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Date: 21/05/2013
Ríos Montt conviction on charges of genocide cancelled
Guatemalan Constitutional Court accepts appeal by the defense of former dictator, states that new trial must be held · De facto Guatemalan president from 1982 to 1983 had been convicted for the murder of 1,771 Mayan Ixils
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Date: 15/04/2013
Civil movement to call for self-government, nationhood for Malaysia's Sarawak
SSN wants the territory to have law-making powers, raise taxes, control own natural resources · Sovereignist movement argues Sarawak is one of three constituent nations of Malaysia · Sarawak Chief Minister Taib against any move: union brought "stability and peace" · International organizations accuse Taib of corruption, deforestation, "skirting laws and taxes"
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Date: 05/03/2013
"Large sections of the population of South Yemen favor independence"
INTERVIEW. Professor Stephen W. Day specializes in Yemen and says "it is difficult to imagine a full revival of the old South" because of social and political changes undergone since unification with the North in 1990 · Yemen president proposes a federal model with five self-governing regions; he risks being branded a "traitor to the nation", Day warns
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Date: 06/02/2013
Sámi demonstrate for rights in Finland on National Day
Youth organizations, Sámi Parliament urge ratification of ILO Indigenous Peoples Convention · Current Finnish government has the "intention" to ratify the text · Sámi organizations consider it would expand their rights over ancestral lands
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Date: 14/01/2013
Belgrade focuses on rights for Kosovo Serbs in "realistic" approach
Serbian Parliament passes resolution that again refuses to recognize Kosovo independence · Prime Minister Dacic admits that "Serbian sovereignty is practically non-existent" on the ground, says that Belgrade should make efforts to get "autonomy" for Kosovo Serbs
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Date: 19/12/2012
A short guide to upcoming referendums (and similar things)
Scotland and Catalonia are the best-known examples of countries willing to call a vote on independence, but there is a longer list including Pacific islands and several autonomous territories · Referendums are sometimes used as a bargain chip in order to get more powers without having to declare independence
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Date: 17/12/2012
Albanian census finds 24,000 Greeks in country, organizations protest
Omonoia says the results have been falsified in order to downplay the number of Greeks · 14% of people have refused to state their ethnicity · Albanian authorities underline that the census has been free and fair
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Date: 14/12/2012
Peace dialogue with the insurgency should lead to the recognition of “the region's unique culture”, the group says · NGO insists that the pro-independence movement should accept that “self-determination and maintenance of Thailand’s territorial integrity are compatible”
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Date: 11/12/2012
Senegalese soldiers freed as gesture of good will amidst peace talks in Casamance
NEWS IN BRIEF. Men delivered to a delegation of the Community of Sant'Egidio, MFDC leader says that “the fight for independence goes on”
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Date: 29/11/2012
Hungarian Jews to sue Jobbik MP who called to "tally up" them
Márton Gyöngyösi says he only referred to Israeli-Hungarian dual citizens
