist terrorism – Piontkovsky says

Germany’s Siemens Company accused of scam to bypass Crimean sanctions

Misleading OSCE Media report ignores Russia’s annexation of Crimea

Strasbourg to rule on Russia’s 2nd deportation of Crimea Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemiliev

Dutch Court Rules Crimean Artifacts on Loan Will Return to Ukraine

Russia to appeal Dutch ruling to return Crimean treasures to Ukraine

Closed ‘court’ in Russian-occupied Crimea moves to strip Crimean Tatar leader of his lawyer

Russia stripped of right to host bobsleigh world championships

His ‘crime’ is fidelity to Ukraine: Crimean farmer faces 4 years in jail

Basis of Putin’s optimism: big US Firms were quite ready to overlook even Stalin’s crimes

The centenary of the Russian revolution should be mourned, not celebrated

Foes of Russia Say Child Pornography Is Planted to Ruin Them

EU agrees to extend anti-Russian sanctions for six months

Crimea in the dark – silencing of dissent

Tsipras says people of Greece have made enough sacrifices

The first Catalan nanosatellite successfully launched with three experiments on board

Inside Europe: Catalonia continues push for independence

Spanish court ruling tells Catalans to delay any plans for an independence referendum

Catalan leader mulls early vote on break with Spain

Spanish Court suspends Parliament’s plan for pro-independence referendum

Puigdemont: “We will vote, debate and hold meetings”

Catalonia’s right to independence debate is put on trial

Catalan parliament speaker in court over secession debate

Forcadell testifies before the court for allowing debate on independence

Thousands hit the streets to defend Forcadell, prosecution provokes international outrage

Forcadell says her trial “puts democracy at risk”

Swiss MPs add to international outcry over Forcadell’s prosecution

Pro-independence civil society organisations emphasise “unity” in support for Forcadell

European Parliament urges Spain to investigate Francoism crimes

Trump fever sweeps Iraqi Kurdistan

‘Peshmerga is ISIS’ chant drives Kurdish football clubs to withdraw from Iraq league

Masrour Barzani: Why self-determination allowed for others, forbidden for Kurds

Germany arrests suspected Turkish spy for monitoring Kurds

Armed attack on pro-Kurdish HDP as Turkey detains lawmaker

Inside Europe: Kurdish politicians in the crosshairs of Ankara

Protesters storm pro-Kurdish party local HQ after Turkey attack

Suspect in murders of Kurdish activists dies in Paris hospital

Kurds in Europe seek support for independence on Kurdish flag day

Balkanization, Kurdistan will be stabilizing: Former US diplomat

“We came, you weren’t here”: Turkish police raids Halkların Demokratik Partisi – HDP office in Istanbul

China forces Tibet’s Larung Gar students to pass political exam

China’s Buddhist Supervisory Body Announces Explicit Restrictions on Tibetan Buddhism

One Man’s Mission to Save a Culture

Tibetan sets himself on fire in China protest

Sikyong Leaves for Official Visits to Bodh Gaya, Delhi and Mundgod

Gyalwang Karmapa Rinpoche Inaugurates ‘Grassland – A Photo Exhibition’ at Tibet Museum

Japanese MPs gather to launch Tibet support group

Symposium ‘Tibet’s Past, Present and Future—What is the Way Forward?’

European Parliament Passes Resolution on Larung Gar

China must respect freedom of expression and religion in Tibet: EP

Tibetan leader urges Trump to confront China on rights

China slams India over invite to the Dalai Lama

Tibet’s PM in-exile slams China for opposing Dalai-President Pranab Mukherjee meet

Tibet is Not a Part of China but Middle Way Remains a Viable Solution: CTA

Malta competes to host post-Brexit European office for the Lloyd’s of London insurance market

Indonesia faces chance to prove it is more ‘journalist-friendly’ in 2017

Wamena, West Papua: up to 30 people reportedly arrested ahead of peaceful demonstrations

Seven members of West Papua National Committee arrested for supporting West Papua at Melanesian Spearhead Group meeting

Indonesians asking West Papuans for forgiveness for human rights violations of Indonesian government

