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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.
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
16 events.
Events over time
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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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· 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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· Agreement
Turkey-PKK peace process, 2013-2015
A peace process launched in 2013 with Öcalan's participation collapsed two years later, and the insurgency resumed.
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· Conflict episode
South Sudanese civil war, 2013–2018
A conflict between the Government of South Sudan and opposition forces, arising from disputes between the country's political and military leaders, broke out in December 2013 and continued through a succession of cessation-of-hostilities agreements until the 2018 Revitalised Agreement.
In: South Sudan
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CPSC independence recommendation, 2014
The official status commission recommended Chuuk pursue independence with its own Compact of Free Association.
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· Organisation founded
Founding of the New England Independence Campaign, 2014
The lead organisation of the contemporary New England independence movement was founded.
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· Other
Umbrella Movement, 2014
Mass protests demanded genuine democratic reform after Beijing proposed a constrained electoral framework.
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· Referendum or popular consultation
Crimea referendum and annexation, 2014
Russia annexed Crimea following an unauthorized referendum held under Russian military control, a move the UN General Assembly declared invalid days later.
In: Crimea
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· Referendum or popular consultation
Unofficial Venetian independence poll, 2014
A privately organised online poll reported overwhelming support for Venetian independence, though it had no legal standing.
In: Veneto
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Donetsk and Luhansk "People's Republic" declarations, 2014
Pro-Russian activists proclaimed separatist "people's republics" in Donetsk and Luhansk amid the broader 2014 crisis in Ukraine.
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· Recognition
UK recognition of the Cornish as a national minority, 2014
The UK Government recognised the Cornish as a national minority, equating their status with the Scots, Welsh and Irish.
In: Cornwall
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· Other
Nineveh Plain exodus and NPU formation, 2014
The Islamic State's capture of Qaraqosh and other Assyrian towns displaced over 120,000 Christians and prompted the formation of an Assyrian self-defence militia.
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· Referendum or popular consultation
Scottish independence referendum, 2014
Voters rejected independence by 55.3% to 44.7% on a turnout of 84.6%.
In: Scotland
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· Other
Catalan participation process on political future, 2014
A consultation on whether Catalonia should become a state, and an independent one, went ahead as a volunteer-run “participation process” after court suspensions.
In: Catalonia
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· Other
Founding of the ULMWP, 2014
Different factions of the West Papuan independence movement united under a single diplomatic umbrella organisation.
In: West Papua