By systematically conflating concepts such as "separatism", "extremism" and "terrorism" with non-violent activism, it is not only those who advocate violence who have become targets of the authorities' harsh counter-terrorism policies.
To Mickiewicz, a splitting of that multicultural state into separate entities, due to trends such as Lithuanian separatism, was undesirable, if not outright unthinkable.
A further 13 prisoners are inside for domestic extremism or "separatism" offences, such as Irish republicanism.
But the Turkish authorities fear that granting such rights would encourage separatism.
Many Turks, however, fear that allowing such freedom would lead to separatism and, ultimately, spell doom for the multi-ethnic Turkish Republic.
There is more time for the election for president and vice president, scheduled for July 5th.But anyone wanting to find out what the parties really stand for on issues such as health, education or separatism is struggling.
Yet even at Holy Cross, he writes, he saw how civil-rights activism led to the admission of unqualified minority students (some of whom flunked out), and he bridled at the mindless separatism implicit in such ideas as a "black corridor" in a dormitory.
His promise in the aftermath was simple: "The battle for a country is not over, and it will not be over until we have one".What puzzles outsiders is that this issue of separatism should be such an enduring characteristic of Quebec.
"From such seemingly petty issues, drop by drop, separatism ripens, which sometimes becomes a stronghold for an even more dangerous evil, international terrorism".
Polls show such reforms could bring support for independence below 50%.Catalan separatism is not going away.
