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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: 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
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Date: 20/01/2011
Popular consultations of self-determination get to South Tyrol
South Tyrolean pro-sovereignty party is to hold a referendum at the municipality of Ahrntal · The territory’s largest party, the pro-autonomy SVP, rules out the popular voting and pledges commitment to Italian-Austrian dual citizenship
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Date: 12/01/2011
Armed struggle intensifies in Corsica as tourist resorts come under attack
An explosion is considered “one of the worst attacks in recent times” by Bastia’s public prosecutor · The Corsican pro-independence movement is believed to be behind 80 strikes carried out in 2010 · The movement boosts a campaign to thwart repressive policies against Corsican prisoners
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Date: 15/12/2010
Öcalan ready to lay down arms if Turkey takes necessary steps
The Kurdish leader says there is a “risk of a popular revolutionary war” if there is no further progress · The European Court of Human Rights deems “unfair” the decision against the banning of Kurdish party HADEP · A writer gets a 10-month sentence for publishing a book
