Lists of active separatist movements: Difference between revisions
Line 795: | Line 795: | ||
**'''Youth pressure groups''': Galiza Nova, AGIR, CAF |
**'''Youth pressure groups''': Galiza Nova, AGIR, CAF |
||
**'''Rebel organization''': [[Exercito Gerrilheiro do Povo Galego Ceibe]] (defunct) |
**'''Rebel organization''': [[Exercito Gerrilheiro do Povo Galego Ceibe]] (defunct) |
||
**'''Proposed state''': [[Galiza]] |
**'''Proposed state''': [[Galiza]] or [[Portugaliza]] |
||
**'''Main article''': [[Galician nationalism]] |
**'''Main article''': [[Galician nationalism]] |
||
*[[Image:Bandera de León.svg|22px|border]] [[León (province)|León]] |
*[[Image:Bandera de León.svg|22px|border]] [[León (province)|León]] |
Revision as of 19:11, 4 June 2008
This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2008) |
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). What is and is not considered to be an autonomy and secessionist movement is, of course, contentious.
For defunct movements and groups, please see: List of historical autonomist and secessionist movements
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. |
Africa
- File:Flag of the Kabyle people.svg Kabyles
- Proposed state: Kabylie
- Political party: Mouvement pour l'Autonomie de la Kabylie
- Cabinda
- Government-in-exile: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC)
- Political party: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC)
- Rebel organization: Forças Armadas de Cabinda (FAC)
- Proposed state: Republic of Cabinda
- Bakassi Peninsula
- Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Bakassi
- Southern Cameroons
- Proposed state: Federal Republic of Southern Cameroon, Ambazonia
- Political party: Southern Cameroons National Council
- Anjouan
- Political parties: Anjouan People's Movement, Mouvement Populaire Anjouanais, Mawana
- Mohéli
- Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Mwali
- Bas-Congo
- Pressure group: Bundu dia Kongo
- Proposed state: Kingdom of Kongo
- Katanga
- Kwili, Kivu
- Proposed state: Republic of Bukavu
- Northern Regions
- Bioko
- Political party: Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island
- Gambela Region
- Rebel organization: Gambella Peoples Liberation Front
- Ogaden (File:Regió Somali.svg Somali Region)
- Proposed state: Republic of Ogadenia
- Political party: Ogaden National Liberation Front, Western Somali Liberation Front
- Pressure group: Ogaden Youth Association
- Oromia Region
- Rebel organization: Oromo Independence Movement
- Rebel organization: Oromo Liberation Front
- Rebel organization: Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia
- Rebel organization: Conference of Oromiya Peoples Liberation Front
France (Africa)
- Western Sahara
- Government-in-exile: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Political party: Polisario Front
- Caprivi
- Rebel organization: Caprivi Liberation Army
- Political party: Caprivi African National Union
- Proposed state: Free State of Caprivi Strip/Itenge
- Agadez Department
- Rebel organization: Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara
- Political parties: Taniminnak Tidot N Tenere, Tidot Union of Tenere.
- Proposed state: Akal N Tenere, Tenere Republic
- Bakassi Peninsula
- Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Bakassi
- Igbo
- Proposed state: Biafra (defunct)
- Political party: Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra
- Ijaw
- Rebel organization: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
- Rebel organization: Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force
- Proposed state: Niger Delta Republic
- Ogoni
- Political party: Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People
- Yoruba
- Political party: Oodua Republic Front
- Proposed state: Oduduwa Republic of the Yorubas
- Batwa (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political party: Association for the Promotion of Batwa
- Galmudug
- Hiran
- Proposed autonomous region: States of Central Somalia
- Jubaland
- Rebel organization: Somali Patriotic Movement
- Proposed state: Republic of Jubaland
- Maakhir
- Puntland
- Political party: Somali Salvation Democratic Front
- De facto state: Republic of Puntland State of Somalia
- Somaliland
- Political party: Somali National Movement
- De facto state: Republic of Somaliland
- Southwestern Somalia
- Rebel organization: Rahanwein Resistance Army
- Proposed autonomous region: State of Southwestern Somalia
- Casamance
- Rebel organization: Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance
From 1968 to 1993, the Apartheid regime created six Bantu Homelands for black African tribes, where they formed over 70 percent of the local population in a scheme to make them further apart from society when it was under white European minority rule. These Bantu Homelands received 'independence'. In South Africa: Transkei, Ciskei, Venda and Bophuthatswana were declared independent, while others (like KwaZulu, Lebowa, Siswoto and QwaQwa), received partial autonomy, but were never granted independence. In South-West Africa, Ovamboland, Kavangoland, and East Caprivi were granted self-determination. The condition of sovereign independent states was not recognised internationally.
