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Date: 18/04/2012
Strikers criticize Turkey for having put PKK leader in isolation while “attacking civilian and defenceless people” · 15 Kurdish activists join the hunger strike in Strasbourg to put pressure on the Council of Europe, which is asked to send a delegation of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture to the prison where Öcalan is jailed
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Date: 16/04/2012
East Timor, hope after ten years of independence
The small Asian country tries to assert its position while it faces unemployment and gaps in education although experiencing a remarkable economic growth · East Timorese wonder to which extent they form a modern nation or rather their collective identity is still an outcome of European colonization. An article by Aureli Argemí, president-emeritus of CIEMEN.
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Date: 13/04/2012
Libyan crisis expanded: Toubou people fear “ethnic cleansing”
Arab and Toubou fighters clash in southern city of Sabha, 70 people dead · Local lead says they will ask for an “international intervention” in order to create a Toubou state is the situation is not addressed · Eastern Cyrenaica had previously asked for a federal Libya
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Date: 03/04/2012
A further 111,000 people use the language outside school at least once a week, but 439,000 never do it · Almost 70% of Gaeltacht dwellers declare themselves as speakers of the Celtic language
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Date: 26/03/2012
Tens of thousands march in favour of Catalan language in the Balearic Islands
Protesters angry at decree that will remove a requirement to be able to speak Catalan for those working at the public sector · The demonstration's manifesto says that the Balearic government “undermines” the right of islanders to speak Catalan · A pensioner on hunger strike for almost one month
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Date: 22/03/2012
87% of Kurds in Amed support holding a referendum to decide the future of Kurdistan, poll says
Mapa del Kurdistan
49% of those polled are in favour of a democratic autonomy, 19% want full independence · A big majority supports declaring Kurdish as an official language of the area · BDP councillor dies and several people are injured amid Newroz celebrations
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Date: 14/03/2012
Italian ratification of the Charter for Minority Languages not yet: government changes wording
The Council of Ministers now says that only a draft bill has been prepared · The issue must still be debated in the Parliament · Sardinian organization asks Rome to speed the approval of the law for the "best interest of democracy and for the respect of civil rights"
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Date: 14/03/2012
Thousands take part in Rith, massive run for the Irish language
NEWS IN BRIEF. The event is modelled on the Basque Korrika and aims at raising money to create a fund for the promotion of the language
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Date: 13/03/2012
Italy ratifies the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages
The Council of Ministers says that the decision opens the door to the “possibility of tuition” in twelve languages and their use before some courts · Rome signed the Charter twelve years ago · Organizations in Piedmont criticize the move since Italy does not recognize Piedmontese
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Date: 05/03/2012
Wales unveils new Welsh Language Strategy with a focus on children and social use
The plan is set to “encourage” Welsh “within families with babies and young children” · The government sees media, technology and digital contents as key factors for the future of the language