Peru has launched its first-ever newscast in Quechua

New Xinjiang Party Boss Boosts Surveillance, Police Patrols

Passport Recall in Western China Signals a Major Human Rights Problem

Uyghur Farmers Sent to School in China ‘Anti-Extremism’ Drive

The Roma homeland that never was

Reflections on the 10th EU Roma platform

French Left and Right unite to evict thousands more Roma onto the streets

Survey shows 80 percent of Roma at risk of poverty

Macedonia’s “queen of Gypsy music” buried in Skopje

Professor confronts persecution faced by Roma people

Roma Union Chair: Fico’s Condemnation of Roma Horrifying

“Light bringers” help Hungary’s impoverished Roma power their homes

Putin Is Doing to Aleppo What He Did to Grozny: Flatten the Place

Syria’s Ilovaisk

Daghestan Authorities Intensify Pressure On Laks To Cede Homes To Former Chechen Deportees

Turkey and Russian death squads

Trump team reaches out to Native Americans

Austria to use Hitler birth home as charity headquarters

Nigeria fails to come to grips with separatist “New Biafra”

Operation Python Dance is a plan to annihilate Biafrans, MASSOB

Luxembourg must stand up for political prisoners

Kosovo Gets Its Own Country Code

Bosnia’s War-Displaced Families Still Waiting for Electricity

Cloud Armor That’s Not Quite So Fluffy

Inside Europe: Latvia’s harrowing past comes to life

Montenegro seeks man pictured with Russian foreign minister

National study finds ‘staggering’ Maori and Pacific problem gambling rates

New Zealand’s largest tribe, Ngāpuhi, move to next phase of settlments

Māori Party song goes viral

The strange case of the Northwest’s Native American Nazi

Haiti: Saving itself after foreign aid’s failure

EU Parliament in tears, gives standing ovation to Yezidi girls after hearing their tales

Film of abducted Yazidi girl wins Dubai award

Snow on Mount #Sinjar thousands of #Yazidis are still living in simple tents‬

Lamya Haji Bashar awarded European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought and expression

Ecommerce in Slovenia is growing fast

Slovak Charter 77 signatory Miroslav Kusý honoured by Czech prime minister

Sweden presents new national gender equality authority

Leonardo DiCaprio donates $65,000 to Children of Armenia Fund

Why Iran is angered by Israel alliance with Azerbaijan

Two Moldovan models crowned the world’s most beautiful women in the 2016 Miss Humanity Universe beauty pageant

Hong Kong independence activists ‘assaulted’ by pro-China group during Taiwan visit

Avoid using ‘mainland mentality’ to tackle Hong Kong problems, Chinese scholar urges Beijing

Regina Ip pledges to allow discussion of Hong Kong independence in schools, defend academic freedom

Austria’s social system ‘unaffordable without migration’

Serbia to bolster air force with Russian jets and European helicopters

Great Escape: Mongolia’s Altai Kazakh Eagle Hunters Festival

India’s relations with Mongolia – Mongolia’s relations with China have taken a hit

China-Mongolian Border Blocked

Economic gods may be smiling again at Mongolia

Bulgaria Has to Be Better NATO Partner, But No Enemy to Russia – President-Elect

EU parliament writes to Ethiopian president over detained Oromo leader

Dozens march for peace deal in ethnically divided Cyprus

Macedonia’s election has opened the door to finally tackling the country’s corruption problem

Albanians From Macedonia Cross Ethnic Lines to Vote Against Ruling Parties

It’s 2016, and Macedonia is a real place

The Welsh economy still the weakest in the UK shows new figures

The Wales Office has had a rebrand and got rid of the dragon and Welsh motto

Row over UK ‘veto’ of Welsh laws in Wales Bill debate

Welsh government plans national legal code

Why the Tiny Island of Malta Has Europe’s Most Progressive Gay Rights

Lebanon to get legislative tracking app

Lebanon ‘approaching breaking point’ due to influx of Syrian refugees

Oklahoma’s Native tribes are trying to fill a gap in sex ed left by the state’s schools

More insurers considering move to Ireland, central bank says

Institute of Directors report highlights ‘extreme concern’ over Brexit in Northern Ireland