- Rebel organization: Sekretariaat vir Volksbou
- Pressure group: Orania Movement
- Proposed state: Boer Republic
- Beja
- Rebel organization: Beja Congress
- Darfur
- Rebel organization: Darfur Liberation Front
- Eastern Sudan
- Rebel organization: Eastern Front (Sudan)
- Kassala
- Lado District
- Southern Sudan
- Proposed state: Southern Sudan
- Zanzibar (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political party: Civic United Front
- Sahrawis
- Government-in-exile: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (see foreign relations of Western Sahara)
- Political party: Polisario Front
- De facto state: Free Zone
- Barotse
- Proposed state: Barotseland
- Rebel organization: Barotse Patriotic Front
Asia
- Badakhshan (Wakhan Corridor)
- Political party: Lali Badakhshon
- Proposed autonomous region: United Badakhshan Peoples Republic
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- De facto state: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
- File:Flag of Nakhichevan.svg Nakhchivan
- Talysh-Mughan
- Proposed autonomous region: Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic
- Lezgins
- Pressure group: Sadval
- Chittagong Hill Tracts (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Secessionist movements
- Inner Mongolia (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political parties: Inner Mongolian People's Party, Southern Mongolian Freedom Federation
- Tibet (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Government-in-exile: Tibetan Government in Exile
- Political party: International Tibet Independence Movement, National Democratic Party of Tibet, United Liberation Front of Tibet
- East Turkestan / Uyghuristan / Xinjiang (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Rebel organization: East Turkestan Islamic Movement
- Political party: East Turkestan Government in Exile (newly founded, and not widely known or recognized yet)
- Proposed state: Eastern Turkestan Republic
Autonomist movements
- Macau
- Political party: New Macau Association
- Hong Kong
Certain degree of autonomy guaranteed in the 1997 handover of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule.
- Abkhazia (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- De facto state: Republic of Abkhazia
- Adjaria
- De facto state: Republic of Adjaria
- Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti region
- Pressure group: Javakh, United Javakh-Democratic Alliance, Virk
- Proposed autonomous region: Javakh autonomous region
- South Ossetia
- De facto state: Republic of South Ossetia
See also: Insurgent groups in Northeast India
- Andhra Pradesh[citation needed]
- Political party: Jai Andhra[2]
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Rebel organization: Arunachal Dragon Force
- Proposed autonomous region: Teola country[3]
- Assam
See also under Bodoland, Dimasaland, Kamtapur, Karbi below.
- Rebel organization: United Liberation Front of Assam, Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam[4]
- Bodoland
- Political parties: National Democratic Front of Bodoland
- Dimasaland
- Political party: Dima Halim Daogah
- Garo
- Rebel organizations: People's Liberation Front of Meghalaya/Achik National Volunteer Council[5]
- Proposed autonomous region: Achikland
- Gondwana
- Political party: Gondwana Ganatantra Party, seeking to create a Gondi state from parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra[6]
- Kamtapur
- Political party: Kamtapur Peoples Party (political wing of KLO)
- Rebel organizations: Kamtapur Liberation Organisation, Koch-Rajbongshi Liberation Organisation
- Karbi[citation needed]
- Rebel organization: Karbi National Volunteers, United People’s Democratic Solidarity[7]
- Proposed autonomous region: Karbi-Anglong[citation needed]
- Kashmir
- Rebel organizations:Lashkar-e-Toiba, Harkat-ul-mujahideen
- Proposed state: Unification with Pakistan
- Political organizations:All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
- Proposed state: Independent State of Kashmir
- Khasi[citation needed]
- Rebel organization: Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council[citation needed]
- Kuki[citation needed]
- Rebel organization: Kuki National Army[citation needed]
- Ladakh[citation needed], Indian Occupied Kashmir
- Nagaland
- Rebel organization: National Socialist Council of Nagaland
- Government-in-exile: Government of the People’s Republic of Nagaland
- Proposed state: Nagalim, or Peoples Republic of Nagaland
- Maharashtra[citation needed]
- Manipur[citation needed]
- Mizoram[citation needed]
- Rebel organizations: Zomi Revolutionary Organization[citation needed], Mizoram Farmers Liberation Force[citation needed]
- Proposed state: Zozam[citation needed]
- Punjab
- Proposed state: Khalistan
- Rebel organizations: Khalistan Commando Force, Babbar Khalsa International, Khalistan Zindabad Force, International Sikh Youth Federation, Khalistan Liberation Force
- Rabha[citation needed]
- Proposed autonomous region: Rhabaland[citation needed]
- Rebel organization: Rabha National Security Force[citation needed]
- Rayalaseema[citation needed]
- Reang [citation needed]
- Rebel organization: Bru National Liberation Front[citation needed]
- Sikkim [citation needed]
- Tamil Nadu[citation needed]
- Rebel organizations: Tamil National Retrieval Troops, Tamil Nadu Liberation Army
- Telangana
- Political parties: Telangana Rashtra Samithi, seeking to separate Telangana from Andhra Pradesh state. Various other minor groups 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
- Rebel organizations: National Liberation Front of Tripura (two factions operating), All Tripura Tiger Force
- Vidarbha[citation needed]
- Political parties: Vidarbha Rajya Party, Vidarbha Vikas Party, seeking to separate Vidarbha from Maharashtra.
