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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1948 May 15: Nakba Day, Day of the Catastrophe in Palestine
1944 May 16: Day of Sinti, Romani and Roma resistance
1944 May 18: Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide
1864 May 21: Circassian Genocide Memorial Day
1830 May 28: Indian Removal Act
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Two Indian-origin brother duo top Britain’s rich list
Assyrian Writer Uses Language to ‘Engage, Challenge and Empower’
The son of Holocaust hero Chiune Sugihara is setting the record straight about his father’s story
NYU Chaplain to Be First Chief Rabbi in the United Arab Emirates
Rohingya Muslim shops and schools set on fire by Buddhist vigilante groups
Registration gives many Rohingya refugees identification for the first time
Bangladesh police kill two suspected Rohingya traffickers in clash
Rohingya girls rescued from traffickers in Bangladesh
Minnesota could get a new state holiday: Hmong-Lao Veterans Memorial Day
Germany designates BDS Israel boycott movement as anti-Semitic
Two Australians who gained access to Nauru share the horrors they faced
British Uighur calls on UK government to help search for missing family in Xinjiang
Home Office under fire over ‘inhumane’ detention of migrants
Man arrested during Nicaragua’s massive protests killed in prison
Fugitive El Salvador ex-president Funes paid by Nicaragua government
Victims of deportation of Crimean Tatars commemorated in Kyiv
From music to sausages, Chicago Gaelic Park festival celebrates all things Irish
Nine Refugee Families Welcomed to Iceland
Icelandic President Heads for Winnipeg
Belarus Releases Christian Convert Wanted In Iran, Orders Him To Leave Country
Austrian state plans ‘Ten Commandments’ for asylum seekers
Austria recognises third gender option in official documents
Austria approves headscarf ban in primary schools
South Sudan refugees flood into DR Congo
Kiir urges rival Machar to return to South Sudan
“We’re Not Coming Out!”: why the overlooked story of Romani Resistance Day still resonates in 2019
How the Dalai Lama Negotiated the Future of His Nation in Exile
Tibetan community marks 25 years in Chicago region
Burundi orders asset seizure of exiled opposition
Polish Labor-Shortage Concern Eases as Ukrainians Take Up Slack
Russian lawyer who conducted ‘secret Nuremberg’ against Stalinists brings archive to the West
Uncertain Future Awaits Displaced Syrian Yazidis in Lebanon
Border officials develop plans to transfer migrant families to cities around the US
Photos show Border Patrol saving migrant boy from drowning
Morocco stops 3 migrant boats, arrests 40 on border fence
10-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl dies in Mexican custody
Migrant boy, 2, dies after being detained by US Border Patrol; 4th death of minor since December
Lindsey Graham introduces bill to extend detention of migrant children from 20 to 100 days
Immigration officials tabled plan for mass migrant arrests in L.A. and 9 other cities
Mexico Has Its Own Migrant Crisis — and the President Isn’t Happy
Ingush blogger Ismail Nalgiev expelled from Belarus without trial
Son of Ingush UR party member arrested on suspicion of terrorism
Is everyone in Scotland really ready for the responsibility of independence?
Turkey Marks 1944 Tragedy Of Crimean Tatars
Victims of deportation of Crimean Tatars commemorated in Kyiv
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