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Founding and banning of the JSMM, 2000-2013
A newer Sindhudesh advocacy organization was founded and later banned, its leadership continuing to campaign from exile.
Global timeline
Dated events from published cases, in chronological order. Dates keep their real precision; a period filter includes any event whose date range overlaps it.
Events
15 events.
Events over time
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Circassian activism around the 2014 Sochi Olympics
Circassian diaspora and rights organizations used the Sochi Olympics to draw international attention to their historical grievances and modern demands.
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· Other
Prosecution of Talysh activists
Azerbaijani authorities have repeatedly prosecuted Talysh activists, journalists and researchers advocating autonomy, decentralization or minority-language rights.
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Belgian government formation crisis, 2010–2011
A 541-day deadlock between Flemish and francophone parties over further state reform set a world record for the longest period without an elected government in peacetime.
In: Flanders
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UN Panel of Experts report on accountability, 2011
A UN-appointed panel estimated up to 40,000 civilian deaths in the war's final phase and called for independent investigation.
In: Tamil Eelam
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· Agreement
Doha Document for Peace in Darfur, 2011
A peace agreement established a Darfur Regional Authority framework for greater self-governance within Sudan, though key rebel groups boycotted it.
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· Agreement
Formation of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, 2011-2012
A new, GJM-led autonomous body replaced the DGHC, becoming functional in 2012.
In: Gorkhaland
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· Constitutional change
Sixth Belgian state reform, 2011–2014
Transferred roughly €20 billion a year in competences from the federal level to the regions and communities, the largest devolution since 1993.
In: Flanders
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· Referendum or popular consultation
Southern Sudan independence referendum, 2011
Southern Sudanese voted 9–15 January 2011 on whether to remain united with Sudan or secede; international observers judged the process credible and the vote produced an overwhelming majority for secession.
In: South Sudan
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· Referendum or popular consultation
Welsh law-making powers referendum, 2011
Voters backed full law-making powers for the Assembly in its 20 devolved subject areas, by 63.5% to 36.5%.
In: Wales
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· Administrative change
Buryatia presidential title renamed to Head of the Republic, 2011
Buryatia renamed its presidency to "Head of the Republic," part of a broader pattern of Russian regional title standardisation.
In: Buryatia
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· Legislation
Georgian parliament's recognition resolution, 2011
Georgia became the first UN member state to formally characterize the 1860s Circassian exile as genocide.
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Breakdown of the Kachin ceasefire, 2011
A 17-year ceasefire ended after government forces attacked KIA positions amid disputes over a hydroelectric project and demands to disarm.
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Declaration of independence of South Sudan, 2011
South Sudan was proclaimed an independent state on 9 July 2011, the scheduled end of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement's Interim Period.
In: South Sudan
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· Recognition
Admission of South Sudan to the United Nations, 2011
Following the Security Council's recommendation, the General Assembly admitted the Republic of South Sudan as the 193rd member of the United Nations.
In: South Sudan