- Zomi[citation needed]
- Political parties: Zomi National Congress[citation needed]
- Aceh (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political party: Free Aceh Movement
- Maluku (South Moluccas is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political parties: Maluku Sovereignty Front
- Government-in-exile: Republik Maluku Selatan
- Riau
- West Papua (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political parties: Free Papua Movement/Organisasi Papua Merdeka, West Papua Niugini
- Proposed state: Republic of West Papua
- Sulawesi
- File:Flag of the Ainu people.svg Ainu people
- Hokkaidō ( Republic of Ezo)
- Ryūkyūs, Ryukyuan people
- Proposed state: Republic of the Ryūkyūs
- Political party: Ryukyu independence movement, Kariyushi Club
- Sabah
- Political party: Parti Bersatu Sabah[1]
Myanmar (Burma)
- Arakan
- Pressure group: Arakan Independence Alliance
- Chin
- Rebel organization: Chin National Front
- Proposed state: Chinland
- Kachin
- Political party: Kachin National Organization
- Proposed state: Kachinland
- Karen
- Pressure group: Karen National Union
- Rebel organization: Karen National Liberation Army
- Proposed state: Republic of Kawthoolei
- Karenni (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Pressure group: Karenni National Progressive Party
- Rebel organization: Karenni Army
- Government-in-exile: Karenni Provisional Government
- Proposed state: United Karenni Independent States
- Kuki
- Pressure group: Kuki National Organisation
- Rebel organization: Kuki National Army
- Proposed state: Kukiland
- Mon
- Political party: New Mon State Party
- Nagaland
- Rebel organization: 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 people
- Pressure group: Arakan Rohingya National Organization
- Shan
- Political party: Shan Democratic Union
- Pressure group: Restoration Council of Shan State
- Rebel organization: Shan State Army
- Proposed state: Federated Shan States
- Wa
- Political party: United Wa State Party
- Rebel organization: United Wa State Army
- Proposed state: Wa State
- Zomi
- Political parties: Zomi National Congress, Zomi Reunification Organization
- Rebel organizations: Zomi National Front/Army, Zomi Revolutionary Army
- Proposed state: Zogam, or Federated State of Zomi
- Balochistan
- Political Party: Balochistan Liberation Front
- Balawaristan
- Political party: Gilgit Baltistan United Movement
- Proposed state: Republic of Gilgit Baltistan
- Sindh
- Proposed state: Sindhudesh
- Political movement: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz
- Waziristan
- Political party: Taliban, al-Qaeda
- Rebel organization: Army of Waziristan
- De facto state: Islamic Emirate of Waziristan
- Pashtunistan
- Bangsamoro
- Political party: Moro National Liberation Front
- Rebel organization: Moro Islamic Liberation Front
- Rebel organization: Abu Sayyaf
- Proposed state: Federal Republic of Mindanao
- Cordillera (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political party: Cordillera Bodong Association
- Rebel organization: Cordillera People's Liberation Army
Russian Federation (Asia)
- Altai Republic
- Buryatia
- Political party: All Buryat Association for the Development of Culture
- Eastern Siberia
- Proposed state: United States of Northern Asia
- Far Eastern Republic
- Proposed state: Far Eastern Republic
- Khakassia
- Sakha
- Political party: Sakha-Amuk
- File:Siberian Republic.jpg Siberia
- Political party: Party of Siberian Liberation
- Proposed state: Siberian Republic
- Tuva
- Political party: People's Party of Sovereign Tuva, People's Front "Free Tuva"
- File:Flag of Tamil Eelam.png Tamil
- De facto state: Tamil Eelam
- Rebel organization: Tamil Tigers
- Political party: Tamil National Alliance
Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Taiwan (Main article: Taiwan independence, Political status of Taiwan) (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political parties: Pan-Green Coalition (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan Solidarity Union, Taiwan Independence Party)
- Proposed state: Republic of Taiwan
- De facto state: Republic of China
- Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
- Political party: Lali Badakhshon
- Pattani
- Rebel organization: Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO) (irredentist)
- Proposed state: "Greater Patani State" (Negara Patani Raya)
- Hmong
- Degar
- Proposed autonomous region: Tây Nguyên
- Pressure group: Montagnard Foundation
- Cham people
The Middle East
- File:Chaldean flag.jpg Assyrian people, Aramean-Syriac people and Chaldean people (politically divided between Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey; see respective entries) (See also: Assyrian independence) (Assyria is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Kurdish people
- Political party: Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI)
- Political party: Kurdistan Independence Party (PSK)
- Rebel organizations: Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), Komalah
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
- Balochistan
- File:Bandera d'Arabistan.svg Arabistan (Khuzestan) (See also: Politics of Khūzestān Province)
- Rebel organizations: Al-Ahwaz Arab People's Democratic Popular Front, Ahwaz Arab Renaissance Party, Ahwaz Liberation Organisation
- Pressure group: Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz
- File:Chaldean flag.jpg Assyrian people, Aramean-Syriac people and Chaldean people (politically divided between Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey; see respective entries) (See also: Assyrian independence) (Assyria is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political party: Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA)
- Proposed autonomous region: Assyria
- Kurdish people (Iraqi Kurdistan is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political parties: Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
