It’s traditionally difficult to differentiate between separatists and terrorists. People’s definitions often depend on their own political point of view on any specific topic – people can often sympathise with a group’s political ideology, even if they resort to violence to achieve their goals, and are more likely to define such a group as ‘rebels’ or ‘freedom fighters’ – whereas if they don’t sympathise with their aims, they will be label them as ‘terrorists’.

However you would categorise each cause, you can freely browse the articles below on groups that have resorted to violence in order to realise their aims in separating from a state.

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LINK TO LIST OF PUBLICATIONS ON TERRORISM AND SEPARATISM