Lists of active separatist movements
This is a list of currently active (and important, recent but defunct) autonomist and secessionist movements around the world.
Africa
- Kabyles
- Proposed state: Kabylia
- Political: Front des Forces Socialistes, le Mouvement pour l'Autonomie de la Kabylie
- Cabinda
- Government-in-exile: Frente de Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda
- Political: FLEC/FAC
- Violent: Forças Armadas de Cabinda
- Bakassi Penninsula
- Southern Cameroon
- Proposed state: Federal Republic of Southern Cameroon, Ambazonia
- Political: Southern Cameroon National Council
- Southern Chad
- Violent: Forces Armées Tchadiennes
- Proposed state: Logone Republic
- Anjouan
- Moheli
- Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Mwali
- South Kasai
- Proposed state: Mining State
- Katanga
- Kwili, Kivu
- Proposed state: Republic of Bukavu
- Northern Regions
- Violent: Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire
- Gambella
- Violent: Gambella People Liberation Movement
- Ogaden
- Oromia
- Tigray
- Violent: Tigray People's Liberation Front
- Western Somalia
- Southern islands
- Proposed state: United Suvadivian Republic
- Western Sahara
- Proposed state: Sahwari Republic
- Violent: Polisario Front
- Caprivi Strip
- Political: Caprivi African National Union
- Proposed state: Free State of Caprivi Strip/Itenge
- Bakassi Peninsula
- Hausa
- Proposed state: Biafra (defunct)
- Ogoni
- Yoruba
- Political: Oodua Republic Front
- Batwa
- Political: Association for the Promotion of Batwa
- Gedo
- Violent: Rahanwein Resistance Army
- Proposed state: Southwest Somalia
- Puntland
- Somaliland
- Violent: Somali National Movement
- Afrikaner
- Political: Volksfront, Vryheidsfront
- Violent: Afrikaner Resistance Movement
- Proposed state: Orania
- Bophuthatswana
- Kwazulu
- Political: Inkatha Freedom Party
- Western Cape
- Beja
- Violent: Beja Congress
- Darfur
- Violent: Darfur Liberation Front
- Kassala
- Lado
- Southern Sudan
- Proposed state: Nile State
- Zanzibar
- Political: Civic United Front
- Barotse
- Proposed state: Barotseland
- Violent: Barotse Patriotic Front
Asia
- Turkish Armenia
- Political: Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
- Kurds
- Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
- Violent: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- De facto state: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
- Nakhichevan
- Guangxi
- Hong Kong
- Macau
- Manchuria
- Inner Mongolia
- Taiwan (Main article: Taiwan independence)
- Tibet
- Government-in-exile: Tibetan Government in Exile
- Political: International Tibet Independence Movement, National Democratic Party of Tibet
- Xinjiang
- Violent: East Turkestan Islamic Movement
- Yunnan
- Abkhazia
- Proposed state: Republic of Abkahzia
- Ajaria
- Mingrelia
- Ossetians
- De facto state: South Ossetia
- Andhra Pradesh
- Political: Jai Andhra
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Violent: Arunachal Dragon Force
- Proposed state: Teola country
- Assam
- Bodoland
- Dalitstan
- Political: Dalitstan Organization
- Dimaland
- Political: Dima Halim Daogah
- Dravidistan
- 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.
- Gujarat
- Political: Gujarat Swarajya Sangh
- Kangleipak
- Kamtapur
- Karbi
- Violent: Karbi National Volunteers
- Proposed state: Karbi-Anglong
- Kashmir
- Violent: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
- Political: Kashmir Independence Organization
- Khasi
- Kuki
- Violent: Kuki National Army
- Nagaland
- Violent: National Socialist Council of Nagalim
- Proposed state: Nagalim
- Manipur
- Mizoram
- Violent: Mizo National Front, Mizoram Farmers Liberation Force
- Proposed state: Zozam
- Mughalstan
- Political: Hezb-e-Mughalstan
- 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
- Rajput
- Violent: Rajputana Liberation Front
- Reang
- Violent: Bru National Liberation Front
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Political: Telangana Rashtra Samithi, seeking to separate Telangana from Andhra Pradesh state.