- Shi'a Muslims
- Political United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) (goal: establishing a federation in Iraq, but this is not supported by all parties)
- Iraqi Turkmen (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political party: Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) (goal: recognition of Turkmen as a national minority)
- Palestine (Main article: Proposals for a Palestinian state)
- Rebel organizations: al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (now officially known as al-Shaid Yasser Arafat Brigades), Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Tanzim
- Political parties: Hamas, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Fatah, Palestine Liberation Front, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian National Authority, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (these political parties also have armed, militant wings)
- File:Chaldean flag.jpg Assyrian people, Aramean-Syriac people and Chaldean people (politically divided between Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey; see respective entries) (See also: Assyrian independence) (Assyria is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Mount Lebanon
- File:Chaldean flag.jpg Assyrian people, Aramean-Syriac people and Chaldean people (politically divided between Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey; see respective entries) (See also: Assyrian independence) (Assyria is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Kurdish people
- Political party: Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
- Rebel organization: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
Turkey (Asia)
- File:Chaldean flag.jpg Assyrian people, Aramean-Syriac people and Chaldean people (politically divided between Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey; see respective entries) (See also: Assyrian independence) (Assyria is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Kurdish people
- Rebel organization: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
Europe
- South Albania (Northern Epirus)
- Political party: (Unity for Human Rights Party)
- Proposed state: Greece
- Carinthia (state)
- Political party: (Carinthian Slovenes)
- Proposed state: Slovenia
- Burgenland (Hungarian minority in Austria) (Croatians)
- Brussels-Capital Region
- Political parties (seeking a union with France):
- Political parties (seeking a union with Flanders):
- Lijst Dedecker
- Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie member of the European People's Party
- Spirit member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png
- Vlaams Belang member of the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty-Group
- VLOTT
- Flemish Region
- Political parties (seeking independence or confederation and, in some cases, a certain degree of cooperation with the Netherlands):
- Lijst Dedecker
- Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie member of the European People's Party
- Spirit member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png
- Vlaams Belang member of the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty-Group
- VLOTT
- Political parties (seeking independence or confederation and, in some cases, a certain degree of cooperation with the Netherlands):
- German-speaking Community of Belgium
- Political parties:
- Walloon Region
- Political parties (seeking a union with France):
- Republika Srpska, Bosnian Serbs
- Political parties: Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata, Srpska Demokratska Stranka
- File:Flag of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg Bosnian Croats
- Political parties: Croatian Democratic Union 1990
- Proposed state: Herceg-Bosna or part of Croatia
Active regional autonomy movements present in all parts of the country, or outside the country, but notably in:
- Istria
- Political party: Istrian Democratic Assembly, Istrian Democratic Forum
- Rijeka (Fiume)
- Political party: (Lista za Rijeku - Lista per Fiume)
- Covering Serb minorities in and around Knin & with territorial aspirations to parts of northern Dalmatia, Lika, Banija & Slavonia (see Republic of Serbian Krajina Government in Exile) - active secessionists appear to be concentrated among refugees currently living outside Croatia and reflect territorial desires of political groups/institutions in Serbia (see Greater Serbia)
- Political party: Serbian Radical Party (Serbs of Croatia)
- Proposed state: Republic of Serbian Krajina and part of Greater Serbia
- Northern Cyprus
- De facto state: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Moravia
- Political parties: Moravané member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png [9]
- Pressure group: Svobodní Moravané / Free Moravians
- Karviná District eastern part of Frýdek-Místek District.
- Pressure group: Polish minority in the Czech Republic
- Faroe Islands
- Political party: Republican Party, People's Party, Centre Party, Self-Government Party
- Freetown Christiania
- Scania (Skåneland, Terra Scania) (politically divided between Denmark and Sweden; see respective entries) (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Estonian United People's Party (Russian minority)
- Åland
- Political party: Future of Åland member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png
- Proposed state: Åland
- Sami
- Proposed autonomous region: Sápmi
France (Europe)
- Alsace-Lorraine
- Political party: Forum Nationaliste d'Alsace-Lorraine, Union du Peuple Alsacien
- File:Drapél panarpitan.svg Arpitania
- Basque Country
- Political party: Abertzaleen Batasuna (AB), Batasuna, Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png, Parti Nationaliste Basque.
- Pressure group: All local politicians [citation needed], even those in "French" parties, agree to demand a Basque département and co-officiality of Basque language, a demand that has been rejected by the French government.
