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Date: 18/04/2011
Valencians march in the tens of thousands for Catalan television
The demonstration in Valencia. / Photo: ACPV
Demonstrators protest against TV3 broadcast cut ordered by the Valencian government · The cultural organization ACPV, who formerly secured the reception of the Catalan channel, needs money to pay a fine of 800,000 euros
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Date: 11/04/2011
Majority of voters in Barcelona back an independent Catalonia in non-binding referendum
The “yes” vote reach about 90% of the ballots, with a turnout of 21,37% · The results are successful, claims the organizing committee · In total, more that 800,000 Catalans have voted for independence in popular consultations
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Date: 05/04/2011
Salmond's SNP turning opinion polls around
Alex Salmond is campaigning
Signs appearing that Labour will not head May 5th vote in Scotland · Disenchanted Liberal Democrat voters who refuse Cameron-Clegg pact may turn to SNP
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Date: 18/02/2011
Popular Party switches off Catalan television in the Valencian Country
The Catalan public television (TVC) cannot be broadcasted in the Valencian Country for the first time in 26 years · Acció Cultural, the association owning the relay stations, is convinced that TVC channels will be soon received through DTT · More than 650,000 people signed in favor of broadcasting
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Date: 16/02/2011
Protests against Bouteflika launched in Kabylia
Kabylia is gripped by unrest against the Algerian government since January · Amazigh organisations are amongst the most active within the anti-Bouteflika movement · Two people were arrested in Lybia for “being interested in Amazigh culture”
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Date: 02/02/2011
Tension over land rights between Rapanui people and Chilean government grows in Easter Island
A Rapanui demonstration. / Picture: elciudadano.cl
UN voices concern on recent violent evictions · An occupied hotel becomes the symbol of Rapanui’s people claims on ancestral land · Recent demonstrations show growing awareness on land rights
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Date: 31/01/2011
South Sudan leaves behind 60 years of unity
South Sudan President Salva Kiir
According to provisional official results, more than 98% of the voters are in favour of independence · A united Sudan only has a remarkable support among southerners living in the North · Both countries will have to share foreign debt and agree on the district of Abyei · As per the North, a solution to the Darfur conflict remains a core issue
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Date: 28/01/2011
Historic court ruling allows Bushmen to drill wells for water
The Appeal Court in Botswana has granted this right to Kalahari’s aboriginals, and accused the government’s treatment of the Bushmen people as “degrading” · Survival International, an NGO leading a campaign in favour of the Bushmen, called it a “momentous” decision
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Date: 25/01/2011
Fifth round of Morocco-Polisario talks ends without progress
"Each party continues to reject the proposal of the other as a sole basis for future negotiations”, says UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara · The process in South Sudan encourages Polisario’s demands for a referendum backed by the international community
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Date: 24/01/2011
High turnout in the first consultation on self-determination in South Tyrol
The consultation in Sankt Johann (Ahrntal, South Tyrol). / Photo: Süd-Tiroler Freiheit
The consultation in the municipality of Ahrntal will go on until November · Organisers aim at toping 50% of turnout and say ‘it marks the beginning of a long democratic battle’ · CIEMEN has sent an observer to inform on Catalonia’s popular referendums · Actions launched for Austrian-Italian dual citizenship
