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	Categories: Sovereignty movements \| National liberation movements List of active autonomist and secessionist movements This is a list of currently active, autonomist and secessionist movements around the world. Entries on this list meet two criteria; they are active movements with living, active members, and they are seeking greater autonomy or freedom for a geographical region (as opposed to personal autonomy). For defunct movements, please see: List of historical autonomist and secessionist movements Africa Algeria Kabyles Proposed state: Kabylia Political: Front des Forces Socialistes, le Mouvement pour l'Autonomie de la Kabylie Angola Cabinda Government-in-exile: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda Political: FLEC/FAC Violent: Forças Armadas de Cabinda Proposed state: Republic of Cabinda Benin Yoruba Cameroon Bakassi Peninsula Southern Cameroon Proposed state: Federal Republic of Southern Cameroon , Ambazonia Political: Southern Cameroon National Council Chad Southern Chad Violent: Forces Armées Tchadiennes Proposed state: Logone Republic Comoros Anjouan Political: Anjouan People's Movement , Mouvement Populaire Anjouanais , Mawana Moheli Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Mwali Congo-Kinshasa Bas-Congo Proposed state: Bundu dia Kongo (Kingdom of Kongo) South Kasai Proposed state: Mining State Katanga Political: Confédération des Associations de Katanga Tribales , Union of Independent Federalists and Republicans Kwili , Kivu Proposed state: Republic of Bukavu Côte d'Ivoire Northern Regions Violent: Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Bioko Political: Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island Ethiopia Gambela Violent: Gambella People Liberation Movement Ogaden Oromia Violent: Oromo Independence Movement , Oromo Liberation Front , Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia Tigray Violent: Tigray People's Liberation Front Western Somalia France (Africa) Mayotte Maldives Suvadives Proposed state: United Suvadivian Republic Mauritius Rodrigues Island Morocco Western Sahara De facto state: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Violent: Polisario Front Namibia Caprivi Strip Political: Caprivi African National Union Proposed state: Free State of Caprivi Strip/Itenge Nigeria Bakassi Peninsula Hausa Proposed state: Biafra (defunct) Ogoni Political: Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People Yoruba Political: Oodua Republic Front Rwanda Batwa Political: Association for the Promotion of Batwa Somalia Gedo Violent: Rahanwein Resistance Army Proposed state: State of Southwestern Somalia Hiranland Proposed state: States of the Central Somalia Jubaland Violent: Somali Patriotic Movement Proposed state: Republic of Jubaland Puntland Political: Somali Salvation Democratic Front De facto state: Republic of Puntland State of Somalia Somaliland Political: Somali National Movement De facto state: Republic of Somaliland Senegal Casamance Violent: Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance South Africa Afrikaner Political: Volksfront, Vryheidsfront Violent: Afrikaner Resistance Movement Proposed state: Orania Bophuthatswana Kwazulu Political: Inkatha Freedom Party Western Cape Sudan Beja Violent: Beja Congress Darfur Violent: Darfur Liberation Front Kassala Lado Southern Sudan Proposed state: Nile State Tanzania Zanzibar Political: Civic United Front Zambia Barotse Proposed state: Barotseland Violent: Barotse Patriotic Front Zimbabwe Matabele Asia Armenia Kurds Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party Violent: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Proposed state: Kurdistan Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh De facto state: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nakhichevan Proposed state: Republic of Nakhichevan Talysh-Mughan (Talyshstan) Proposed state: Talysh-Mughan Republic Bahrain Hawar Islands Bangladesh Chakma, Chittagong Hill Political: Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti , or Chittagong Hill Tribal People's Coordination Association Proposed state: Confederacy of Chittagong China People's Republic of China Hong Kong Political: Pro-democracy camp (Democratic Party, The Frontier, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre , Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group and other pro-democracy independents) Inner