Digs funded at ‘lost kingdoms’ sites in Scotland and Ireland

Inuit group learning about Welsh language promotion

According To Instagram, Everyone’s In Singapore Now

Moldova’s breakaway territory of Transnistria: Putin Wins a Pawn

Bosnia to Expel Hundreds of Foreign Property Owners Amid Tax Probe

Hundreds gather in Sarajevo to rally for peace in Syria

“Russian World” In Belarus Is Putin Plus Lukashenka

Bosnia to Expel Hundreds of Foreign Property Owners Amid Tax Probe

Belgium’s Flanders wary of Brexit deals with large EU member states

World’s largest wave recorded off the coast between Ireland and Iceland

Slovakia’s Fico criticizes sanctions against Russia

Serbia furious with Croatia about blocking chapter in EU accession talks

Portugal loses appeal in English court over swap contracts

Armenia’s Russia problem

Serbian court postpones Srebrenica massacre trial until February

World Bank Lends Albania $71M for Tourism Infrastructure

Windsor, Ont. public schools improving Indigenous representation in curriculum

Canada ‘falls short’ in treating First Nations patients, says country’s 1st female Indigenous surgeon

Indigenous military members endure ‘systemic’ racism, report claims

Passionate supporters of the Welsh language vastly outnumber critics, study finds

Namibia: Stunting in Namibia Still Too High

Luxembourg’s entrepreneur of the year

Armenian youth learn about EU funded projects

Armenia: Anti-corruption game launched on Anti-Corruption Day

Palestinian Body Politic Rotten to the Core

The Palestinian leadership that doesn’t represent us

Portugal’s Guterres sworn in as next U.N. secretary-general

IMF urges Spain to provide Autonomous Communities with “greater power to mobilise their own revenues”

Catalan lawmakers rip up images of Spain’s King Felipe

Catalans re-arrested after burning images of the king

Crimean Tatars accuse Russia of kidnappings and political arrests

20+ Proposed Pipelines Threatening Indigenous Communities

Lebanon: Student Arrested for Facebook Post

UN: Albania must ‘turn page’ on communist-era disappearances

Currency Springs Central Bank Trap as Iceland Risks Overheating

Nigeria: The Case for Pro-Biafra Agitators

Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu remains resolute, fearless no matter the cost – IPOB

Lithuanian President Grybauskaite visits Ukraine

The Welsh flag emoji is FINALLY happening

Nearly 7 years after quake, 50,000 in Haiti still in camps

LuxLeaks whistleblowers appeal jail sentences in Luxembourg court

Malle, Belgium, to host 2017 Para dance sport Worlds

Man bashes teen, ‘racially abuses Maori teen’ on Perth bus

Bosnia preparing for return of Islamic State fighters

Ireland and four UK territories named on ‘world’s worst tax havens’ list

Easter Rising flag finally returned to Ireland 100 years on from 1916

Austria calls for freeze on Turkey’s EU membership talks

Turkey Moves to Crush Kurdish Party After Deadly Bombing

US committed to defence pact with Kurdistan Region, says Carter

Russia’s Rosatom gets compensation for scrapped €10bn nuclear project in Bulgaria

Moroccan forces intervene violently against Sahrawi demonstrators on International Human Rights Day

Albania Survey Shocks Victims of Communist Regime

Campaign repeals Lebanon’s rape law but there’s a long way to go

Hipsters’ insatiable appetite for superfoods is starving India’s ancient indigenous people

Singapore: behind the world’s best students is a soul-crushing, billion-dollar private education industry

Jamaica’s Musical Genres Rated Among The Best

Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel’s media manipulator

Orbán’s Hungary – The Kremlin’s Trojan Horse

A nasty Hungarian national mood rejects immigrants — and journalists

Ohaneze Ndigbo declares support for Biafra; provides reasons

Oxfam: Luxembourg, Ireland, Netherlands among worst tax havens

Kosovo, Montenegro premiers meet in neighboring Albania

Survey: 89% of Estonians support the country’s NATO membership

The Forgotten American Indian Slaves

Former Tibetan prisoner shares her experience of torture and human rights abuse in Tibet

Spiritual leader of Tibet and President of India grace child-rights summit

2016 12 11 Sunday

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December 5, 1994: Budapest Memorandum in pictures

December 10: Human Rights Day

December 12, 1963: Jamhuri must be about transforming Kenya

December 16, 1971: Bahrain Independence Day

December 16, 1991: Kazakhstan Celebrates Independence Day

December 18, 1971: Qatar National Day

Baloch political parties have recorded worldwide protest on human rights day

Will Trump Support Scottish Independence?

