List of active autonomist and secessionist movements

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The [Neutral point of view>neutrality] of this article is [NPOV disputedisputed]. Please see the discussion on the [autonomist and secessionist movements around the world. Originally, entries on this list met 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), however, the list has expanded to include a variety of entries, perhaps due to the contentiousness of what is and is not an autonomy and secessionist movement. For defunct movements, please see: List of historical autonomist and secessionist movements Autonomist and secessionist movements by state Africa Algeria - Angola - Benin - Cameroon - Chad - Comoros - Congo-Kinshasa - Côte d'Ivoire - Equatorial Guinea - Ethiopia - France - Ghana - Madagascar - Mauritius - Morocco - Namibia - Nigeria - Rwanda - São Tomé and Príncipe - Somalia - Senegal - South Africa - Sudan - Tanzania - United Kingdom - Zambia - Zimbabwe Asia Azerbaijan - Bahrain - Bangladesh - Bhutan - China - Georgia - India - Indonesia - Iran - Iraq - Israel - Japan - Laos - Lebanon - Malaysia - Maldives - Myanmar - Oman - Pakistan - Philippines - Russia - Saudi Arabia - Sri Lanka - Syria - Tajikistan - Thailand - Turkey - United Arab Emirates - Uzbekistan - Vietnam - Yemen Europe Albania - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Croatia - Cyprus - Denmark - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Italy - Republic of Macedonia - Moldova - Montenegro - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - Serbia - Spain - Sweden - Ukraine - United Kingdom North America Canada - United States Central/South America & Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda - Bolivia - Brazil - Chile - Costa Rica - Ecuador - France - Haiti - Netherlands - Nicaragua - Peru - St. Vincent and the Grenadines - St. Kitts and Nevis - Trinidad and Tobago - United Kingdom Oceania Australia - Fiji - France - Kiribati - Micronesia - New Zealand - Papua New Guinea - Solomon Islands - United Kingdom - United States - Vanuatu Further Information See also - External links Africa Kabyles Proposed state: Kabylia Political: Mouvement pour l'Autonomie de la Kabylie Cabinda * Government-in-exile: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC) * Political: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC) * Violent: Forças Armadas de Cabinda (FAC) Proposed state: Federal Republic of Cabinda Yoruba Bakassi Peninsula Southern Cameroons * Proposed state: Federal Republic of Southern Cameroon, Ambazonia * Political: Southern Cameroons National Council Anjouan * Political: Anjouan People's Movement, Mouvement Populaire Anjouanais, Mawana Mohéli * Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Mwali 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 Northern Regions Bioko * Political: Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island Gambela Region * Violent: Gambella Peoples Liberation Front Ogaden * Proclaimed state: Republic of Ogadenia * Political: Ogaden National Liberation Front * Civil: Ogaden Youth Association Oromia Region * Violent: Oromo Independence Movement * Violent: Oromo Liberation Front * Violent: Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia Somali Region * Violent: Western Somali Liberation Front Mayotte Suvadives * Proposed state: United Suvadivian Republic Rodrigues Island Western Sahara * De facto state: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic * Political: Polisario Front Caprivi * Political: Caprivi African National Union * Proposed state: Free State of Caprivi Strip/Itenge Tenere Region * Political: Taniminnak Tidot N Tenere, Tidot Union of Tenere. * Proposed state: Akal N Tenere, Tenere Republic Bakassi Peninsula Igbo * Proposed state: Biafra (defunct) * Political: Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra Ogoni * Political: Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People Yoruba * Political: Oodua Republic Front Batwa * Political: Association for the Promotion of Batwa 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 Casamance * Violent: Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance Afrikaner * Political: Vryheidsfront * Violent: Afrikaner Resistance Movement * Civilian: Orania Movement * Proposed state: Volkstaat Bophuthatswana KwaZulu Natal * Political: Inkatha Freedom Party Vhavenda Western Cape * Proposed state: The Cape Republic Beja * Violent: Beja