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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.
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
8 events.
Events over time
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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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Niger Delta Avengers pipeline-attack campaign, 2016
A new militant group significantly disrupted Nigerian oil production, citing autonomy and resource-control demands.
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· Legal decision
Sejm rejects Silesian minority recognition bill, 2016
A citizens' bill to recognise Silesians as an ethnic minority, signed by 140,000 people, was rejected by the Polish parliament.
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· Protest
Origins of the Hirak Rif movement, 2016
The death of a fish seller sparked a socioeconomic rights movement, not an independence campaign.
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· Protest
Origins of the Anglophone crisis, 2016-2017
Peaceful protests calling for federalism escalated after a government crackdown.
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"O Sul é o Meu País" consultation, 2016
The movement held a self-organised, non-binding consultation reporting overwhelming support for secession.
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Federal Constitutional Court ruling on Bavarian secession, 2016
The German Federal Constitutional Court rejected a petition for a referendum on Bavarian independence, ruling that German states cannot secede.
In: Bavaria