- Rebel organization: Iparretarrak (defunct), ETA
- Proposed state: Euskadi or Euskal Herria (Basque Country)
- Brittany
- Pressure groups: Celtic League
- Political party: Adsav,Breton Party, Union Démocratique Bretonne member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png, Emgann
- Rebel organization: Armée Revolutionnaire Bretonne, Front de Libération de la Bretagne
- Proposed state: Brittany
- Corsica
- Political party: Corsica Nazione, Partitu di a Nazione Corsa member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png
- Rebel organization: National Front for the Liberation of Corsica
- Nice
- Political party: Ligue pour la renaissance des libertés niçoises
- Normandy
- Political party: Le Mouvement Normand
- Northern Catalonia
- Political party: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png, Bloc Català
- Proposed state: Paisos Catalans
- Savoy
- Political party: Savoy Regional Movement
- Political party: Ligue savoisienne
- Occitania
- Political party: Partit de la Nacion Occitana, Partit Occitan member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png
- French Flanders or French Netherlands
- Political Party: Le Bloc Representative du Nord-France et Flandres Frances
- Proposed state: Les Pays-bois du Francaises, Les Flandres Frances or Le Parti du Artois et Flandres
- Bavaria
- Political party: Bavaria Party member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png
- Northern Italy
- File:Flag of the Aosta Valley.png Aosta Valley
- File:Piemonte-Lega Nord.jpg Piedmont
- Political parties: Lega Nord Piemont
- File:Lombardia-Lega Nord.jpg Lombardy
- Political parties: Lega Lombarda, Lombard Alliance League
- File:Escut Trentino.PNG Trentino
- South Tyrol
- File:Veneto-Lega Nord.jpg Veneto
- Movement: Venetism
- Political parties: Liga Veneta, North-East Project, Liga Veneta Repubblica, Venetians in Movement, Venetian National Party
- File:Friuli-Lega Nord.jpg Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Political parties : Lega Nord Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli Movement, Giulian Front
- File:Liguria-Lega Nord.jpg Liguria
- Political party: Lega Nord Liguria, Ligurian Independentist Movement
- File:Emilia-Lega Nord.jpg Emilia
- Political parties: Lega Nord Emilia
- Romagna
- Political parties: Lega Nord Romagna
- File:Toscana-Lega Nord.jpg Toscana
- Political parties: Lega Nord Toscana
- File:Marche-Lega Nord.jpg Marche
- Political parties: Lega Nord Marche
- File:Umbria-Lega Nord.jpg Umbria
- Political parties: Lega Nord Umbria
- Sardinia
- Southern Italy
- Political parties: Movement for Autonomy, Federalist Alliance, Lega Sud Ausonia, Southern Action League
- Sicily
- Political parties: Movement for Autonomy, Movement for the Independence of Sicily
- File:Vlagseborga.svg Principality of Seborga
- Republic of Kosovo,
- de facto state: Republic of Kosovo
- Political parties: Democratic League of Kosovo, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Democratic Party of Kosovo, National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo, The People's Movement for Kosovo
- Rebel organization: Kosovo Liberation Army (became Kosovo Protection Corps)
- North Kosovo
- Proposed state: part of Serbia
- Covering Polish minorities in and around Vilnius district municipality (61.3% of the population) and Šalčininkai district municipality (79.5%).
- Political party: Polish minority in Lithuania, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
- Proposed state: Greater Poland
- Samogitia[2]
- Political party: Samogitian People's Party
- Albanians in Macedonia
- Proposed autonomous region: Illyrida Republic or Greater Albania
- Gagauz Yeri
- Transnistria
- De facto state: Transnistria
- Sandžak (Bosniaks and Muslims) (politically divided between Montenegro and Serbia; see respective entries) (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Malësia, Kraja, Tuzi (Albanians)
Netherlands (Europe)
- Fryslân
- Political party: Frisian National Party, member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png
- Silesia
- Political party: Ruch Autonomii Śląska
- Kashubia
- Pressure group: Kashubian-Pomeranian Association
- Azores
- Political party: Democratic Party of the Atlantic Azores (extinct)
- Rebel organizations: FLA (extinct)
- Madeira
- Rebel organizations: FLAMA (extinct)
- Szekler Land
- Proposed land division: Szekler Autonomous Region
Russian Federation (Europe)
- Adygea
- Bashkortostan
- Chechnya (The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Rebel organization: Chechen separatists
- Proposed state: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
- Alternative proposed state: Caucasian Emirate (claimed successor to Ichkeria)
- Chuvashia (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Dagestan
- Don Cossackia
- Ingria, Izhoria (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- Kalmykia
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- Karelia
- Komi (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Kuban Cossackia
- Mari El (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political party: Mari Ushem
- Proposed state: Mari El, Idel-Ural
- Northern Ossetia
- Mordovia
- Sami
- Proposed state: Sápmi
- Tatarstan (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political party: All-Tatar Public Center
- Proposed state: Tatarstan, Idel-Ural
- Udmurtia (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Ural
- Political party: Ural Transformation Movement
- Vepsia
- Votia
- Republic of Kosovo
- de facto state: Republic of Kosovo
- Political parties: Democratic League of Kosovo, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Democratic Party of Kosovo, National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo, The People's Movement for Kosovo
- Rebel organization: Kosovo Liberation Army (became Kosovo Protection Corps)
- Preševo, Bujanovac and Medveđa
- Rebel organization: UCPMB (defunct)
- Political party: Political Council for Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac
- Sandžak (Bosniaks and Muslims) (politically divided between Montenegro and Serbia; see respective entries) (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
- Movement for autonomy of the whole province (proposed autonomy: Republic of Vojvodina within Federal Republic of Serbia (German model).)
- Political parties: League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, Reformists of Vojvodina, Vojvodina Coalition, Union of Socialists of Vojvodina
- Movement for autonomy of the Hungarian-populated northern part of Vojvodina (proposed autonomy: Hungarian Regional Autonomy)
- Political parties: Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, Democratic Community of Vojvodina Hungarians, Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians
- Movement for autonomy of the whole province (proposed autonomy: Republic of Vojvodina within Federal Republic of Serbia (German model).)
