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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1847 July 26: Liberia Independence Day
1821 July 28: Fiestas Patrias, Peru
1944 August 2: Roma Genocide Remembrance Day
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
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Gypsy Den café changes its name out of respect for Romani people, who find ‘G-word’ offensive
Baloch people urge US president to help end human rights abuses by Pakistan
A Baloch sister’s open letter to UN
Irish community celebrates “Irish Heritage Day” in La Crosse
East Timorese Study Korean Language to Fulfill the ‘Korean Dream’
A Welsh TV show is filming in a Wisconsin village of fewer than 2,600 people
Aberystwyth-based Syrian refugee wins Welsh learner award
Samoa’s lively version of cricket turns Jefferson Park into ‘a little piece of home’
Advocates work to stop human trafficking’s causes like poverty, exploitation of human rights
Amid US sanctions, Iranian Kurds seek jobs in Iraq
British police bust Kurdish human trafficking gang
New report by Iraqi organization documents multiple cases of human trafficking
Young migrants and refugees in Greece wanted to be heard. So they started their own newspaper.
Why America remains a beacon of hope for Liberian refugee
Mental health issues dominate Nauru and Manus asylum seekers medical admissions
My Uyghur family is quietly living in fear. This is how we become lost
Migrant receives chilling warning: ‘We can find you. We are in New Zealand’
Amid threatened ICE raids, safety at a Baltimore library
EU takes Hungary to court for criminalizing help for asylum seekers
Lebanon ups pressure on Syrian refugees to return
In Lebanon, Palestinians Protest New Employment Restrictions
Up to 150 migrants die in shipwreck off the coast of Libya
Border Patrol Chief Admits Even They Don’t Want Migrant Children in Their Facilities
Libya’s Migrant ‘Holding Areas’ Have Become Death Camps
Leading Catalan independence figures meet in Puigdemont’s Waterloo residence
How this quiet region in Guatemala became the epicenter of migration
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