- Tripura
- Zomi
- Violent: Zomi Revolutionary Organization
- Aceh
- Maluku
- Government-in-exile: Republik Maluku Selatan
- Riau
- West Papua
- West Timor
- Ahwaz
- Political: Democratic Solidarity Party of Ahwaz
- Assyria
- Political: Assyrian Universal Alliance
- South Azerbaijan
- Kurds
- Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
- Violent: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
- Kurds
- Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
- Violent: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
- Shias
- Assyria
- Political: Assyrian Universal Alliance
- Palestine (Main article: Proposals for a Palestinian state)
- Political/Violent: Palestine Liberation Front
- Violent: Hamas, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- De facto state: Palestinian National Authority
- Ainu
- Hokkaido
- Okinawa
- Proposed state: Republic of the Ryukyus
- Political: Okinawa Independence Movement, Okinawa Independence Party
- Sabah
- Sarawak
- Political: Sarawak United Peoples' Party
- Arakan
- Chin
- Violent: Chin National Front
- Proposed state: Chinland
- Kachin
- Karen
- Political: Karen National Union
- Violent: Karen National Liberation Army
- Kuki
- Violent: Kuki National Army
- Mon
- Nagaland
- Violent: National Socialist Council of Nagalim
- Proposed state: Nagalim
- Rakhine
- Shan
- Wa
- Bangsamoro
- Violent: Moro Islamic Liberation Front
- Cordillera
- Political: Cordillera Bodong Association
- Violent: Cordillera People’s Liberation Army
- Buryatia
- Eastern Siberia
- Proposed state: United States of Northern Asia
- Sakha
- Political: Sakha-Amuk
- Tuva
- Tamil
- De facto state: Tamil Eelam
- Violent: Tamil Tigers
- Political: Tamil United Liberation Front
- Kurds
- Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
- Violent: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
- Assyria
- Political: Assyrian Universal Alliance
- Gorno Badakhsan
- Political: Lali Badakhshon
- Hmong
- South Muslim Thailand
- Assyria
- Political: Assyrian Universal Alliance
- Kurds
- Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
- Violent: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Europe
- Northern Epirus
- Ilyria
- Proposed state: Ilyria Republic
- Flanders
- Political: Vlaams-Blok, Volksunie, Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie
- Wallonia
- Political: Vlaams-Blok
- Proposed State: Srpska Republic
- Northern Cyprus
- De facto state: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Faroe Islands
- Political: Faroese Independence Party
- Free State of Christiania
- Greenland
- Political: Eskimo Brotherhood
- Aland
- Political: List for Alands Future
- Sami
- Proposed state: Samiland
- Alsace-Lorraine
- Basque Country
- Political: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, Batasuna
- Britanny
- 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
- Bavaria
- Political: Bavaria Party
- Aosta Valley
- Political: Lega Nord Valle d'Aosta
- Northern Italy
- Sardinia
- Political: Sardigna Natzione
- Sicily
- South Tyrol
- Southern Italy
- Venice
- Ilyria
- Proposed state: Ilyria Republic
- Azores
- Political: Azores Liberation Front
- Madeira
- Chechnya
- Dagestan
- Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkar
- Kaliningrad
- Karelia
- Northern Ossetia
- Sami
- Proposed state: Samiland
- Tatarstan
- Ural
- Political: Ural Transformation movement
- Montenegro
- Political: Liberal Alliance, Democratic Party of Socialists
- Kosovo and Metohia
- Political: Democratic League of Kosovo
- Violent: Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Democratic League 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
- 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
- Cantabria
- Castile
- Catalonia
- Political: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya, Unió Democràtica de Catalunya
- Violent: Terra Lliure (defunct)
- Galicia
- Political: Galician Nationalist Block (Bloque Nacionalista Galego)
- Leon
- Political: Conceyu Xoven
- Navarra
- Channel Islands
- Cornwall (Main article: Cornish independence movement)
- Political: Mebyon Kernow
- England
- Political: English Democrats
- Gibraltar
- Northern Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Political: Mec Vannin
- Orkney
- Scotland (Main article: Scottish independence)
- Wales
- Political: Plaid Cymru, Forward Wales, Cymru Goch, Cymru Annibynnol
North America
- Acadia
- Political: Parti Acadien (1971-1986, defunct)
- Alberta
- Political: Alberta Independence Party
- British Columbia
- Political: British Columbia Separatist Movement
- Cape Breton
- Labrador
- Newfoundland
- Quebec (Main article: Quebec sovereigntism)
- Civil: Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society, MNQ, IPSO, MLNQ (and the CSN, CSQ, FTQ & CSD labour unions)
- Cultural: Les Artistes pour la Souveraineté, Union des Artistes
- Political: Parti Québécois, Bloc Québécois, Union des Forces Progressistes
- Violent: Front de Libération du Québec (1963-1970, defunct)
- Ontario
- Political: Ontario Independence League
- Western Canada
- Political: Western Canada Concept, Western Independence Party
See also: Secessionist movements of Canada
- Alaska
- Political: Alaskan Independence Party
- California
- Political: California Secessionist Party
- Proposed state: California Republic
- Guam
- Hawaii (Main article: Hawaiian sovereignty movement)
- Political: Hawai`i — Independent & Sovereign
- New England
- Political: New England Confederation Movement
- Proposed state: New England Confederation
- Northern Marianas
- Northern Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota
- Proposed state: North Star Republic
- Pacific Northwest
- Political: Cascadian National Party
- Proposed state: Cascadia
- Puerto Rico (Main article: Puerto Rican Independence)
- Political: Puerto Rican Independence Party
- Southern United States
- Political: Southern Independence Party
- Southwest United States
- Political: La Voz de Aztlan
- Proposed state: Aztlan
- Texas
- Proposed state: Republic of Texas
- Vermont
- Proposed state: Green Mountain Republic of Vermont
- Baja California
- Proposed state: Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California
- Chiapas
- Violent: Zapatista National Liberation Army
- Nuevo Luon
- Yucatan
Central/South America and Carribean
- Barbuda
- Political: Barbuda Peoples Movement
- Abaco (defunct)
- Pampas Republic
- Southern Brazil
- Coast Region
- Northern Haiti
- Proposed state: Artibonite
- Atlantic regions
- Andine regions
- Nevis
- Political: Concerned Citizens’ Movement, Nevis Reformation Party
- Anguilla
- Bermuda
- Cayman Islands
- Montserrat
- Political: People's Liberation Movement, United National Front
- Turks and Caicos Islands
Oceania
- Christmas Island
- Norfolk Island
- Australian Aborigines (Main article: Australian Aboriginal Sovereignty)
- Political: Aboriginal Tent Embassy
- French Polynesia
- Political: Tavini Huiraatira
- New Caledonia
- Political: Kanak Nation
- Cook Islands
- Maori
- Political: Aotearoa Liberation Movement
- Niue
- Tokelau
- Bouganville
- Political: Bougainville Revolutionary Army (recently violent), Bougainville Freedom Movement
- 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
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