- Košice Region
- Political party: Hungarians in Slovakia
- Proposed State: Hungary
- Andalusia (Main article: Andalusian nationalism)
- Political parties (autonomist): Partido Andalucista, Partido Socialista Andaluz, Bloque Andaluz de Izquierdas, Partido Comunista del Pueblo Andaluz
- Political parties (secessionist): Nación Andaluza, Asamblea Nacional de Andalucia
- Proposed state: Andalusia
- Aragon
- Political party (autonomist): Chunta Aragonesista member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png
- Political party (secessionist): Estado Aragonés
- Youth movement: Astral-Mozardalla d´Estau Aragonés, Chobenalla Aragonesista, A Enrestida
- Proposed state: Aragón
- Asturias (Main article: Asturian nationalism)
- Political parties (autonomist): Partíu Asturianista, URAS
- Political parties (secessionist): Unidá, Bloque por Asturies, Andecha Astur
- Youth movement: Mocedá d'Izquierda Asturiana, EMIR, Darréu
- Proposed state: Asturies
- Proposed flag: Asturina
- Basque Country and Navarre (Main article: Basque nationalism)
- Political party: Partido Nacionalista Vasco, Eusko Alkartasuna member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png, Batasuna, Aralar
- Armed organization: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)
- Proposed state: Euskal Herria (Basque Country)
- Canary Islands
- Political party: Congreso Nacional Canario (MPAIAC party), Federación Nacionalista Canaria, Alternativa Popular Canaria, Unidad del Pueblo
- Youth movement: Azarug
- Historical parties and organizations: Movimiento Pro-Independencia de Canarias, MIC, Movimiento Canarias Libre, Canarias Nación, Movimiento Autonomista Canario, Movimiento por la Autodeterminación y la Independencia del Archipielago Canario (MPAIAC), Canarias Libre, Fuerzas Armadas Guanches, Destacamentos Armados Canarios
- Proposed State: Canary Islands
- Cantabria
- Political party: Conceju Nacionaliegu Cántabru
- Castile
- Political parties (autonomist): Tierra Comunera
- Political parties (secessionist): Izquierda Castellana, Movimiento Popular Castellano,
- Youth movement: YESCA
- Proposed state: Castilla
- Proposed flag: Pendón Morado,Pendón Estrellado
- Main article: Castilian nationalism
- Catalonia (Catalan independentism), the Valencian Country and the Balearic Islands
- Civil Organization: Sobirania i Progrés (Sovereignty and Progress), Plataforma pel Dret de Decidir, Cercle d'Estudis Sobiranistes
- Pressure groups: Catalunya Acció, Free Catalonia, Endavant, Moviment de Defensa de la Terra
- Youth pressure groups: Maulets, Coordinadora d'Assemblees de Joves de l'Esquerra Independentista, Joventuts d'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya
- Political parties (secessionist): Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, and called Esquerra Republicana del País Valencià in the Valencian Country), member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png; Estat Català (in Catalonia); Bloc Nacionalista Valencià (in the Valencian Country).
- Political parties (autonomist): Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya, Unió Democràtica de Catalunya (in Catalonia); Partit Socialista de Mallorca-Entesa Nacionalista, Entesa de l’Esquerra de Menorca (in the Balearic Islands)
- Armed organization: Terra Lliure (defunct)
- Proposed state: Catalan Countries (united or federated); Principality of Catalonia, Valencian Country and Balearic Islands.
- Galicia
- Political party: Bloque Nacionalista Galego (Galician Nationalist Block)(autonomist), member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png, NÓS-Unidade Popular (WE-Popular Unity)(independentist), Frente Popular Galego (Galician Popular Front)(independentist), Partido Galeguista (The Galician Party) , Terra Galega Galician Coalition (Centrist nationalist Party)
- Youth pressure groups: Galiza Nova, AGIR, CAF
- Rebel organization: Exercito Gerrilheiro do Povo Galego Ceibe (defunct)
- Proposed state: Galiza or Portugaliza
- Main article: Galician nationalism
- León
- Political party: Unión del Pueblo Leonés (UPL or Leonese People's Union), Conceyu Xoven (Young Council)
- Proposed state: País Llïonés - Leonese Country (Conceyu Xoven)
- Proposed autonomous region: Comunidad Autónoma de León - Autonomous Community of León (UPL)
- Murcia
- Political party: Rainbow (Arcoiris)
- Proposed state: Murcia
- Jamtland
- Sami
- Proposed autonomous region: Sápmi
- Scania (Skåneland, Terra Scania) (politically divided between Denmark and Sweden; see respective entries) (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- File:Drapél panarpitan.svg Arpitania
- Jura
- Political party: Mouvement Indépendantiste Jurassien (Jurassian Independentist Movement), Mouvement Autonomiste Jurassien (Jurassian Autonomist Movement), Groupe Bélier (Youth activists movement),
- Romandie
- Political party: Mouvement Romand (French speaking region)
- Crimea (the Crimean Tatars are a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Subcarpathian Rus (the Rusyns claim autonomy or a sovereign state under the control of the European Union and the Russian Federation;[3][4][5] the Rusyns are a 'member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Russians in Ukraine claiming more autonomy or unification with Russia:
United Kingdom and associated territories (Europe)
- Cornwall: Cornish self-government movement, Constitutional status of Cornwall
- Pressure groups: Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament, Cornish Solidarity, Tyr Gwyr Gweryn, Cornwall 2000, Celtic League