No Scottish musicians on BBC’s ‘meaningless’ Sound Of longlist for fourth successive year

Brexit: Supreme Court is told: Article 50 is none of Scotland’s business

Scotland Back in the Day: Loyalties of Scots were divided in America’s revolution

The Irish served bravely for the Union in the American Civil War

The Cornish in Latin America: ‘Cousin Jack’ and the New World

Michael Gray: Impotent calls for a federal state can only boost the independence cause

Sturgeon snubs UK’s offer of a post-Brexit indyref2

Mayors and councillors of 300 Catalan cities to work during Spain’s Constitution Day

Head of Catalonia’s delegation to UK explains independence process at Westminster

Scotland’s George Kerevan lodges motion against trial of independist Speaker of the Catalan Parliament Carme Forcadell

British MPs report Forcadell’s “prosecution” to the Parliament and warn it may set “a dangerous precedent”

Pro-independence parties present motion against prosecution of Catalan Parliament President

Association of Municipalities for Independence explains Catalonia’s political process to 500 mayors worldwide

Junqueras to advance pro-independence referendum depending on Spanish decisions towards Catalonia

Catalonia: Summit to organise independence referendum to be held on 23 December

The “niche” and “ailing” Cornish Language: another assault on ethnic minority rights in the UK
The Express version & the Sun version

Breton – Cornish Youth & Breton Cornish Language Exchange

Value of Gaelic to businesses and communities in Scotland

Norway, Sweden express concern over Israeli settlement bill

Palestinian Authority delegation heads to US hoping to meet with Trump

Netanyahu: Trump ‘feels very warmly about the Jewish state’

Obama Pressed to Wade Into Israel-Palestinian Fight Again

Israeli-Palestinian Peace Is Worth the Necessary Rethink

Election Being Held In Moldova’s Breakaway Transdniester Region

China: the People’s Republic of the Disappeared

Human Rights Day 2016: Stand up for Uyghur Rights Today

A Statement of Solidarity from a Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, and Chinese Activist

Tibetan, Uyghur and Chinese protesters in Trafalgar Square, London

Why Hong Kongers are calling for independence

Hong Kong: are democracy’s days numbered in this former colony?

Hong Kong’s Beijing-Backed Leader Says He Will Not Seek Re-election

Taiwan: Tsai’s Call to Trump Upholds Nation’s Dignity on the International Stage

Czechs Approve Smoking Ban in Pubs, Restaurants

Kuwait offers ‘illegal’ workers amnesty

Kuwait emir appoints Essam al-Marzouq new oil minister

Suspected of 46 offenses in Finland, Janitskin claims he is now in Russia

Record 2.7 million watch Independence Day ball broadcast in Finland

Sámi instruction has fallen behind

Revitalization of Inari Saami language

Government of Canada supports Aboriginal tourism

Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau Announces Indigenous Languages Act

Georgia’s capital Tbilisi named among top 10 tourist destinations

Sweden, Spain, Lithuania, Greece, Bulgaria all support Georgia’s EU integration

OSCE Group of Friends of Georgia adopt declaration supporting Georgia’s territorial integrity

Russia Follows the Policy against Belarus Practiced Before the Annexation of Crimea

Belarus arrests advocates of “Russian world”

Mustafa Dzhemilev: Belarusian authorities are acting as kholops of Moscow

Crimean Tatars: Mustafa Dhzemilev Warns EP of Russian Nuclear Arms in Crimea

Forget Objectivity: For The Atlantic Council, Eritrea’s Prison State Isn’t That Bad

Refugees in their own land: How Indigenous people are still homeless in modern Australia

How #IndigenousDads became one of the most important movements

Genetic study points to Indigenous Australians as the oldest continuous society on Earth

Veterans Ask for Forgiveness and Healing in Standing Rock

Standing Rock Tribe Defied History; What Happens Next Is Anything But Inevitable

How Northwest Tribes Joined Forces to Beat Fossil Fuel Initiatives

Sindh: New Laws Aim to Enhance Protection of Women

Aceh: Devastating Earthquake Strikes Region, Killing More Than 100 People

Crackdown on Anti-Slavery Movement in Mauritania Continues after Release of Biram Dah Abeid

Venetians call for recognition as a ‘minority’

