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August 1969: When the “Troubles” began
Fifty years ago this week in the space of five days, the north of Ireland changed for ever. A look back by historian and commentator Dr Éamon Phoenix (abridged) (for the Irish News)
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August 1969. It all changed forever
August 69 was a turning point for the North and for many of us who lived here. The Civil Rights Association had been campaigning for an end to discrimination by the Unionist regime at Stormont
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Kurdish writer Deryaspî jailed
Kurdish writer Gulgeş Deryaspî who was detained in operation in Bitlis was remanded in custody by the court
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Brazil prison riots leave at least 57 dead
At least fifty-seven prisoners died, sixteen of them allegedly beheaded, after the rebellion in a prison in Altamira, in the northern state of Pará, in Brazil
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Global Witness: 164 land and environment defenders killed in 2018
In 2018, Global Witness documented 164 killings of land and environmental defenders
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EUROPEAN MP JULIE WARD: SAVE HASANKEYF
Member of the European Parliament, Julie Ward, sent a letter to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, urging him to make representations to the Turkish government regarding the threat to Hasankeyf and the negative impacts of the Ilisu Dam
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The Sh*t is starting to fly
Johnson has been compared to two people, one alive and one dead. The alive one is Donald Trump, and the similarities are scary
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La movilización popular consigue la renuncia del Gobernador de Puerto Rico
La decisión del Gobernador se ha producido tras constantes y crecientes movilizaciones sociales, que el pasado lunes alcanzaron su punto más alto, mediante una huelga general en toda la isla y una manifestación de 500.000 personas en San Juan
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Johnson named extreme-right Tory cabinet
The newly appointed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed an over-the-top Cabinet of Brexiteer ultras and right-wing extremists
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Turkish government sent Syrian refugees to Afrin
The Governorship of Istanbul announced on 22 July that the Syrian refugees not registered in the city would have to leave Istanbul in less than a month
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