- Political parties: Mebyon Kernow - Party for Cornwall member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png, Cornish Green Party, Cornish National Party
- Rebel organization: Cornish National Liberation Army
- England: English nationalism
- Pressure groups: Campaign for an English Parliament
- Political party: English Democrats Party, Free England Party
- Guernsey [10]
- Northern Ireland ("Six Counties"): Irish nationalism, Irish Republicanism, Ulster nationalism
- Pressure groups: Celtic League
- Political parties: Sinn Féin, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Republican Sinn Féin, Irish Republican Socialist Party, Ulster Third Way, Ulster Independence Movement
- Rebel organization: Provisional Irish Republican Army, Real IRA, Continuity IRA, Irish National Liberation Army
- Isle of Man
- Pressure groups: Celtic League
- Political party: Mec Vannin, Liberal Vannin
- Scotland: Scottish independence
- Pressure groups: Independence First, Siol nan Gaidheal, Celtic League, SRSM
- Political parties: Scottish National Party member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png, Scottish Green Party, Scottish Socialist Party, Scottish Enterprise Party, Scottish Independence Party, Free Scotland Party
- Rebel organization: Scottish National Liberation Army
- Wales: Welsh nationalism
- Pressure groups: Cymuned, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, Celtic League
- Political parties: Plaid Cymru member of the European Free Alliance File:Efa logo.png, Forward Wales, Wales Green Party, Cymru Annibynnol
- Wessex
- Pressure groups: Wessex Constitutional Convention
- Political parties: Wessex Regionalist Party, officially registered as a political party.[6]
- Isle of Wight
- Political party: Isle of Wight Party
North America
Secessionist movements
- Alberta (Main article: Alberta Separatism)
- Political party: Separation Party of Alberta
- British Columbia + Pacific Northwestern US
- Proposed state: Cascadia
- Pressure group: Republic of Cascadia, Cascadian Independence Project
- Quebec (Main article: Quebec sovereignty movement)
- Civil organization: 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)
- Labour union: Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), Fédération des travailleurs du Québec (FTQ), Union des artistes (UDA)
- Political party: Parti Québécois, Bloc Québécois, Québec solidaire, Parti indépendantiste
- Proposed state: Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Political party: Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan
- Western Canada
- Political party: Western Independence Party, Western Block Party
Autonomist movements
- File:Cape Breton Island flag 1997.gif Cape Breton Island
- Labrador
- Newfoundland
- File:Nunatsiavut flag.svg Nunatsiavut
- Quebec
- Political party: Action démocratique du Québec
- Political party: Liberal Party of Quebec (under late Robert Bourassa)
- Vancouver Island
Denmark (North America)
- Greenland
- Political party: Inuit Ataqatigiit
United Kingdom (North America)
- Bermuda
- Political parties: Gombey Liberation Party, Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)
- Alaska
- Political party: Alaskan Independence Party
- Black Belt (U.S. region)
- Pressure group: RNA, New Black Panther Party
- Proposed state: Republic of New Afrika
- File:CaliTricolor.svg California
- Lakota Sioux
- Pressure group: Lakotah Oyate
- Proposed state: Republic of Lakota
- Maine
- Proposed state: Republic of Maine
- Pressure group: Free Maine[11]
- New England
- Pressure group: New England Confederation Alliance
- New Hampshire
- Pressure group: republicofnh.org
- Proposed state: Republic of New Hampshire
- New York City
- Pressure group: Peter Vallone, Free City of Tri-Insula
- Newfoundland, Atlantic Northeast, Middle Atlantic States, Ontario, Canadian prairies, Midwest, Northern Western United States, and Pacific Northwest (Areas of North America [excluding The South ] primarily inhabited by whites)--Vinland
- Pressure group: Various white nationalist, white separatist, and Neo-Nazi groups
- Proposed state: Vinland
- Pacific Northwest + British Columbia, Canada
- Proposed state: Cascadia
- Pressure group: Republic of Cascadia, Cascadian Independence Project
- Provisional Government of Oregon
- The South
- Pressure group: League of the South
- Political party: Southern Party (Defunct)
- Political party: Southern Independence Party
- Proposed state: Confederate States of America
See also: Neo-confederate movement
- Southwest United States
- Pressure group: La Voz de Aztlán, MEChA
- Proposed state: Aztlán (to be dependent upon Mexico)
- South Carolina
- Proposed state: Republic of South Carolina
- Pressure group: SC League of the South [12]
- Texas
- Proposed state: Republic of Texas
- Vermont
- Proposed state: Green Mountain Republic of Vermont
- Pressure group: Second Vermont Republic [13]
Central/South America and Caribbean
- Barbuda
- Political party: Barbuda People's Movement
- Mapuche (politically divided between Argentina and Chile; see respective entries) (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Pressure group: The All Lands Conseil (Consejo de Todas las Tierras)
- Proposed state: Mapuche Nation
- Patagonia (Province of Santa Cruz)
- Aymara (politically divided between Bolivia, Chile and Peru; see respective entries)
- Pressure group: Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army, Movement for Socialism, Indigenous Pachakuti Movement