Armenian and Assyrian Writing Replaced by Turkish Flag

Nigerian govt. must intervene to prevent extinction of minority languages

IPOB launches ‘Operation David Dance’

Biafra will be actualised without war – IPOB

7 reasons why we are fighting for Biafra – IPOB

Biafra: Why we want to break out from Nigeria – Ohanaeze

Conference: Local to Global Perspectives on Language Revitalization and Documentation

16th International Conference on Minority Languages

Independence of Saharawi state only way to ending violations of human rights in occupied Western Sahara

China’s Major General Wang Xiaojin Appointed Commander of the UN Mission for Referendum in the Western Sahara

China ‘blocks’ Mongolia border after Dalai Lama visit

Chinese state media chides Mongolia for seeking Indian financial aid

Does India Sense an Opportunity in Mongolia Amid Ulaanbataar-Beijing Split Over Dalai Lama?

The First “Plastic-Free” Advent Fair Opens in Croatia

Five killed in Bulgarian explosion following train derailment

Lithuanian parlt panel requests funds to train 7,000 experts to recognise suicide risks

Lithuanian residents unlikely to stand up for violated rights – poll

From Washington, influencing Ethiopia’s politics

Wales: £1m appeal to build ‘world’s largest dragon’

Five Things To Watch In Macedonia’s Early Elections

Macedonians Voting In Wake Of Wiretap Scandal

Denmark has fewer long-term unemployed than the rest of Europe

Danish court blocks Apple from exchanging an iPhone under warranty with a refurbished model

What are the most watched videos in Luxembourg?

Thousands of Haitians seek refuge in Mexico

Libya: a dead-end for migrants

No respite for Libya after Islamic State driven from coastal city

Estonia: Why Trump Makes This Small Country So Nervous

Estonian embassy in Minsk to take over as NATO contact point embassy

Latvia and Belarus to sign defense agreement

Baltic PMs: Regional gas market would be a good thing

NATO, EU have woken up to propaganda problem

Russia is bad-mouthing the Baltics again

Armenia to promote sustainability and strengthen competitiveness with World Bank support

Lawyers seek to launch Brexit challenge in Irish court

Reframing modern Ireland

Greenland’s ice-free past exposes sea level rise danger

Studies paint grim outlook for mammal species

Solid majority favours Greenland independence

The View from Copenhagen: no-one is going to oppose Greenlandic independence

A boost in Māori doctors

Why is the “European CNN” becoming the voice of the Kremlin?

Russian Hackers Acted to Aid Trump in Election, U.S. Says

Trump’s man in Moscow claims ‘misinformation’ about Crimea, Ukraine was ‘catastrophic’ & sanctions don’t work

Officer from Russian 18th Motor Rifle Brigade traced to war zone in Ukraine

Russian mercenaries on contract service in the Russian army after Donbas

Russian Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense officer identified in Donbas

Crimean Tatar rights activist placed in psychiatric clinic on eve of Human Rights Day

Language as enemy

UK spy chief warns of Russia’s role in Syria ‘tragedy’

Russia bombs Syria & uses refugees as a weapon while denying them asylum

Senators Urge Trump to Provide Lethal Aid to Ukraine

Russia threatens retaliation over latest round of Canadian sanctions

Sanctions on Russia Need More Teeth

Crimean Tatars ’tried’ & fined for solidarity with victims of persecution

The United States hints at that Ukraine should give up with Crimea for Donbass

Kremlin won’t accept Finlandization of Ukraine

Ukrainian Muslims join in affirmation of unity and support for Ukraine

Swiss wary of Trump protectionism

Chocolate bar made in Serbia triggers trouble in Croatia

Switzerland extends freezing of assets of former Ukrainian officials for a year

Serbian attitudes harden as migrants gather once again

As Iraq’s Kurds Eye Statehood, a Border Takes Shape

‘Talks begin’ with Baghdad over Kurdistan independence

Kirkuk governor: Remaining with Baghdad is ‘a disaster’

Thousands turn to online English course in Kurdistan

Former American diplomat calls for a US-protected Kurdish autonomy in Syria

US facilitating joint talks with Turkey, Syrian Kurdish forces to ease tension

As Turkey Cracks Down, Kurdish Mayors Pack Bags for Jail

Literary night in Istanbul highlights Swedish-Kurdish ties

Turkey’s CHP declares initiative aimed at opening to Kurds

Crackdown in Turkey Threatens a Haven of Gender Equality Built by Kurds

Kurdish and Arab neighbours forge stronger relations post-ISIS

New round of talks aims to break Kurdistan’s political impasse

Instead of Uniting, Kurds Are Busy Fighting Each Other

Assad Says Kurdish Federal Zone in Syria ‘Temporary’

