List of active separatist movements in Asia

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This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Asia. Separatism includes autonomism and secessionism. What is and is not considered an autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet three criteria:

  1. They are active movements with current, active members.
  2. They are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region (as opposed to personal autonomy).
  3. They are the citizen/peoples of the conflict area and not comes from other country.

Under each region listed is one or more of the following:

Afghanistan

Badakhshan (Near the Wakhan Corridor)

Azerbaijan

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Breakaway state:

 Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan is geographic in Asia but politically in Europe

Burma/Myanmar

Flag of Rakhine.svg Arakan

Flag of Chin State.svg Zo Asia

Flag of Kachin State.svg Kachin

Karen National Union Flag.png Kawthoolei

Flag of Kayah State.svg Karenni

Kokang

Flag of Mon State.svg Mon State

Unofficial flag of Nagaland.svg Nagaland

Rohingya nationality flag.png Northern Arakan

Flag of the Shan State.svg Shan States

22px Wa State

Flag of Bnei Menashe.svg Zale'n-gam

Zogam

Cyprus

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Breakaway state:

 Northern Cyprus

Cyprus is geographic in Asia but politically in Europe

China

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Chinese municipalities

Shanghai

  • Ethnic group: Shanghainese people (Shanghainese)
    • Proposed state: Shanghai
      • Political party: Shanghai National Party (formed in New York)[3]
        • Movement: Shanghainese nationalism

Chinese provinces

Basuria

Fujian

Guangdong

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Manchuria

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Yunnan

Chinese autonomous regions

Inner Mongolia

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Tibet Autonomous Region

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Xinjiang

 Hong Kong[9][10]

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Georgia

Breakaway states:

Flag of Abkhazia.svg

Abkhazia

 South Ossetia

Proposed autonomous movements:

Armenia Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti

India

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Jammu and Kashmir

Indonesia

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Minahasa[15][16]

  • Proposed state: Gerakan Kemerdekaan Minahasa

Riau[17]

South Moluccas

Morning Star flag.svg Western New Guinea

Iran

Azerbaijan (Iran)

Turkmen Sahra

Khūzestān

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 Kurdistan

Balochistan

Iraq

See: Minorities in Iraq

Breakaway state:

Flag of Islamic State of Iraq.svg The Islamic State

Purposed states:

 Kurdistan

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Flag of Iraq Turkmen Front.svg Turkmeneli

Sinjar

Israel

Proposed states:

Flag of the State of Judea.png State of Judea

Occupied territories:

 Palestine

Japan

Hokkaido[25][26]

Okinawa

Laos

Hmong ChaoFa

Member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

Lebanon

Flag of Islamic State of Iraq.svg The Islamic State

Hezbollah

 Assyria

Malaysia

Sarawak Sarawak[27][28]

  • Proposed state: Sarawak
  • Advocacy group: Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF), Sarawak Association of People’s Aspirations (SAPA), Sarawak Sovereignty Movement, Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia (SSKM)[27][29]

Sabah Sabah[27][28]

Nepal

Tarai

Pakistan

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Flag of Balochistan.svg Balochistan[31]

Flag of Sindhudesh.svg Sindhudesh[32]

Palestine

See: International recognition of Palestine/currently mostly occupied by Israel as part of the Palestinian territories

Flag of the State of Judea.png State of Judea

Philippines

Bangsamoro Region/Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao

Cordillera Administrative Region

  • Ethnic group: Igorot
  • Proposed autonomous area: Cordillera Autonomous Region[39]

Russian Federation

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 Sakha Republic

 Siberia (North Asia)

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Flag of Tuva.svg Tuva

Sri Lanka

 Tamil Eelam

Syria

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Breakaway states:

Flag of Islamic State of Iraq.svg The Islamic State

Flag of Syrian Kurdistan.svg Western Kurdistan

Flag of Syria 2011, observed.svg Free Syria

Proposed states:

Caption=1920-1936, Alawite Territory, Alawite State, and Sanjak of Latakia.svg Alawite State

Flag of Druze.svg As-Suwayda

Aram

 Assyria

Official Flag of Syrian Turkmen.jpg Syrian Turkmen

Occupied territories:

Golan Heights (occupied by Israel)

Taiwan

See China section

Tajikistan

Badakhshan

Thailand

Flag of Pattani.svg Patani

Turkey

Flag of Kurdistan.svg Northern Kurdistan[45]

Uzbekistan

Flag of Karakalpakstan.svg Karakalpakstan

Vietnam

South Vietnam Republic Of Vietnam

Bandera Front Alliberament Cham.svg Champa

Flag of BAJARAKA.svg Tây Nguyên

Flag of KKF.svg Cochinchina

Yemen

Aden

Flag of South Yemen.svg South Yemen

Al Mahrah and Socotra

See also

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