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  1. · Other

    Prosecution of Talysh activists

    Azerbaijani authorities have repeatedly prosecuted Talysh activists, journalists and researchers advocating autonomy, decentralization or minority-language rights.

    In: Talysh self-determination

  2. · 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

  3. In: Anglophone Cameroon / Ambazonia

  4. In: French Guiana independence and status

  5. In: California independence advocacy

  6. In: South Yemen independence

  7. · Other

    2017 Gorkhaland agitation

    A language-policy dispute reignited the statehood demand in a 104-day strike marked by renewed violence.

    In: Gorkhaland

  8. · Referendum or popular consultation

    Kurdistan Region independence referendum, 2017

    Voters in the Kurdistan Region and some disputed areas voted on independence; Baghdad rejected the vote and the federal Supreme Court later cancelled its results.

    In: Kurdish self-determination, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

  9. · Referendum or popular consultation

    Catalan independence referendum of 1 October 2017

    The Catalan government held a referendum on independence that the Constitutional Court had suspended; it reported 90.18% Yes on 43.03% participation.

    In: Catalonia

  10. · Declaration

    Ambazonia Declaration, 2017

    Separatists proclaimed an independent Federal Republic of Ambazonia, shifting from federalism demands to independence and armed struggle.

    In: Anglophone Cameroon / Ambazonia

  11. · Referendum or popular consultation

    Venetian autonomy referendum, 2017

    Venetians voted overwhelmingly for further autonomy after the Constitutional Court barred a binding independence vote.

    In: Veneto

  12. · Constitutional change

    Application of article 155 in Catalonia, 2017

    The Senate authorised direct measures under article 155; the Spanish government dissolved the Parliament of Catalonia and called elections, and the Constitutional Court suspended the Parliament’s declaration.

    In: Catalonia

  13. In: Kurdistan Region of Iraq