Amnesty urges Iran to release Kurdish prisoner, give medical care

Tibetan self-immolator calls for freedom in Tibet, democracy in China

Where from here? The curious case of Free Tibet Movement

Human rights violations in Tibet high, government-in-exile says

Tibetan refugees observe World Human Rights Day

Expelled Larung Gar Nuns Held in Camp in Kardze

Central Tibetan Administration Calls on UNHCHR to Take Urgent Action to Save Larung Gar

China sentences ten Tibetans to varying prison terms in Tibet

Former Tibetan village leader jailed for ‘inciting secession’ released after four years

Tibetan mother jailed in connection with self-immolation released in poor physical and mental health

Niece of Tibetan reincarnate lama says her uncle was poisoned to death in prison

Top US Congressman Urges President-elect Trump to Meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Payment card use in Slovenia still rising

Icelanders Prefer Credit Cards to Cash

Iceland’s wait continues for news of next government

Swedes should be on Mars by the 2030s: Liberals

Want to avoid stress in Sweden? Stay away from public transport

Jamaica moves up two places on ICT Development Index

Portugal with fourth fewest smokers in the EU

Gala Nobel Prize Ceremonies in Sweden, Norway

Digital Activists Meet Up Offline to Promote Bolivia’s Language Diversity Online

Mid-winter eviction puts over Romani 600 people on the streets in Paris

Election brings no hope to Macedonia’s Roma-run ‘ghetto’

Online hatred for Czech Roma growing

Helsinki Commission focuses on human rights, security violations in Russian-occupied Crimea

Why Is China Playing Hardball With Singapore?

Chechen Whistle-Blower Appeals To Russian Investigators Over Threats By Local Authorities

Reports: Russia Sent Chechen Forces to Syria with Claim to Protect Hmeimim Base

Chechnya’s leader says troops would fight happily in Syria

Israeli Army Tweets Fake Map of Hezbollah Positions in Lebanon

You’ll never guess, or pronounce, Austria’s word for the year

Verdict on Haiti Vote Challenges Kicked Up to Highest Court

Bulgaria seeks to buy eight fighter jets

e-Estonia: Lessons for Namibia

Estonia joins US in passing Magnitsky law

EU takes step towards Bosnia’s membership but warns on rhetoric

The Plan for an Energy Internet Revolution in Luxembourg

Russia and Terrorism Dominated CIA Chief’s Albania Visit

Not just Athletic Bilbao anymore: Basque Country clubs are boldly buoyant in Spain

Highest share of low-wage earners in Latvia

Hungary’s leader urges Hungarian minority to vote in Romania

Orban: Poles and Hungarians are joined by ‘brotherhood of blood’

British troops ‘to be investigated’ over killings during the Troubles in Northern Ireland

Irish Diaspora 2017 Presidential Awards winners

Malta still discriminating against the non-religious

In Europe first, Malta bans gay conversion therapy

If You Cared About Standing Rock, You Need To Know About West Papua

Human Rights Day in West Papua: thousands demand their right to self-determination

West Papuans arrested and threatened with life sentences for a graffiti

International Parliamentarians for West Papua is growing

United Liberation Movement for West Papua lobbies the UN

West Papuan and Indonesian students celebrate West Papua national day

West Papua on mainstream media in Australia

Incarcerated in West Papua – a six-month ordeal

Iraq’s Yazidis plead for the world’s protection

Yazidi Leader Seeks Protection for Community After Genocide

Rescued Yazidi Women Relate the Horror of Captivity Under IS

Bulgaria, Slovakia, Lithuania ‘Can Be Centers of Excellence for Nuclear Decommissioning’

Sweden joins dash to host EU drugs agency instead of London after Brexit

Inside Russia’s secretive stronghold of Kaliningrad ‘where World War Three could start’

Can Belarus Punish Lithuania For Its Position On The Astraviec Nuclear Power Plant?

21 UK residents get Jamaican citizenship

Is This Norwegian TV Series the Future of Television?

