| Descendants of Mutineers Seek Independence: The descendants of a group of daring 18th Century mutineers made legal history last week, telling a New Zealand court that their ancestors' rebellion amounted to a declaration of independence. The claim was made by lawyers representing seven men from the remote Pacific island of Pitcairn. | |
| Pitcairn was never British, rape case court told: Pitcairn, the South Pacific home of the descendants of the Bounty mutineers, has never been British territory and is instead the world's smallest and most isolated independent nation, a court was told. Reported in the Daily Telegraph. | |
| The Head Heeb: The Sovereign Democratic Republic of Pitcairn: Commentary on the Pitcairn sex trial and claims arising from it that the island is independent of British rule. |
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