Mongolia Political: Inner Mongolian People's Party, Southern Mongolian Freedom Federation Macau Political: New Macau Association Tibet Government-in-exile: Tibetan Government in Exile Political: International Tibet Independence Movement, National Democratic Party of Tibet ,United Liberation Front of Tibet Xinjiang Violent: East Turkestan Islamic Movement Political: East Turkestan Government in Exile (newly founded, and not widely known or recognized yet) Republic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan (Main article: Taiwan independence, Political status of Taiwan) Political: Pan-Green Coalition (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan Solidarity Union, Taiwan Independence Party) Proposed state: Republic of Taiwan Georgia Abkhazia De facto state: Republic of Abkahzia Ajaria Mingrelia Ossetians De facto state: Republic of South Ossetia India See also: Insurgent groups in Northeast India Andhra Pradesh Political: Jai Andhra Arunachal Pradesh Violent: Arunachal Dragon Force Proposed state: Teola country Assam Violent: United Liberation Front of Assam, United People’s Democratic Solidarity , Koch-Rajbongshi Liberation Organisation , Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam Bodoland Political: National Democratic Front of Bodoland, Bodo Liberation Tiger Force Dimaland Political: Dima Halim Daogah Garo Violent: People's Liberation Front of Meghalaya , Achik National Volunteer Council Proposed state: Achikland Goa Gondwana Political: Gondwana Ganatantra Party, seeking to create a Gondi state from parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra. Kangleipak Violent: People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak Kamtapur Political: Kamtapur Peoples Party (political wing of KLO) Violent: Kamtapur Liberation Organisation , Koch-Rajbongshi Liberation Organisation Karbi Violent: Karbi National Volunteers Proposed state: Karbi-Anglong Kashmir Violent: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Political: Kashmir Independence Organization Proposed state: Azad Kashmir Khasi Violent: Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council Kuki Violent: Kuki National Army Nagaland Violent: National Socialist Council of Nagalim Government-in-exile: Government of the People’s Republic of Nagaland Proposed state: Nagalim , or Peoples Republic of Nagaland Manipur Violent: Hmar People's Convention–Democrat , Manipur People’s Liberation Front , United National Liberation Front , Revolutionary People's Front of Manipur Mizoram Violent: Zomi Revolutionary Organization , Mizoram Farmers Liberation Force Proposed state: Zozam Punjab Proposed state: Khalistan Violent: Khalistan Commando Force–Panjwar , Babbar Khalsa International , Khalistan Zindabad Force , International Sikh Youth Federation Rabha Proposed state: Rhabaland Violent: Rabha National Security Force Reang Violent: Bru National Liberation Front Tamil Nadu Violent: Tamil National Retrieval Troops , Tamil Nadu Liberation Army Telangana Political: Telangana Rashtra Samithi, seeking to separate Telangana from Andhra Pradesh state. Various other minor parties such as Jai Telangana Party, Telangana Communist Party, Telangana Janata Party, Telangana Praja Samithi, Telangana Rashtra Party, Telangana Rashtra Sadhana Front, Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Telangana Sadhana Samithi. Tripura Violent: National Liberation Front of Tripura (two factions operating), All Tripura Tiger Force Vidarbha Political: Vidarbha Rajya Party, Vidarbha Vikas Party, seeking to separate Vidarbha from Maharashtra. Indonesia Aceh Violent: Free Aceh Movement Maluku Government-in-exile: Republik Maluku Selatan Riau West Papua Political: Free Papua Movement, Organisasi Papua Merdeka, West Papua Niugini Proposed state: Republic of West Papua West Timor Iran Ahwaz Political: Democratic Solidarity Party of Ahwaz Assyria Political: Assyrian Universal Alliance South Azerbaijan Kurds Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party Violent: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Proposed state: Kurdistan Iraq Kurds Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party Violent: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Proposed state: Kurdistan Shias Assyria Political: Assyrian Universal Alliance Israel Palestine (Main article: Proposals for a Palestinian state) Political/Violent: Palestine Liberation Front, Palestine Liberation Organisation Violent: Hamas, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine De facto state: Palestinian National Authority Japan Ainu Hokkaido Ryukyus Proposed state: Republic of the Ryukyus Political: Okinawa Independence Movement , Okinawa Independence Party Laos Hmong Lebanon Mount Lebanon Malaysia Sabah Political: Angkatan Gaya Baru , United National Kadazan Organisation , United Pasok Momogun Kadazan Organisation Sarawak Political: Sarawak United Peoples' Party Myanmar Arakan Political/Violent: Arakan Independence Alliance Chin Violent: Chin National Front Proposed state: Chinland Kachin Political: Kachin National Organization Proposed state: Kachinland Karen Political/Violent: Karen National Union Violent: Karen National Liberation Army Proposed state: Republic of Kawthoolei Karenni Political/Violent: Karenni National Progressive Party Violent: Karenni Army Government-in-exile: Karenni Provisional Government Proposed state: United Karenni Independent States Kuki Political/Violent: Kuki National Organisation Violent: Kuki National Army Proposed state: Kukiland Mon Political: New Mon State Party Nagaland Violent: National Socialist Council of Nagaland Government-in-exile: Government of the People's Republic of Nagaland Proposed state: Nagalim , or Peoples Republic of Nagaland Rakhine Political/Violent: Arakan Rohingya National Organization Shan Political: Shan Democratic Union Political/Violent: Restoration Council of Shan State Violent: Shan State Army Proposed state: United Shan States Wa Political: United Wa State Party Violent: United Wa State Army Proposed state: Wa State Zomi Political: Zomi National Congress , Zomi Reunification Organization Violent: Zomi National Front/Army , Zomi Revolutionary Army Proposed state: Zogam, or Federated State of Zomi Oman Muscat Pakistan Balawaristan Balochistan Hunza-Brooshal Pakhtoonistan Sindh Waziristan Philippines Bangsamoro Political: Moro National Liberation Front Violent: Moro Islamic Liberation Front Proposed state: Federal Republic of Mindanao Cordillera Political: Cordillera Bodong Association Violent: Cordillera People's Liberation Army Russia Buryatia Political: All Buryat Association for the Development of Culture Eastern Siberia Proposed state: United States of Northern Asia Sakha Political: Sakha-Amuk Tuva Political: People's Party of Sovereign Tuva , People's Front "Free Tuva" Sri Lanka Tamil De facto state: Tamil Eelam Violent: Tamil Tigers Political: Tamil United Liberation Front Syria Kurds Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party Violent: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Proposed state: Kurdistan Assyria Political: Assyrian Universal Alliance Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region Political: Lali Badakhshon Thailand Hmong South Muslim Thailand Violent: Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO) Proposed state: Greater Patani State (Negara Patani Raya) Turkey Assyria Political: Assyrian Universal Alliance Kurds Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party Proposed state: Kurdistan Violent: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers Party United Arab Emirates Dubai Sharjah Uzbekistan Karakalpakstan Vietnam Hmong South Vietnam Yemen South Yemen Europe Albania Northern Epirus Ilyria Proposed state: Ilyria Republic Belgium Flanders Political: Vlaams Blok, Volksunie, Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie Wallonia Political: Front National (Belgium) Bosnia and Herzegovina Proposed State: Republika Srpska Proposed State: Herceg Bosna Proposed State: Islamic Republic of Bosnia Croatia Active regional autonomy movements present in all parts of the country, but notably in: Istria (Istrian Democratic Assembly) Dalmatia Cyprus Northern Cyprus De facto state: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Denmark Faroe Islands Political: Independence Party Free State of Christiania Greenland Political: Inuit Ataqatigiit Finland Aland Political: List for Alands Future Sami Proposed state: Samiland France (Europe) Alsace-Lorraine Political: Forum Nationaliste d'Alsace-Lorraine , Union du Peuple Alsacien Basque Country Political: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, Batasuna Brittany Political: Parti pour l'Organisation d'une Bretagne Libre , Union Démocratique Bretonne , Emgann, Front de Libération de la Bretagne Violent: Armee Revolutionnaire Bretonne Proposed state: Breizh Corsica Political: Corsica Nazione Violent: National Front for the Liberation of Corsica Normandy Political: Le Mouvement Normand Savoy Political: La Ligue Savoisienne Occitania Political: Parti Nacional Occitan Germany Bavaria Political: Bavaria Party Italy Aosta Valley Political: Lega Nord Valle d'Aosta Northern Italy Political: Lega Nord Proposed state: Padania Sardinia Political: Sardigna Natzione Sicily South Tyrol Southern Italy Political: Lega Sud , Due Sicilie Proposed state: Ausonia Venice Serenissima Republic of Macedonia Ilyria Proposed state: Ilyria Republic Moldova Gagauz Yeri Transnistria De facto state: Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic Netherlands (Europe) Fryslan Norway Sami Proposed state: Samiland Poland Kashubia Silesia Political: Ruch Autonomii Śląska Portugal Azores Political: Azores Liberation Front Madeira Romania Szekler Proposed land division: Szekler Autonomous Region Russia Chechnya Dagestan Ingushetia Kabardino-Balkaria Kaliningrad Karelia Northern Ossetia Sami Proposed state: Samiland Tatarstan Ural Political: Ural Transformation Movement Serbia and Montenegro Montenegro Political: Liberal Alliance , Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro Kosovo and Metohia Political: Democratic League of Kosovo Violent: Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Democratic Party of Kosovo, National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo, The People's Movement for Kosovo Presevo , Bujanovac and Medvedja Violent: UCPMB (defunct) Political: Political Council for Presevo, Meveda and Bujanovac Sandzak Vojvodina Spain Andalusia Political: Nación Andaluza Aragon Political: Aragonese Party Asturias Political: Andecha Astur Basque Country Political: Partido Nacionalista Vasco, Eusko Alkartasuna, Euskal Herritarrok (previously Herri Batasuna and Batasuna), Euskadi Ta Askatasuna Violent: ETA Canary Islands Political: Coalición Canaria, Movimiento Pro-Independencia de Canarias , Canarias Nación , Movimiento por la Autodeterminación y la Independencia del Archipielago Canario , Canarias Libre , Congreso Nacional Canario Cantabria Castile Political: Izquierda Castellana , Movimiento Popular Castellano , Castilla Nación , Tierra Comunera Catalonia Political: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Catalan Republican Left), Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (Catalan Democratic Convergence), Unió Democràtica de Catalunya (Catalan Democratic Union) Violent: Terra Lliure (defunct) Galicia Political: Bloque Nacionalista Galego (Galician Nationalist Block) León Political: Conceyu Xoven Navarra Sweden Sami Proposed state: Samiland Scania Terra Scania Ukraine Crimea United Kingdom and associated islands (Europe) Cornwall: Cornish nationalism Constitutional status of Cornwall Political: Mebyon Kernow Cornish Nationalist Party Cultural and Constitutional: Cornish Stannary Parliament, Cornwall 2000 , Cornish Solidarity , Tyr Gwyr Gweryn England: Political: English Democrats, English Independence Party , England First Party Gibraltar Northern Ireland Political: Sinn Féin, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Republican Sinn Féin, Irish Republican Socialist Party, Ulster Nation Violent: Provisional Irish Republican Army, Real IRA, Irish National Liberation Army Isle of Man Political: Mec Vannin Scotland: Scottish independence Civil: Scottish Patriotic Alliance , Scots for Independence Cultural: Siol nan Gaidheal Political: Scottish Green Party,Scottish Independence Party, Scottish National Party, Scottish Socialist Party, Free Scotland Party Violent: Scottish National Liberation Army/Scottish Separatist Group Wales Political: Plaid Cymru, Forward Wales, Cymru Goch, Cymru Annibynnol North America Canada Secessionist movements Alberta Political: Separation Party of Alberta British Columbia Political: British Columbia Separatist Movement Quebec (Main article: Quebec sovereigntism) Civil: Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society, Mouvement national des Québécois et des Québécoises (MNQ), Rassemblement pour l'indépendance du Québec (RIQ), Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté (IPSO), Mouvement de libération nationale du Québec (MLNQ) (and the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), Fédération des travailleurs du Québec (FTQ) & Centrale des syndicats démocratiques (CSD) labour unions) Cultural: Les Artistes pour la Souveraineté , Union des Artistes Political: Parti Québécois, Bloc