Any calls for "self-determination" amounted to advocating for independence, with both standing at odds with the Basic Law, Li added.
Zakaria Abdul Aziz, a former president of the court of appeals who advocates for independence in the judiciary, called Mr. Sultan "a big part of the Mubarak regime".
This is a pretty complex question, but it seems that before WWI, the U.S. government took a formal position of neutrality whenever possible, even while maintaining surveillance on the activities of Indians in the U.S. who advocated for independence.
In the late 19th century, especially after the founding of the Albanian League (the first Albanian nationalist organization; also called the League of Prizren) in 1878, a number of Albanian literary figures advocated for independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Those advocating for independence argue that Catalonia contributes more to Spain economically than Spain contributes to Catalonia.
A vocal advocate for Taiwanese independence, Mr. Chen, 57, has denied the charges, saying his prosecution is a politically motivated attack by his successor, President Ma Ying-jeou.
When Lajpat Rai left the U.S. in 1919, the editorship duties were handed off to Jabez T. Sunderland, a Unitarian minister who was a close associate of Rai and a longtime advocate for Indian independence.
Persky, who has not responded to repeated requests for comment, recently launched a campaign to fight the recall, arguing that he is a strong advocate for "judicial independence" and that he has a "reputation for being fair to both sides".
Judge Aaron Persky, who received widespread backlash for his sentencing of former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, is campaigning to stay in office and has launched the website RetainJudgePersky.com where he states that he is a strong advocate for "judicial independence".