- Proposed state: Collasuyu
- Santa Cruz
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Political party: Pampa Independence Movement
- Proposed state: Restoration of the independence of the Rio-Grandense Republic
- Proposed flag: [14]
- Southern Region
- Pressure group: O Sul é Meu País movement ("The south is my country")
- Political party: Movement for the Independence of South of Brazil
- State of São Paulo
- Political party: Movimento São Paulo Independente ([15])
- Aymara (politically divided between Bolivia, Chile and Peru; see respective entries)
- Pressure group: Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army, Movement for Socialism, Indigenous Pachakuti Movement
- Proposed state: Collasuyu
- Mapuche (politically divided between Argentina and Chile; see respective entries) (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Pressure group: The All Lands Conseil (Consejo de Todas las Tierras)
- Proposed state: Mapuche Nation
France (South America and Caribbean)
- French Guiana
- Political party: French Guiana Liberation Movement, Tam-Tam Front for the Liberation of Guiana
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Northern Haiti
- Proposed state: Artibonite
Netherlands (Caribbean)
- Miskito and other indigenous peoples
- Political party: YATAMA
- Autonomous regions: Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte, Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur
- Aymara (politically divided between Bolivia, Chile and Peru; see respective entries)
- Pressure group: Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army, Movement for Socialism, Indigenous Pachakuti Movement
- Proposed state: Collasuyu
- Nevis
- Political party: Concerned Citizens' Movement, Nevis Reformation Party
- Tobago
- Political party: Democratic Action Congress
United Kingdom (Caribbean)
- Anguilla
- Cayman Islands
- Montserrat
- Political parties: New People's Liberation Movement, United National Front
- Turks and Caicos Islands
United States (Caribbean)
- Puerto Rico
- Political party: Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP)
- Pressure group: Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Pro-Independence Universitarian Federation (FUPI), Union of Socialist Youth (UJS), Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano (MINH), Socialist Front (FS), National Congress for the Descolonizations (CONADE)
- Rebel organization: Boricua Popular Army (Macheteros), Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN)
Venezuela (South America)
- File:Bandezulia.gifZulia State
- Pressure group: Rumbo Propio [16]
- Proposed state: Independent Republic of Zulia [17]
Oceania
- Norfolk Island
- Australian Aborigines (Main article: Australian Aboriginal Sovereignty) (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Pressure group: Aboriginal Tent Embassy
- Western Australia (Main article: Secessionism in Western Australia)
- Rapa Nui (Easter island)[citation needed]
France (Oceania)
- French Polynesia
- Political party: Tavini Huiraatira
- New Caledonia
- Political party: Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front
- Aceh
- Maluku
- Government-in-exile: Republik Maluku Selatan
- West Papua
- Rebel organization: Free Papua Movement/Organisasi Papua Merdeka, West Papua Niugini
- Proposed state: Republic of West Papua
- West Timor
- Cook Islands
- Māori
- Political parties: Mana Māori Movement, Mana Motuhake, Mana Wahine Te Ira Tangata, Māori Party, Mauri Pacific, Nga Iwi Morehu Movement, Piri Wiri Tua Movement, Ratana Movement, Te Tawharau
- Pressure group: Māori King Movement,[citation needed] Tino rangatiratanga[citation needed]
- Proposed state: Tūhoe nation
- Niue
- Tokelau
- Bougainville (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
- Political party: Bougainville Revolutionary Army (recently violent), Bougainville Freedom Movement
United States (Oceania)
- Guam
- Pressure movement: Chamoru Nation, Organization of People for Indigenous Rights
- Local Self-Government: Guam Commission on Self-Determination, now known as the Commission on Decolonization
- Hawaii
- Pressure movement: Hawaiian sovereignty movement
- Political party: Nation of Hawai‘i and other nationalist groups attempting to reassert the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i. The Kingdom of Hawai‘i was internationally recognized as an independent country until the Republic of Hawaii was recognized in its place in 1894.
- Northern Marianas
- Pressure Movement: Taotao Tano
- Malekula
- Proposed state: N'Makiaute
- Northern islands
- Proposed state: Federation Na Griamel
- Tanna
- Political party: Forcona Movement, Kapiel Alliance
- Proposed state: Tafea Nation
References
- ^ Minorities at Risk, "Assessment of Kadazans in Malaysia.[1]
- ^ http://www.gazetawyborcza.pl/1,75477,5141627.html?skad=rss
- ^ Template:Ru icon http://rusinpresent.narod.ru/62praz.htm
- ^ Template:Ru icon http://www.regnum.ru/news/961490.html
- ^ Template:Uk icon http://zakarpattya.net.ua/zol/loadnews.asp?id=19990
- ^ http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/regulatory-issues/partylinks.cfm
See also
- List of autonomous regions and particular administrative divisions leaders
- List of historical autonomist and secessionist movements
- List of political parties campaigning for self-government
- List of U.S. state secession proposals
- List of dependent territories
- List of sovereign states
- 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