Québécois, Union des Forces Progressistes Western Canada Political: Western Canada Concept, Western Independence Party, Western Block Party Autonomist movements Newfoundland Nunatsiavut See also: Secessionist movements of Canada United States Alaska Political: Alaskan Independence Party California California Secessionist Party , Committee to Explore California Secession Proposed state: California Republic Delaware Proposed U.S. state: Delmarva (sometimes proposed as a union with Delaware and part of Virginia Guam Hawaii: Hawaiian sovereignty movement Political: Hawai`i — Independent & Sovereign Maryland:Eastern Shore of Maryland Killington, Vermont Voted to break away from Vermont and join New Hampshire due to grievances with Vermont tax policy, but currently waiting for the state legislatures of both states to approve the secession. New England Political: New England Confederation Movement New York City Proposed U.S. state: New York City secession Northern Marianas Northern Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota Proposed state: North Star Republic Pacific Northwest Political: Cascadian National Party Proposed state: Cascadia Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican Independence Political: Puerto Rican Independence Party Southern United States Political: Neo-confederate movement Political: Southern Party Political: Southern Independence Party Southwest United States Ethnic: La Voz de Aztlán, MEChA Proposed state: Aztlan Texas Proposed state: Republic of Texas Upper Peninsula of Michigan Proposed U.S. state: Superior Vermont Proposed state: Green Mountain Republic of Vermont Eastern Washington Proposed US state in response to economic and political differences between the eastern and western parts of the state Mexico Chiapas Political/guerrilla: Zapatista National Liberation Army Central/South America and Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda Barbuda Political: Barbuda Peoples Movement Bahamas Abaco (defunct) Bolivia Santa Cruz Brazil Pampas Republic (Southern Brazil) Chile Easter Island Costa Rica Guanacaste Limón Ecuador Coast Region France (South America and Caribbean) French Guyana Political: French Guiana Liberation Movement , Tam-Tam Front for the Liberation of Guiana Guadeloupe Martinique Haiti Northern Haiti Proposed state: Artibonite Netherlands (Caribbean) Aruba Netherlands Antilles and Sint Maarten Nicaragua Atlantic regions Peru Andine regions St. Vincent and the Grenadines Grenadines St. Kitts and Nevis Nevis Political: Concerned Citizens'; Movement , Nevis Reformation Party Trinidad and Tobago Tobago United Kingdom (Caribbean) Anguilla Bermuda Cayman Islands Montserrat Political: People's Liberation Movement , United National Front Turks and Caicos Islands Oceania Australia Christmas Island Norfolk Island Australian Aborigines (Main article: Australian Aboriginal Sovereignty) Political: Aboriginal Tent Embassy Fiji Rotuma France (Oceania) French Polynesia Political: Tavini Huiraatira New Caledonia Political: Kanak Nation Kiribati Banaba Micronesia Pohnpei New Zealand Cook Islands Maori Political: Aotearoa Liberation Movement Niue Tokelau Papua New Guinea Bouganville Political: Bougainville Revolutionary Army (recently violent), Bougainville Freedom Movement Solomon Islands Malaita United Kingdom (Oceania) Pitcairn Island Vanuatu Espiritu Santo Proposed state: Vemerana Malekula Proposed state: N'Makiaute Northern islands Proposed state: Federation Na Griamel Tanna Political: Forcona Movement , Kapiel Alliance Proposed state: Tafea Nation Further information See also List of historical autonomist and secessionist movements European Union: Committee of the Regions, European Free Alliance Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation United Nations member states List of ethnic groups List of Chinese nationalities Self-determination Nationalism Separatism Autonomy Self-governance Sovereignty External links eLandnet - indigenous peoples and national minorities worldwide Open Directory - Territorial Disputes List of leftist secessionist movements List of independence movements, wars, dependencies, overseas, commonwealths, territories, with possbility in percentage List of annexated countries, annexations, join, unification with another country, with possbility in percentage List of stateless nations Categories: Sovereignty movements \| National liberation movements

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