Congress Darfur * Violent: Darfur Liberation Front Kassala Lado District Southern Sudan * Proposed state: Nile State Zanzibar * Political: Civic United Front Sahrawis * De facto state: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic * Political: Polisario Front Barotse * Proposed state: Barotseland * Violent: Barotse Patriotic Front Matabeleland and Midlands Asia Nagorno-Karabakh * De facto state: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Talysh-Mughan (Talyshstan) * Proposed state: Talysh-Mughan Republic Hawar Islands Chakma, Chittagong Hill Tracts * Political: Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti, or Chittagong Hill Tribal People's Coordination Association * Proposed state: Confederacy of Chittagong Hindu people, south-western Bangladesh * Political: Swadhin Bangabhumi Andolan * Proposed State: Bangabhumi Secessionist movements Inner Mongolia * Political: Inner Mongolian People's Party, Southern Mongolian Freedom Federation 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) * Proposed state: Eastern Turkistan Republic Autonomist movements 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) Macau *Political: New Macau Association 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 Abkhazia * Political/Violent/De facto state: Republic of Abkhazia Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti region * Civil: Javakh, United Javakh-Democratic Alliance, Virk * Proposed land division: Javakh autonomous region Ossetians * Political/Violent/De facto state: Republic of South Ossetia 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 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 Rayalaseema 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. Aceh * Political: 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 Kurdish people * Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) * Political: Kurdistan Independence Party (PSK) * Violent: Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) * Proposed state: Kurdistan Assyrian people (See also: Assyrian independence) * Political: Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) and the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) * Goal: Preservation the rights of Assyrians as well as other Iraqi Christians and the creation of an autonomous Assyrian region in Northern Iraq. Kurdish people (See also: Iraqi Kurdistan) * Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) * Proposed state: Kurdistan Shi'a Muslims (not supported by all parties) * Political United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) * Goal: Establishing a federation in Iraq Turkomans * Political: Iraqi Turkoman Front (ITF) * Goal: Recognition of Turkomans as a national minority. Palestine (Main article: Proposals for a Palestinian state) * Violent: Palestinian National Authority, Palestine Liberation Front, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Hamas * Violent: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Ainu Hokkaido Ryukyus * Proposed state: Republic of the Ryukyus * Political: Okinawa Independence Movement, Okinawa Independence Party Hmong Mount Lebanon Sabah * Political: Angkatan Gaya Baru, United National Kadazan Organisation, United Pasok Momogun Kadazan Organisation Sarawak * Political: Sarawak United Peoples' Party 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 people * Political/Violent: Arakan Rohingya National Organization Shan * Political: Shan Democratic Union * Political/Violent: Restoration Council of Shan State * Violent: Shan State Army * Proposed state: Federated 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 Balawaristan Balochistan Hunza-Brooshal Pashtunistan Sindh Waziristan * Political: Taliban, al-Qaeda * Violent: Army of Waziristan * Proposed (almost De Facto) state: Islamic State of Waziristan 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 Buryatia * Political: All Buryat Association for the Development of Culture Eastern Siberia * Proposed state: United States of Northern Asia Far East Republic * Proposed state: Far East Republic Sakha * Political: Sakha-Amuk Tuva * Political: People's Party of Sovereign Tuva, People's Front "Free Tuva" Tamil *De facto state: Tamil Eelam *Violent: Tamil Tigers *Political: Tamil United Liberation Front Kurdish people * Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) * Violent: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) * Proposed state: Kurdistan Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region * Political: Lali Badakhshon Hmong Pattani * Violent: Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO) * Proposed state: "Greater Patani State" (Negara Patani Raya) Kurdish people * Political: Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) * Violent: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) * Proposed state: Kurdistan Karakalpakstan Hmong Government of Free Vietnam Europe Northern Epirus Illyria * Proposed state: Illyria Republic Flanders * Political: Vlaams Belang (formerly Vlaams Blok), Volksunie, Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie; see also Flemish movement Wallonia * Political: Rassemblement Wallonie-France ([link]) Brussels * Political: Front des Francophones ([link]) Proposed State: Serbian Republic Proposed State: Herzeg-Bosna Active regional autonomy movements present in all parts of the country, but notably in: * Rijeka[link](Fiume) (Virtual Free State of Rijeka[link]) * Istria (Istrian Democratic Assembly) * Dalmatia Northern Cyprus * De facto state: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Faroe Islands * Political: Republican Party, People's Party, Centre Party, Self-Government Party Freetown Christiania Greenland * Political: Inuit Community Åland * Political: Future of Åland * Proposed state: Åland Sami * Proposed state: Lapland Alsace-Lorraine * Political: Forum Nationaliste d'Alsace-Lorraine, Union du Peuple Alsacien Basque Country * Political: Abertzaleen Batasuna (AB), Batasuna, Eusko Alkartasuna (EA), Parti Nationaliste Basque. * Civic: All local politicans, 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. * Violent: Iparetarrak (defunct) * Proposed state: Euskadi or Euskal Herria (Basque Country) Brittany * Political: Parti pour l'Organisation d'une Bretagne Libre, Union Démocratique Bretonne, Emgann, Front de Libération de la Bretagne * Violent: Armée Revolutionnaire Bretonne * Proposed state: Breizh Corsica * Political: Corsica Nazione * Violent: National Front for the Liberation of Corsica Nice * Political: Ligue pour la Restauration des Libertés Niçoises Normandy * Political: Le Mouvement Normand Northern Catalonia * Political: Bloc Català, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya - Catalunya Nord. * Proposed state: Catalan Countries Savoy * Political: Savoy Regional Movement * Political: Ligue savoisienne Occitania * Political: Parti Nacional Occitan Bavaria * Political: Bavaria Party Aosta Valley * Political: Union Valdôtaine Friuli-Venezia Giulia * Political: Movimento Friuli, Fuarce Friûl (see Friuli) Northern Italy * Political: Lega Nord * Proposed state: Padania Sardinia * Political: Sardigna Natzione, Su Partitu Sardu Seborga Sicily * Political: Fronti Nazziunali Sicilianu South Tyrol * Political: Union für Südtirol, Moviment Politich Ladins Southern Italy * Political: Lega Sud, Due Sicilie * Proposed state: Ausonia Veneto * Political: Serenissima Repubblica, Moviment Politich Ladins Illyrida * Proposed state: Illyrida Republic Gagauz Yeri Transnistria * De facto state: Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic Sandžak (Muslims) Eastern Albanian-populated Montenegro (centered around Ulcinj) Serb Montenegro * Political: Serbian Radical Party Fryslân Sami * Proposed state: Lapland Kashubia Silesia * Political: Ruch Autonomii Śląska Azores and Madeira *Political: Democratic Party of the Atlantic *Violent: FLAMA *Proposed State: Atlantic Island Federation Szekler Land * Proposed land division: Szekler Autonomous Region Chechnya * Violent: Chechen separatists * Proposed State: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Dagestan Ingushetia Kabardino-Balkaria Kaliningrad Karelia Northern Ossetia Sami * Proposed state: Lapland Tatarstan Ural * Political: Ural Transformation Movement Kosovo * Political: Democratic League of Kosovo * Violent: Kosovo Liberation Army (defunct, became Kosovo Protection Corps) Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Democratic Party of Kosovo, National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo, The People's Movement for Kosovo Preševo, Bujanovac and Medveđa * Violent: UCPMB (defunct) * Political: Political Council for Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac Sandžak Vojvodina Andalusia * Political: Partido Andalucista, Partido Socialista Andaluz, Bloque Andaluz de Izquierdas, Nación Andaluza, Asamblea Nacional de Andalucia, Partido Comunista del Pueblo Andaluz Aragon * Political: Chunta Aragonesista Asturias * Political: Andecha Astur Balearic Islands * Political: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya - Federació Illes Balears i Pitiüsses, Partit Socialista de Mallorca, Entesa de l’Esquerra de Menorca, Entesa Nacionalista i Ecologista * Proposed state: Catalan Countries Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre * Political: Partido Nacionalista Vasco, Eusko Alkartasuna, Batasuna (previously Herri Batasuna and Euskal Herritarrok) * Violent: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) * Proposed state: Basque Country Canary Islands * Political: 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, Congreso Nacional Canario, Federación Nacionalista Canaria, Alternativa Popular Canaria, Unidad del Pueblo * Violent: Fuerzas Armadas Guanches, Destacamentos Armados Canarios Cantabria * Political: Conceju Nacionaliegu Cántabru Castile * Political: Izquierda Castellana, Movimiento Popular Castellano, Castilla Nación, Tierra Comunera, Castilla Nación Catalonia * Political: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Catalan Republican Left), Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (Catalan Democratic Convergence), Unió Democràtica de Catalunya (Catalan Democratic Union), Estat Català (Catalan State) * Violent: Terra Lliure (defunct) * Proposed state: Catalan Countries Galicia * Political: Bloque Nacionalista Galego (Galician Nationalist Block), NÓS-Unidade Popular (WE-Popular Unity), Frente Popular Galego (Galician Popular Front)) *Violent: Exercito Gerrilheiro do Povo Galego Ceibe (defunct) León * Political: Unión del Pueblo Leonés (UPL or Leonese People's Union), Conceyu Xoven (Young Council) * Proposed state: País Llïonés - Leonese Country (Conceyu Xoven) * Proposed administrative region: Comunidad Autónoma de León - Autonomous Community of León (UPL) Valencian Country * Political: Bloc Nacionalista Valencià (Valencian Nationalist Block), Esquerra Unida del País Valencià (United Left of the Valencian Country), Esquerra Republicana del País Valencià (Valencian Republican Left), Esquerra Nacional Valenciana. * Proposed state: Catalan Countries (some parties). albanian movement for liberation of Kurshumli,leskovc and prokulje and unitet with kosovo Sami * Proposed state: Lapland Scania (Skåneland, Terra Scania) Jura * Political: Mouvement Indépendantiste Jurassien (Jurassian Independentist Movement), Mouvement Autonomiste Jurassien (Jurassian Autonomist Movement), Groupe Bélier (Youth activists movement), Romandie * Political: Mouvement Romand (French speaking region) Crimea Cornwall: Cornish self-government movement, Constitutional status of Cornwall * Political: Mebyon Kernow - Party for Cornwall, Cornish Green Party * Cultural and Constitutional: Cornish Stannary Parliament, Cornish Solidarity, Tyr Gwyr Gweryn, Cornwall 2000 ** Proposed state Cornwall as one of the home nations (possibly a Duchy) of the UK and not a county of England. An independent Cornish state is sought by some. England: English nationalism, English independence * Political: English Democrats Party, English Independence Party Northern Ireland: Irish nationalism, Irish Republicanism * Political: Sinn Féin, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Republican Sinn Féin, Irish Republican Socialist Party * Violent: Provisional Irish Republican Army, Real IRA, Continuity IRA, Irish National Liberation Army Isle of Man * Political: Mec Vannin Scotland: Scottish independence * Civil: Independence First * Cultural: Siol nan Gaidheal * Political: Scottish National Party, Scottish Green Party, Scottish Socialist Party, Margo MacDonald Independent MSP, Campbell Martin Independent MSP, Scottish Enterprise Party, Scottish Independence Party, Free Scotland Party * Violent: Scottish National Liberation Army Roughs Tower *Proposed state: The Principality of Sealand Wales: Welsh nationalism * Political: Plaid Cymru, Forward Wales, Wales Green Party, Cymru Annibynnol *Violent: Meibion Glyndŵr North America Secessionist movements Alberta * Political: Separation Party of Alberta Alberta Separatism British Columbia * Political: British Columbia Separatist Movement Ontario * Civil: Province of Ontario Quebec (Main article: Quebec sovereignty movement) * 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), Génération Québec, 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, Québec solidaire * Violent: Front de Liberation du Quebec Saskatchewan * Political: Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan Western Canada * Political: Western Independence Party, Western Block Party Autonomist movements Newfoundland Nunatsiavut Quebec * Political: Action démocratique du Québec See also: Secessionist movements of Canada Alaska * Political: Alaskan Independence Party California *California Secessionist Party, Committee to Explore California Secession *Proposed state: California Republic Hawaii * Political: Hawaii Independence Party New England * Political: New England Confederation Movement New York City * political: Peter Vallone, Free City of Tri-Insula Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota * Proposed state: North Star Republic Pacific Northwest * Political: Cascadian National Party * Proposed state: Cascadia The South * Cultural/Political: League of the South * Political: Neo-confederate movement * Political: Southern Party (Defunct) * Political: Southern Independence Party * Proposed state: Confederate States of America Southwest United States * Political: La Voz de Aztlán, MEChA * Proposed state: Aztlán (to be dependent upon Mexico) Texas * Proposed state: Republic of Texas Vermont * Proposed state: Green Mountain Republic of Vermont * Political: Second Vermont Republic http://www.vermontrepublic.org/ Central/South America and Caribbean Barbuda * Political: Barbuda People's Movement Santa Cruz Pampas, Brazil (Southern Brazil) * Political: Movement for the Independence of the Pampas * Proposed state: Federal Republic of Pampas Northern Brazil * Political: Grupo de Estudos Sobre o Nordeste Independente (defunct [link]) Guanacaste Province *Political: Independent Guanacaste Party Coast Region French Guiana * Political: French Guiana Liberation Movement, Tam-Tam Front for the Liberation of Guiana Guadeloupe Martinique Northern Haiti * Proposed state: Artibonite Aruba Bonaire Curaçao Netherlands Antilles and Sint Maarten Regíon Autónoma del Atlántico Norte Regíon Autónoma del Atlántico Sur Loreto region Grenadines Nevis * Political: Concerned Citizens' Movement, Nevis Reformation Party Tobago Anguilla Bermuda Cayman Islands Montserrat * Political: People's Liberation Movement, United National Front Turks and Caicos Islands Puerto Rico * Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano (MINH), Socialist Front (FS), National Congress for the Descolonizations (CONADE). * Political/violent: Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Pro-Independence Universitarian Federation (FUPI), Union of Socialist Youth (UJS). * Violent: Boricua Popular Army (Macheteros) , National Liberation Armed Forces (FALN). Oceania Norfolk Island Australian Aborigines (Main article: Australian Aboriginal Sovereignty) * Political: Aboriginal Tent Embassy Western Australia (Main article: Secessionism in Western Australia) Hutt River Province Principality New England (Australia) Rotuma French Polynesia * Political: Tavini Huiraatira New Caledonia * Political: Kanak Nation Aceh Maluku *Government-in-exile: Republik Maluku Selatan West Papua * Political: Free Papua Movement/Organisasi Papua Merdeka, West Papua Niugini * Proposed state: Republic of West Papua West Timor Banaba Island Chuuk Cook Islands Maori * Political: Aotearoa Liberation Movement Niue Tokelau Bougainville * Political: Bougainville Revolutionary Army (recently violent), Bougainville Freedom Movement Malaita Guam Hawaii: Hawaiian sovereignty movement * Political: Nation of Hawai‘i and other nationalist groups attempting to reassert the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i (internationally recognized as an independent country until 1893). (These groups argue that it is incorrect to apply the terms "secede", "secession" and "secessionist" in the case of Hawai‘i since, in their view, the 1898 annexation by the U.S. was never valid in the first place.) Northern Marianas 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 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 External links [eLandnet - indigenous peoples and national minorities worldwide] [Open Directory - Territorial Disputes] [List of leftist secessionist movements] [List of independence movements with possibility in percentage] [List of annexated countries, annexations, join, unification with another country, with possbility in percentage] [List of stateless nations]   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 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