China imposes hefty fines for fake or harmful news in Xinjiang

Iceland’s Next Generation of Filmmakers Gains New Entrant in Guðmundur Guðmundsson With Debut ‘Heartstone’

Organization Demands Clarification on Number of Amazigh Speakers in Morocco

Lebanon: Schools in Palestinian camp reopen after gun battles

Switzerland Buys Back Its Own Luxury Watches

Aboriginal war memorial helps heal old wounds

Azerbaijan: A decade in jail for graffiti activist is a shameless attempt to stifle criticism

Journalist in Crimea charged with extremism

Russia undermines European security through its actions in Crimea, Donbas

Time for Bulgaria to Join Euro Waiting Room – C-Bank Governor

Oromo: Refugees Protest Being Denied Asylum in Egypt

Ethnic tensions could see Ethiopia descending into civil war

A New Radio Drama Inspired by PJ Harvey, On Kosovo Field, is Coming to BBC’s Radio 4

Kosovo Bans Building of Serb Wall in Mitrovica

Bosnia Arrests Third Ex-Soldier for Sarajevo War Rape

Inuktut language group to tour Wales to learn about language revitalization

NSU taking proposals for 45th annual Symposium on the American Indian

Film examines realities of American Indian

Jamaica, Cuba pledge to deepen relations

Money-Laundering Monitor Says Switzerland Has Work to Do

Sweden has the fewest smokers in Europe

Thriving Program Makes Penn a Quechua Language Hub

Armenia’s Former Flagship Enterprise Declared Bankrupt

Palestine: The End of the Bedouins?

Hungary leaves anti-corruption group that criticized it

Orban Allies Tighten Media Grip Ahead of Hungary Election

Bulgaria’s Socialists Return Govt Mandate to President

Sweetheart tax deals in Luxembourg, Belgium spike

UN prosecutors urge life term for ‘Butcher of Bosnia’

Estonia and Finland have best EU science teaching

Stigma still an issue for Maori living with HIV

No respect for Māori custodians of Porotī Springs

Turkish border guards kill three Syrian Kurdish civilians

OSCE helps Albania dispose of toxic chemicals

Greece, Not Italy, Still Poses Biggest Challenge to Eurozone

Migrants in Greece Drop Off Grid

Galicia seeks to improve European proposal for 2017 fishing opportunities

Bosnia arrests Serbs for 1992 mass killing

Chechen strongman not to be called at Kremlin critic’s murder trial

Bank of Lithuania promises fastest financial institution license for FinTech companies in EU

Hungary lags far behind CEE peers in terms of growth

Moldova: a country being emptied of its inhabitants

Large Syrian Refugee Population in Lebanon Sparks Social Tensions

Croatia Becomes First Free Reading Zone Country in the World

UN Warns Croatia about Abortion, Contraception and Sex Education

Greece could profit from Europe’s political turmoil but it needs all the friends it can get

Czech firms grow hedges to offset impact of crown cap removal

The rain feast: an Aymara measure

National Committee for Human Rights: Amazigh, Tubu rights must be guaranteed by Libya’s constitution

Kuwait’s anti-austerity lawmakers threaten reform plans

Crimean authorities plan to black out Ukrainian broadcasting on peninsula

Crimea is expecting another “business delegation”— this time from Greece

Belarus: Is The Isolation Spell Broken?

Far Right loses in Austria

Once Booming, Mongolia’s Economy Veers From Riches To Rags

Danish doctors come out against circumcision

Trump advisors aim to privatize oil-rich American Indian reservations

More Punishment for Tibetan Buddhists

Caught With Your Pants Down? Must Be Christmas in Catalonia

Gunman kills three women in Finland

Cyprus minority sees chance to save ancient language******

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Left the following message today 2/17/2017: Greetings,

Research uncovers the criminal conspiracies, piracies against the Hawaiian Kingdom/ Kingdom of Hawaii which remains a neutral, friendly, non-violent nation.

Please read the following: http://amelia-gora.blogspot.com/2016/11/november-2016-update-brief-summary-of.html and theiolani.blogspot.com http://myweb.ecomplanet,com/GORA8037 Thank you, Amelia Gora, a Royal person, Acting Liaison of Foreign Affairs email: hawaiianhistory@gmail.com

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