Complex sentence: At the time of their foundation the goal of the nationalist movements, such as PULO, was secession, pursuing an armed struggle towards an independent state where Patani people could live with dignity without having alien cultural values imposed on them.
Split into simpler sentences: At the time of their foundation the goal of the nationalist movements, such as PULO, was secession. The emphasis was laid in pursuing an armed struggle towards an independent state where Patani people could live with dignity without having alien cultural values imposed on them.