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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1825 August 6: Bolivia Independence Day
1962 August 6: Jamaica Independence Day
August 9: International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples
1965 August 9: Singapore National Day
1809 August 10: Ecuador Independence Day
August 14: Navajo Code Talkers Day
1939 August 23: European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
1825 August 25: Uruguay Independence Day
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The first Europeans weren’t who you might think
A Chechen refugee Poland wants to give up to Russia
Norway Mosque Shooting Investigated as Attempted Terrorist Attack
Cook Islanders celebrate culture and language
BAROTSELAND: Pomp and Splendor await African-Americans as they return home today!
Brockton woman celebrates her heritage at home & in Cape Verde
Haitian influx create hysteria in Guyana, Brazil and Suriname
The asylum seeker who has learned fluent Welsh in a year
Seminars, protests to mark August 11 as Baloch National Day
Xinjiang: What China shows world vs. what former detainee describes
‘They want to erase us.’ California Uighurs fear for family members in China
Uyghur Mother, Daughters Deported to China From Turkey
Kyrgyzstan: With tensions still simmering, exiled big-hitter makes homecoming
France takes in 31 more Yezidi families who suffered under ISIS
German Kurd deported from Germany to Turkey for waving YPG flag
Experience Ancient And Contemporary Tibetan Culture At Tibet Fest
Taiwan, Tibet and Uygur expats join Hongkongers in New York to show support for protests
A Young Artist Charts the Journey from “Haiti to Hood”
More than half a million Rohingya refugees receive identity documents, most for the first time
Migrants From Pakistan, Iraq Allegedly Beaten At Bosnia-Croatia Border
The forgotten ‘wolf children’ of World War II
Spain keeps close eye on Catalan activities in Switzerland
Mexico detains migrant children in cramped holding center despite court ruling
Mexico’s Crackdown Is Making the Migrant Crisis Worse
US: July migrant numbers slide 21% below 100,000
Qatar: Migrant Workers Strike Over Work Conditions
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